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I had a phone call last week from an old family friend, Carol,  who I haven't actually seen for about eight years ( Read more... )

You'll never be as cool as this little dude!


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Gotta love this little guy ... he takes stretching to a whole new level - it seems like his buddy is impressed, anyway!

We both have our own cars.  Mr D's was a Nissan Note and it was older than mine (13 years old) and he's had it since it was new, it's been an amazingly reliable servant.  However, now he is driving a lot more miles for work, we have been talking about replacing it on and off for a few months now, as the poor thing is starting to show it's age ( Read more... )

I went out for a bike ride this morning, and had orders to pop into the local supermarket to pick up some milk on the way back ( Read more... )

Today Mr D and I planned to spend a day in Glastonbury, one of my favourite places.  We had originally planned to do this for my birthday, but that ended up being a week after lockdown in he UK started back at the beginning of April, so that never happened ( Read more... )

I bought something for Mr Dizzo's birthday, which is in October, but after the good news about his promotion, which he's worked so hard for, and is so long overdue, I decided to give it to him early ( Read more... )

Have you ever had that moment that you hear a song and it completely captivates you?  You find yourself humming it all the time, and just can't get it out of your head ( Read more... )

It looks like the Chobham common fire is out.  It was downgraded from 'a major incident' yesterday, and we've had rain on and off all day today, so that should help the fire crew's damping down efforts.  There are still some fire crews on site, but they're mainly doing preventative work now to stop any flare ups, and all the roads around the common ( Read more... )