I have reached the stage where I am not sure if I am going to be able to get through all my stash before I die. By the last reckoning I had over 1000 balls of yarn waiting to be used up, add to that about 20 embroidery projects, numerous fleece for spinning, several silk [...]
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Is this a world record?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged knitting, spinning, crochet, crafts, fleece, embroidery, stash, patchwork, rug making, craft fanatic on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Settling in.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well,
the solicitor who dealt with my mad neighbours last time has written to them for free. He has also sent me the legal correspondence from the previous owners. There are some aspects of this that are quite humorous. He calls it ‘a ridiculous long running saga’ It transpires that my barmy neighbours dug up the [...]
I have finally moved house!
Posted in beekeeping, self sufficiency, tagged ancestors, ancestry, Chilterns, Civil War, cockroach infestation, genealogy, Oath of Protestation, Plantation, Red Kite on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After 4 buyers, and 3 sellers plus a month of homelessness I have finally moved in, thank God! I had planned to move into a buy to let I own but the tenants left it in a filthy state with a massive cockroach infestation, so I had to budge up with family and friends while [...]
Springtime with the bees
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beekeeping, bees, feeding, self sufficiency on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I went to check my hives today, one of the colonies had died. I put some fondant in prior to the snow and the other two colonies survived but this one didnt. It was always the weakest colony. Its rather surpising that any of them got through the recent cold snap. I will put in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Xmas reflection
Posted in Uncategorized on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hope you all had a Merry Xmas.
I wonder how many people in the UK watched Mamhmood Ahmadinejads message yesterday?
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/the+alternative+christmas+message+/2892692
I found it very interesting. For some reason I have always liked Mahmoud Ahmadinejad although I was mortified to hear some of his comments about the Holocaust, and gays.
However, yesterday he went up in my estimation.
Now [...]
Another Bushism
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bush, democracy, iceland., new zealand, parliament on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was amused to hear Bush describe America as the ‘worlds oldest democracy!’
Its that sort of arrogance that infuriates the rest of the world.
2000 years of European history just swept aside………………
for the record
Athens invented democracy……….
Iceland has the world’s oldest elected parliament, dating from 930 AD, however New Zealand was the first country in the world [...]
The Bureau of Missing Socks
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged missing socks on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.funbureau.com/
URGENT, please sign this petition I have had accepted for Downing Street site.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animal welfare, animals cruelty, cats, china, dogs, downing street, e-petitions, fur, fur trade, horses, parliament, petition, rabbits, uk. government on October 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/chinacruelty/
Please sign this and forward to friends. Its to press for pressure to be put on the Chinese govt to improve the appalling treatment of animals in China. You have to be a UK citizen or resident to sign. Its in a short time span, please help!
Many thanks
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