And we have a Friday Five

1) What act of kindness have you witnessed (or done yourself) recently?
My neighbour Helen keeps an eye open for those idiot couriers who lob things over the wall and has brought two into me recently.  i always ask if she needs anything if i go to the shop for milk, so we help each other, which is nice, yes?

2) What is your ( Read more... )

1. What was the best thing about 2020?
   Getting through it unscathed, i guess.  It will go down in the annals as the Year of the Covid-19 Plague.  i'm hoping this new year will be the Year of the Vaccine!
2. What lessons from 2020 will you carry into 2021?
   Not a lot to learn from it.  i know all about patience already!
3. How did you spend your New Year's ( Read more... )

Another Friday Five

1) What is your favourite December holiday food?  A small roast, like a turkey crown

2) What is your favourite December holiday beverage?  i do indulge in liqueurs sadly, Frangelico, Irish Bristol Cream and Amaretto.  Occasionally just over ice but quite often topped up with semi-skimmed milk.  (i haven't had the full fat for ( Read more... )

i've had a fairly busy week so far, for me.  Monday, i got roped in by my neighbour to plant another neighbour's discarded Christmas tree (they've gone off to spend Christmas with parents, her's i think).  Helen had planted the tree in her front garden bit and came round to get my opinion.  i didn't want to say it was naff there but managed to slip ( Read more... )

Greetings from the East!  England that is!  Been a lot warmer at night but foggy in the mornings over the last couple of days but it was bloody cold early in the week.  Not sure if that accounts for sleeping late and badly but it won't have helped. i've already had the heating on more times this year than usual.  i finally understand why the old ( Read more... )

Cold days heralding winter - my little birds have been flitting in and out, two robins, blue tits and maybe a great tit, starling and the odd dove.  i have ordered some peanuts for them too.

Pretty much the rest of the November meme

10. What was the last really bad movie you watched, and what was bad about it? i've been very lucky as i can't ( Read more... )

It's been a while since i posted and i always forget where i am in the monthly meme!  i will start with the Friday Five, on this rather chilly morning.  My neighbour Helen and i are going to estimate how many pavers/slabs it will take to put a path down the garden so we can get down to the end in comparative safety over bumpy grass and ground.  It' ( Read more... )

Yes it's been one of those days/weeks - a stop/start/repeat one.  Tuesday, i spent some time with Neighbour Helen (such a nice person) helping her work out with what she wants to do with her kitchen window curtaining. At present she has a vertical Venetian blind which she is not happy with.  We measured and discussed what she wanted and i went and ( Read more... )

Getting a bit chilly these days, winter truly on its way.  i'll just do the Nov meme today.

4. Have you ever seen a film that you thought was better than the book? i think there have been a few, though i can't bring one to mind at this minute - oh yes, i can!  'The Purple Plain' with Gregory Peck. There were interminable pages of the character's ( Read more... )

i'm sorry when anyone dies. Sean Connery was a very well-known man for sure and 90 is a good run. Can't say i liked him as an actor over much and he sounded a very opinionated Scot. He poo-pooed a knighthood earlier in his career but took it very meekly, i thought, when he was offered one.  He didn't think he'd qualify back then apparently.  He did ( Read more... )