"I heard that Jesus had a pet dinosaur. Evolution must be a myth then." ~ John Bacon I like dinosaurs. I mean, I really like dinosaurs. I got so excited about dinosaurs when I visited The Natural History Museum while I was high as a kite on back pain medication that some woman asked me… Continue reading Walking With Dinosaurs
(Except, there were two of us, and we're both women) "Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time." ~ Steve Wright It'll be good for us to get out for a quick walk, she said. We'll just have a wander round the reservoir, she said. It'll only be four miles, she said. We… Continue reading The English Man Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain
"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilisation." ~ Frank Lloyd Wright The first time it really occurred to me to have a favourite building was the first time I stood and looked out over Hong Kong harbour. It's such a striking view, especially… Continue reading My Top 5 Architectural Gems
That's all really. I made a scarf and I'm quite pleased with it.
"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." ~ Thomas Carlyle I once shared a house with a very peculiar young man named Andy. He was peculiar in lots of ways, but one of the most annoying was the fact that he was always banging on about how Britain was a… Continue reading 51 Things to Do If You’re Bored
The WordPress Daily Prompts are always suggesting that we should mix it up a bit in terms of the things we write and take the opportunity to try things new. So, while I'm none too keen on the idea of writing my obituary as suggested in today's prompt, I thought I'd give the broader suggestion… Continue reading One Night In Bangkok
So sometime in the middle of last week my friend was looking for someone to go for Sunday lunch in Barnes as she knows a place that does a fantastic roast. As that's only a hundred and odd miles from where I live, naturally I said that I would love to come along and check… Continue reading Weekend Review – The London Edition
First of all, my apologies for not having been around the internet and keeping up with you all for the last few days. It's been a bit of a roller coaster, and I've barely had time to keep up with myself, much less any one else. Annoyingly I have lots of things that I want… Continue reading Weekend Review
(Image Credit) "Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be." ~ Karen Ravn So, after announcing my intention to get fit and then taking an almost immediate hiatus… Continue reading Somebody Has To Play For Manchester United
For any of you who are sick of hearing about it, I promise this will be my last Olympics related post for the time being, but I thought the idea raised in the Weekly Writing Challenge of London being called the social Olympics was quite interesting. I think the description of 2012 as having been… Continue reading Mind the Gap
Make-Up & Mirtazapine 