Ponte Vecchio bridge, Florence We began our holiday in Florence, and then jumped a train or three to Manziana, a small town about thirty miles from Rome, where we’d booked to stay for six nights. It became a little hairy at this point, as we’d just picked up an email from the landlady, who was …
Hi guys, it’s me, Sam, Y’know, Sam, the doberman. I really had to write this post as it’s been a weird kinda day, and I’m a little freaked out, y’see rules seem to have been thrown out of the window around here….rules and other things, namely birds! Me and Bud ripping up Mummy’s cosy sock thing… …
OK guys, this is it, time for you all to fly free! You’re fit and healthy, and more than ready to experience the big wide world world once again. It’s been an absolute pleasure knowing you! Erm….it’s been thirty minutes now, are any of you planning on coming out? Just asking….. So sorry about that …
It’s all about jobs being done at the moment. The front gates have become impossible to close of late, so, Paddy was consulted and he diagnosed subsiding pillars. Armed with a sledge hammer, he promptly demolished the pillars, swiftly laid new foundations and left saying he’d be back in a couple of days. Two weeks …
Summer is slowly flitting by and the rowan and hawthorn are sporting berries, autumn is creeping in. Now, when did I plant this? And this? I am constantly startled by the appearance of plants I have no memory of planting. I really must add labels to new plants. I know I’ll never get around to …
As usual, at this time of the year, the rescue is flooded with little guys. This is a wild rabbit kit which needs hand feeding, it looks just like a cuddly toy. People are fighting to feed it! Holding and feeding a teeny tiny collared dove chick takes some beating too! These are such gentle …
So, the week that was…. An abundance of plums, there are thousands on this tree. Each day they litter the ground. A day was spent showing hubs colleagues, from the Philippines, around Liverpool. Obviously we had to take them on a ferry across the Mersey. We all got to enjoy Brazilica… where many a tail …
So much torrential rain, just look at the water running off the gutter outside. A rust free hollyhock, rare around here. An antique brazier I bought many moons ago, worked a treat, its maiden burn, for me anyway! Releasing five ducks, they came in as tiny chicks. Now they’re little thugs! They bullied everything in sight! …
It’s been an interesting week, one way or another. Hubs acquired a couple of free sailing lessons at the recent Mersey River Festival, so off we tootled to West Kirby, on the Wirral, to enjoy them. I wasn’t concerned about my hip, as for some strange reason I thought the lesson would be aboard a …
Climbing rose escaping into the apple tree. This week I’ve discovered some startling facts about blood groups, mine in particular. Now, my blood group is AB positive, and daughter recently discovered that hers is O positive. Given that hubs has no clue re his, that set me off, investigating online to see if I could …
