Having had a go at Inktober last year, I tried again this year. I was a bit anxious, honestly. I didn’t do so well last year, and although I was only ever going to aim for alternate days again I wasn’t sure I’d make it this year either. Then a couple of days before the […]
I’m still working on getting my drawing habit back on, so of course yesterday I got totally distracted making something instead. My MIL bought me some A5 sketchbooks from Hobbycraft for Christmas, and the paper has surprised me by taking ink quite well. They’re good for putting in a bag and taking out, but they […]
I just harvested the first two tubs of patio potatoes. It’s not terribly impressive. It is about what I expected from these two pots, unfortunately. They are two that we’ve had for a while now, and they have internal water reservoirs at the bottom. Usually that really helps the plants to survive my sporadic watering, […]
This year as part of the window ledge growing plan, I appear to have accidentally set up a weird experiment with my basil plants. I potted them on in clumps, into three pots – two of my self-watering ones, and one that I used with great success last year. I didn’t pot them on very […]
I’ve been meaning to go into Oxford for a few weeks now. It’s been ages since I’ve been to the Ashmolean, and I’ve also been trying to get to Cardews of Oxford to get some different types of tea to try. Especially since my previous tea-making kit met an unfortunate end and I bought myself […]
Spring is a busy time for a lazy gardener. It’s the time of year where I need to do a certain amount of prep work if I want to be able to harvest things later in the year, or just to sit and enjoy the lovely garden without feeling guilty! Last weekend being Easter was […]
The Tuesday after Clarkie’s Hampton Court splash run was her birthday, and to celebrate we flew to Malta. I mean, maybe it’s just that her birthday is a good time to go and find some sunshine, but why not celebrate with a little trip? We arrived mid-afternoon, and picked up a 7-day bus pass at […]
Clarkie did her 14th half marathon recently at Hampton Court. That meant I was on support crew duties for the day. This was actually the second time Clarkie’s tried to run the Hampton Court half marathon. The first time was some years ago, pre-covid. Unfortunately it snowed that day and the UK doesn’t really handle […]
No travelling this week, except I decided to pop into Oxford. I got myself a Network Railcard which takes a third off the price (not that getting to Oxford is exactly expensive), and became a member of the Ashmolean Museum in an effort to encourage myself to visit more often. Clarkie working on Saturdays gives […]
Another break in the posting flow. Whoops! But this last trip was a bit further than Austria. At least, it was for me. We had our team meet-up in Nassau, in the Bahamas. There is actually a legit reason. Although most of my team live in the US, we have one team member who lives […]