Very sad news from Kentwell today. Peony, the last of the Suffolks died today. Mayflower and Rosie both died over Christmas leaving only the Suffolk cross, Comfrey ( Read more... )

Went to see Twelfth Night at the RSC last night. Had meant to go and see the live showing at the cinema but got distracted so didn't. Anyhow, decided I would still quite like to see it since it was getting very good reviews and sounded interesting (and I haven't seen any Shakespeare for a while and apparently I need a reasonably frequent fix. I ( Read more... )

( Sidmouth Folk Festival )

( Vice Versa )

Basically, this weekend I managed the sum total of going for a walk. I obviously managed to pick the part of the day with the torrential downpour and had to wring myself out in the porch so as not to flood the sitting room. Still, a walk is not to be sneezed at. (Not yet anyway. Possibly later when I catch the cold that childhood reading of Jane ( Read more... )

( Laptop woes )

So this week I have mostly been trying to work out how everything works in the matchbox I currently call home whilst surrounded by towering heaps of stuff I really don't remember owning but have apparently been paying to store.

( The rise of the machines... )

( A moving saga )

Have just spent a week away in the midst of cat-sitting for Snowy the Slayer. Of course, I spent that week tudoring and dancing so there also had to be a cat-sitter for the cat-sitter at this point ( Read more... )

Southwell Folk Festival has, I think, the shortest Morris procession I have ever encountered (as opposed to the sadly missed Gate to Southwell Festival whose procession was anything but short).

( Just dancing and drinking in the rain )