One of the 'difficulties' with enjoying a cup of freshly-ground coffee is that first you have to grind the stuff.  Get me and my 'First World' 'problems ( Read more... )

That was int'r'st'ng.  It's blowing quite hard in the centre of the city where we live.  As it turned out I had put sufficient pegs on the towels when I put them out to dry.  They dried too ( Read more... )

It's not just the Caribbean and the south-eastern states of America been having trouble with the wind recently ( Read more... )

What did I tell you?  Apparently Theresa May has said that if she gets re-elected she'll dismantle various bits of Human Rights legislation if they 'get in the way' of making Britain 'more secure ( Read more... )

It was windy yesterday.  The sheet blew off the top (windiest part) of the line, twice.  The other sheet, somewhat in the 'lee' of the house, merely wrapped itself around the line and had to be unwrapped, twice.  But they both dried and were back on the bed for the night, which was what mattered.  Then I sorted through the coats on the coat hooks, ( Read more... )

It's been windy recently, still is.  The Sou'wester has been flapping round the chimneys, whistling through the narrow gap round our bedroom window (because it was fastened open) and flipping the letter-box flap.  This last is a bit of a nuisance.  One is left thinking, "Is that someone at the door, or is it the wind?"  Cos if it's the wind wanting ( Read more... )

Blown About

The LIT (Local Implementation Team) meeting was interesting.  Mind you, I found getting to it quite interesting too.  Decided today would be a good time to remember 'those in peril on the sea' as the Sou'wester was blasting away sufficiently to have me down into second at times, sunny though.   Then I arrived at the John Pounds ( Read more... )