I had barely turned the shower on this morning when my mother started banging on the bathroom door. "Shower quick!" she shouted. "Come outside, quick!" So I showered and dressed as quickly as I could and came out of the bathroom to find her hopping up and down in the garden. "Look, look!" she said, pointing up into the magnolia tree. So I look, ( Read more... )

A trip to the independent supermarket today for items on it stocks. (But no Chicken Feast! And me with only 18 more days' supply! What will Mr Cat eat for breakfast then? So next week, a trip to the other shop that stocks it ( Read more... )

I had a half-formed plan to write a daily entry in January, then proceeded to do nothing of interest for the first day of it. So I will return to the year-end meme that I didn't do. One of the questions was about the best thing I bought in 2021. That's one I can answer: having spent so long in lockdown, we bought small things to fix annoying ( Read more... )

Back in the misty days of yore, when other people did NANO every November, I did my own low-key version by writing here every day. Can I do the same this year? I can't promise, but let's give it a go ( Read more... )

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The farmers' market at the foreshore starts at eight-thirty on Sunday mornings, so my mother and I usually get there early and go for a walk along the beach first. This morning we arrived at eight, while they were still setting up, but the strawberry lady, my goodness, she already had a queue six deep. So we joined it, strawberries being on our ( Read more... )

I was thinking of doing a daily entry in November, just like I used to back in the good old days, and now here we are in the second week and I haven't even done my monthly book entry. So much for that idea ( Read more... )

I have words, random words, written down as reminders of what I what to write about, but I have writer's block about where to start. Perhaps I should do this entry in pieces and assemble it afterwards ( Read more... )

My mother asked if the homewares shop that is closing down has closed down yet. If not, she said, pop in and see if they have any Euro Scrubby Cloths left. Well, no, what she actually said was "any of those dishcloths", but I knew what she meant. They're her favourite ( Read more... )