I had a whole post written, with pics, ready to upload. And then I made vanilla butter cookies with rosewater and listened to the decades-gone UK band Free play the song Fire and Water … which put paid to that.… Continue Reading
We managed through the heatwave. Please could we not have another one for a good long while. My son’s graduation was really nice – both the AM school ceremony (small-ish – maybe 40 people out of 160 graduating showed up… Continue Reading
We’re having ‘weather’ – what the rest of the world knows of as rather hot. But I shouldn’t be so flippant. It’s actually serious business. It’s basically fine here in neverneverland. It could reach 32 degrees Celsius/90 Fahrenheit on Monday.… Continue Reading
So. My phone contract was up and I got a new one, with a much better camera. We’re in our second period of ‘warm’ this summer, moving into hot this week. Am not complaining. Will walk early with the dog… Continue Reading
Happy (almost) Independence Day in US. It was much of a week. Not bad, just full. I train-ed up to bring my son back from university. Picked up rental car as my car is way too small to move stuff… Continue Reading
I don’t have much today. I’m working on a post for next week but it won’t come together till then. I’ve been wearing Guerlain Spiritueuse Double Vanille because well, I have a sample and I thought I should play with… Continue Reading
Saturday was my son’s 21st birthday. I remember the day he was born. I remember the first day the nurses let me take him outside (into the rose garden at the hospital). I remember taking him home and the health… Continue Reading