Author Archives: walkingthecat

Rain

Posted on 24/03/2014 by walkingthecat

It’s been raining all day and I haven’t done anything interesting (apart from having what seemed quite unreasonable amounts of blood drawn at the doctor’s office), so here’s an older photo taken by the husband that I love (both the … Continue reading →

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The Houseguest

Posted on 20/03/2014 by walkingthecat

“Oh no …” I had entered the kitchen of our vacation bungalow on our first evening only to see something skitter away. Something brown and shiny. “What?”, asked the husband from the bedroom. “We’ve got cockroaches. Well, one at least”, … Continue reading →

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Spotted in passing: the organ grinder

Posted on 14/03/2014 by walkingthecat

Coming home from the dentist yesterday, I came across this gentleman who looked not unlike Heinrich Zille, the illustrator who used to draw his predecessors on the streets of Berlin a century ago. I’m not sure why he picked our … Continue reading →

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