flower power

February 20th, 2009 - No Comments - Category: my diary

As you can see, I got my beautiful peonies in the end! Having spent a very pleasant Valentine’s evening (pleasant enough in fact, to forget entirely about Match of the Day and mostly everything else), I was prompted to visit the nearby Tesco before tea on Sunday afternoon, only to find that the previously £20+ [...]

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

February 10th, 2009 - No Comments - Category: my diary

As the meterological chaos of earlier in the week fades away, it is probably futile to speculate on the prospective fortunes weather-wise for the coming few days!
As it is, to those who have had to postpone their much-anticipated visits – rest assured that when you eventually can journey to Scarborough without the potential shame of [...]

hold the front page

February 2nd, 2009 - No Comments - Category: my diary

An email I received last weekend prompted me to ponder my choice of opening gambit, as it were – namely my ‘welcome page’ picture. It seems that I should think more magnanimously and by now ought to have carefully ensured that each of my many facets and angles have been equally displayed at their most [...]