Ben and I went to visit the nearby village of Selborne today, famous for being the home of 18th century naturalist, Gilbert White. We didn't actually explore his house (I confess, I know very little about him, and besides - in the spirit of naturalists everywhere, I wanted to explore actual nature instead!), but we DID visit the little tea shop ( Read more... )

In 2011, glenatron took me out on a fishing smack in Brightlingsea, Essex, on her first run of the season. She was called the Saxonia. Three years to the day later, and we are engaged to be married ... so I reckon it was a pretty good day out. :) Tonight we're going out for a meal to celebrate that day, and our first meal together ... and possibly the mead- ( Read more... )

Current thoughts on my mule: bbhdsfwerjeot[g ADORABLE. I love him so much I can't talk about him coherently. He's awesome. He's put his nose into the halter two days in a row, now, when I go to catch him. And when I take his halter off at the end of our session, he stays with me ( Read more... )

I'm so excited about our mule! :D Ha, sorry, I will stop talking about him soon. ...Until he arrives, anyway. Omg I hope we can persuade him to load!

Having something as smart, loyal and long-lived as a mule is going to be a challenge and a huge responsibility; in fact I feel like it's almost akin to parenthood, only better because we can leave ( Read more... )

it is sooo good to have my 'extended lunch breaks' back on Weds-Fri! Yesterday, Ben and Iris came to meet me as I finished work for the morning; we then went home the long way round, along country roads and through the Devil's Punchbowl, making it about 6 miles in total. I learnt that trying to photograph from a bike is much harder than ( Read more... )

Week two of my 100 Happy Days challenge. :)

( Seven happy moments )

Well, we're nearly a month into 2014, but here is my Year in Photos post for 2013. I did cut out a load of photos, but this is still pretty image-intensive (I think there are about 35 pictures in all). Not really expecting anyone to look, I just really enjoy making this post as it's fun! :) 2013 was a pretty alright year.
( 2013 in photos )

More meme.

3 Things I Am Terrible At1. Anything social. I am super awkward. I don't really understand small talk, and I don't really understand people, so I am constantly second guessing everything that they do or say. It makes it a very stressful experience ( Read more... )

A bit of a catch up on the meme.

5 Talents I Have / Things I’m Good AtI'm sure I had a similar question in another meme some time back, and I had to ask Ben ... I can't find that meme, so I asked him again. :P He says ( Read more... )

Oki, so I am extremely bad at actually finishing any of these memes that take place over a time period longer than five days, but I'm going to give this one a go.

1. Ten things I do every day.1. Start my morning with a cup of tea in a small (aka normal sized) mug. For the rest of the day, I only drink tea out of one of my big mugs. I have no idea ( Read more... )