Chasing up ManorCon paperwork, I thought our bonkers postman had eaten a cheque, but it turns out that forms and cheques had been put in "a safe place" for the move.  I wasn't aware of this safe place, so have been blissfully unaware of a whole load of memberships.  Oops ( Read more... )

I am intrigued ( Read more... )

May today be the finest of days to the wonderful land_girl .

I hope that the next year brings you artistic satisfaction, inarticulate joy and chickens :-)

Frank and I need a name.  Not a silly name - we've got plenty of fun ideas for silly names, but they are not a good idea for playing at weddings and funerals which need a certain gravitas*.

Help us, Obi-Wan Kenofriendslist, you are our only hope!

* We've had lots of laughs with "String Theory", "Rite of String" (thanks Marion!) and so forth, but I ( Read more... )

I have discovered the perfect low carbon use of my car.  I was so pleased with myself that I wrote it up on Lilliput Farmer.

I fact I'm so pleased that I'm still sniggering about it...

I don't have live TV and don't plan to get it, but I *do* have a live internet connection and a fond relationship with the BBC iPlayer.  I tend to download "must-see" programmes overnight and then watch the next day.  Currently on our "must-see" list are:

Gardeners' World
Doctor Who
The Edible Garden

The last is *wonderful*.  I like Alys Fowler anyway ( Read more... )

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The sunshine seems to have gone away for a bit.  I think it's struggling to make it's way through the layer of Icelandic volcano ash...  Still, it's a perfect day for thinking and writing.

Today's Lilliput Farmer post is about eggs...

I've got a greenhouse full of seedlings, a whole bunch of keen allotment holders digging their new plots, ducklings ( Read more... )

*Years* ago there was a multi-part magazine thing called "Real Robots".  Jared had it for ages and built the robot that came with it.  When we moved it got stored.  He's just found it again but is missing one of the cables with part 63 ( Read more... )

Tim and I used to be fully paid-up members of the consumerist society.  We always had the "must-have" gadgets, and we could think of nothing nicer to do on a weekend than go shopping.

Needless to say, we got out of the habit.

We do still buy things, although these days we try to do it as little as possible.  However, when both of Tim's good pairs of ( Read more... )