I've just spent Christmas at Mum's house, just aiming to be kind to the rest of the family, and myself, not beating myself about all of the "could haves" that I only thought of later on, and friends I've not caught up with yet.

The new photo_scavenger prompt is "Christmas", so here's Mum's Christmas tree (outstanding: Countdown).


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I got a little stressed over little things midway through posting yesterday's entry; doing better today, and went out to buy a new rucksack, with Mum helping.

I passed through the cemetery (well, churchyard), but same thing really, so I got a picture for the new photo_scavenger prompt (you guessed it, cemetery; outstanding: experimental).


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Part 1 of our Orlando trip!

On Monday morning, we caught the plane out to Florida; it took all day, and I found myself next to a man on the plane who slept almost all the way, missing lunch completely. When he did wake up, and wasn't listening to headphones, he was quite friendly; even put some of my litter in a bag with his (a good thing: when ( Read more... )

Today seems to be the day for seeing odd goings on, starting this morning when I was walking to work and a woman outside the Old Bailey was being confronted by police - seemed that she was either under the influence or had some mental health problem, as she kept yelling stuff about St. Albans. Then, on the evening commute, I saw this man - I mean, ( Read more... )

A mug of tea to start "Brew Monday", alternative to Blue Monday.


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My thefridayfive a day.

1. What's your favorite fruit or vegetable to look at?

I honestly like how broccoli looks; like little green trees, and controversially, I think it tastes nice.

2. What's your favorite juice?

I'll be weird, and say tomato juice; I like it with tabasco/worcestershire sauce.

3. What fruit tree would you like to have in your yard?

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I'm just back from a - mostly - relaxing weekend with the family (yes, there are always a few tensions, but we get past them ( Read more... )