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Now a One-Car Family

Never before have we been a one-car family.  We are now!
I have taken to using the train for my commute into Fleet this year; and the time had come to renew the insurance on the X-registration (2000) Honda Civic, plus we had to pay a hefty repair bill to get it to pass its MOT [...]

Sunflowers Reach Record Height

We’ve never had sunflowers in our garden that are this tall!
Katya measured one of them to be about 3.1m high (its an estimate because she didn’t get the ladder out of the shed to reach the exact top).
Heck, they were so tall, that they didn’t fit in the frame of the photo!!

Re: Fencing

We spent Saturday replacing the old wooden fence along the northern side of our back garden. There’s still a few pieces to go – how on earth will we get behind the shed and green house to put the bolts through the metal upright frame, though?

Visions of Coffee Cups and Ghostly Black Cats

For a while, we have known that our house is haunted by a black cat.
Today, though, I read that drinking coffee can cause visual and aural hallucinations.
So, maybe it wasn’t “real” after all.
Now, what on earth does tea cause?  I definately drink too much of that.

Santa On Holiday!

Tolii and Tosha’s idea for this year’s window decoration was “Santa On Holiday”. Update: We’re a Window Winner!
Hardly a day goes by without some mention of a roller coaster or a waterslide…and so, I guess it was a logical step to presume that Santa would want a holiday after delivering all those presents (including skate [...]