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This song is spot on..........horrible long winter....lets hope todays sunshine lasts a long while............think ive got me legs brown.today......to say nowt of me 'Bald head'..........

The man who mows my lawns is not due for another week..........so decided to test myself and do the small front lawn.(about the size of the 6 yard box in football)..the back lawn is as big as the whole Penalty area....... Well i did it but won't be doing it again anytime soon.....feel sick and absolutely drained..........no wonder i got someone else to do it........its all to do with being a full Laryengetomee (sp)......... At least i proved to mesen i can still do it............at a very big push

Heavenly Spirit.

Just been watching a baby squirrel and its mother playing about in the Norwegian maple in my garden. You have to marvel at the way animals are designed for their habitat. They look almost like mercury in the way they move along branches and from branch to branch. Stood drinking my coffee and laughing at their antics. Nature is fascinating.

We have a recipe for Wombat Stew. Take one Wombat, put in a large pan, fill it with water, put it over a fire and when the water is boiling add 1 medium sized rock. The Wombat will be ready to eat when the rock is soft. Alternatively take out the Wombat and eat the rock.

We used to go down there as well although we approached it from the Arno Vale/ Somersby Rd. end. There used to be an ice cream shop close to the monkey puzzle tree. The railway wasn’t disused in my day and we used to put pennies on the line to see them flattened!

Oh yes, I remember that one too! Used to see it when we went down Jonah’s to play in the stream and on the disused railway, collecting pussy willows and wild flowers. Can’t remember seeing it for years, my brother lives on Sandfield Road so will look next time I go round there.

He was just itching.... A lot!

And to pass the time for half an hour I sometimes go to Youtube and search 'Pathe'. You get lots of clips of Britain in the 50s-60s.

Another spam post, presumably from a Bot, using that strange English which seems to come from a malfunctioning translation app.

Methylated spirit

I like all the old BTF films especially the ones headed by Edgar Anstey, some great footage on those short films from the 50's/60's Rog

Up bright and early, off to the asda for 06.00 and back home for 07.10, lovely warm sunshine now so decided to give the tent a bit of an airing just in case we decide to have a few days in Wales later on, managed to put the tent up in about twenty minutes so not too bad, quite fancy a few days in Norfolk as well this year, we are off to Edinburgh for a fortnight as well this year plus the vintage/village shows with the old cycles so a busy summer ahead of us Have a nice day all, catch you later Rog

There used to be a very large one on Sandfield Rd. In Arnold but that was years ago. Must take a look.

Bulldog spirit

What did I miss?

Many of the World's political problems are caused by people who use their claimed 'religious faith', or alleged attributes of others' religious faith..to justify their actions. Without getting into a complex debate about it, I'll just throw in a few words. Uygurs, China, Rohyngia, Myanmar, Iran, Boko Haram, Nigeria, Al Quaeda, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Northern Ireland, India, 'Bulldozer Politics', Afghanistan, Taliban, ISIS, Russian Orthodox Army, Orbán Hungary "illiberal Christian democracy", Lehava, Israel, Hamas,Palestine etc, etc, etc. Even those who aren't actually emb

I maintain that it would be difficult to find any political party or other sizeable grouping in the World which does not demonstrate pockets of AS, as well as Islamophobia and other forms of stereotyping and prejudice. Whether is is always overt, is another matter. There is no doubt in my mind that much of the furore surrounding Corbyn's brief tenure was exaggerated and hyped by a hostile media, representing a deeply self-interested Establishment which was terrified of an actual socialist, even a democratic one.. gaining power. I also fully understand the Labour Party's difficulties

A friend of mine in our village has 2 monkey puzzle trees in her front garden - one is about 15 feet tall and the other a mere 8 feet. They always look like a mother and child to me…..

Thing is Oz, whether you like Eurovision or not..and I don't much..the Liverpool event, standing in for Ukraine last year..was judged a huge success by all. If I recall correctly, the first non European Country to participate in the contest, was Israel. Last time I looked..Israel was in North Africa..bordering Egypt, or in West Asia, bordering several other countries..non of which is in Europe. All somewhat odd. It's a bit more complex than that and seems to be based on membership of the European Broadcasting Union, which has members from way beyond anything most would consider to b

Another beautiful morning...........been sat on the Garden with my Coffee ............Babs has brought her friend round .......who is a regular visitor wev'e named her 'Daisy''.............they've both been inspecting my ''Monkey Puzzle tree''......Babs tested the sharpness of its leaves...she won't do it again......

Looks a bit like an oxo cube, you’ll be revealing next that it’s used in stews.

Interesting fact. Did you know that Wombat poop is cube shaped?

Monkey puzzle trees did used to be quite common but I must admit I haven’t seen one for a while. My hog restaurant has just closed for the evening, all three fed and watered. It’s become my nightly entertainment.

I don't prune it and it hasn't grown so very tall. I just leave it alone, basically.