Yet another storm, Ingrid, moved through our area last week. Gale force winds for hours. Now, rain. We’re due rain for at least two weeks. I’ve got an orthodontic appointment early evening when the worst of today’s rain is due.… Continue Reading
Silly string. I’ll just leave that there. Mid-January. If I could only wring out the lawn… But! The daffs are coming up, the daphne smells outrageously good. A rabbit ventured out of its burrow the other day. I guess you’re… Continue Reading
January. The meh month, as far as I’m concerned. I know a lot of people dislike February given it feels like the ongoing drag of winter, but for me it’s January. And, we’re raining again. Flooding last week; today’s forecast… Continue Reading
Happy entry into 2026. We marked it with Indian food (loads) and ate it for several days after. As ever the weather did whoopsie doodle: freezing on NYE and warm and grey on NY day. The past few days have… Continue Reading
Happy post Xmas etc. It was … fine. Which was really nice. Not fraught, good food (though I’ve realised that after eating the leftovers for lunch through the 28th that Xmas food is too rich for me for more than… Continue Reading
Welcome to winter. The solstice meant the last of the hanukkah candles, which are beautiful to look at when it’s so dark by 4 pm. In any case, we’re here. Winter. Last week we had flooding. Two days of torrential… Continue Reading
I had a post written. It went out the window. Instead, we’re here. In memoriam for the Jews and non-Jews murdered in Australia marking the festival of light, Hanukkah. In memoriam for the people murdered at Brown University in Rhode… Continue Reading