First of all, I'd like to make it clear that I am normally quite a practical person - I know my way round a tool box and I'm a dab hand with a jig-saw or power drill.   Normally ( Read more... )

Around 8.30 this evening one of our friends popped round and, as we didn't hear him knocking on the door, he just walked in!  We were slightly puzzled but Frizbee just about wet herself!! It turned out that "He-who-shall-remain-nameless" had put out the recycling bin and hadn't locked the door when he came in ( Read more... )

No, "Bouncy Owl" is not me today ( Read more... )

I am horrified and deeply ashamed to have been absent from LJ for so long ( Read more... )

Flying off to Bonnie Scotland this afternoon with four french friends. We're hiring a car for five days of touring then spending the final two nights in Edinburgh (my home town ( Read more... )

Yes, it's spring - and that means a mad frenzy of DIY before the summer visitors arrive ( Read more... )

I've not posted here for ages but, as the weather has improved, we've been planning, shopping and working around the house and garden ( Read more... )

Anyone who's ever met Frizbee will know that she's a 'special' dog. One of our friends nicknamed her 'dog-shaped-thing' as she looks like a dog but has none of the normal instincts ( Read more... )

No, not here - we had to go up a bit to find it!

( The vertigo run! )

February is very much a hibernating month for us. It's usually cold and/or wet and this year is no exception. We've been watching all the DVD's we got at Christmas and catching up with odd bits of paperwork and repairs (indoor only ( Read more... )