Category Archives: Odds and ends

Conversations with our neighbour

Posted on 04/09/2013 by walkingthecat

(Grunting noises from behind the hedge.) Me: What’s wrong? Her: Oh, technology is defeating me today. Me, interpreting the sounds: Your bicycle pump? (Rummaging sounds from her shed.) Her: Oh, this one is better! Me: You should throw the other … Continue reading →

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August Amaryllis

Posted on 31/08/2013 by walkingthecat

There are, of course, guides on how to get your amaryllis to bloom in December (scroll halfway down here, for example). Alternatively, you can put your amaryllises on a neglected windowsill in the spring and pretty much forget about them. … Continue reading →

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Alien landscape

Posted on 19/07/2013 by walkingthecat
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