i've been horribly lazy this week, and last week for that matter!  But i did get out for some quick shopping on Friday, finally making it to Cho Mee's for some rice crackers and finding some Nishi pears - love them but at 79p EACH, i only bought two. i was the only customer in there. Then i stopped in at Travis Perkins for sharp sand and large ( Read more... )

i've just time to do the Friday Five and stuff

1) What is the oldest thing you own?  i have quite a collection of antiques, so that would be hard to do... maybe the Chinese little cabinet?
2) What is the oldest home you've lived in?  Again difficult, one of the old planters' houses in Malaya, i think.  We lived in a couple in the early 50's
3) What ( Read more... )

Friday Five on an actual Friday!

1) What did you plant?  i so rarely plant anything but the little orchid given to me such a long time ago, has kept making leaves, so i put in a slightly larger container.  It then produced several long root like bits!  i gave in and have planted it in a sheltered bit of my front garden. Now we'll see what happens : ( Read more... )

i don't usually post when i'm depressed but as that's a lot of the time nowadays, it's hard to avoid it!  Anyway i thought i'd start off with the latest Friday Five.

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i wasn't going to do a post today, but here i am.  Been wrapping and storing many ornaments etc away in a couple of suitcases [one under my feet here at my desk and one under my bed.  i hadn't realised i had so much stuff lying around, though i rotated quite a bit.  Someone is going to have fun going through it all when i pop my clogs!  i do need ( Read more... )

Bit late but latest Friday Five

1. What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen?  i don't know; hard to say.  i've seen many beautiful things in my life.  Can i pick a city?  If so, Venice.

2. What is your greatest dream in life?  To live forever, with all my faculties intact!  Hard to reconcile the thought that i'll be damned lucky to see ( Read more... )

Dealing with big companies can be very frustrating - in my case, Royal Mail.  i bought a couple of lovely tees online from a US company and they were duly despatched (i discovered later) in decent time.  Trouble started on arrival here.  Parcel went it's usual roundabout way of delivery, via a couple of hubs before arriving in the Cambridge area.   ( Read more... )

i do some of the Sept meme questions first

1. What Hogwarts house would you be sorted into? Probably Slytherin

2. What is the first historical event you clearly remember? The John F Kennedy election.  We were on a ship either going or coming back from leave and i remember walking on the deck, listening to the final part and rooting for Kennedy.  i ( Read more... )

Just a quickie to catch up on the August meme -

18. What’s your zodiac sign? Do you think it fits you?  Sagittarius.  i guess the Archer/Centaur suits as well as might be. It's symbolic of course, but you can't really count having a bow and arrow as a child (which i liked a lot) or being able to ride, quite well i think.  Haven't done either since ( Read more... )

Friday Five on Health

1. How's your health this week?  I'm pretty good, so far. Just a slow healing patch of skin on my leg (thank you, diabetes)

2. What's the healthiest thing you've done recently? Some outside gardening helping a neighbour cut back a damaged ceanothis bush and cutting some some more nearer my flat

3. What do you look for in a ( Read more... )