Day Of The Night Flowering Triffid?

Actually it's a so-called house cactus growing in my garden, that I just happen to take a picture of at around 9.30 last night. I rather liked the look of it and thought you might too...

In The News

As joyous as recent news has been, am I the only finding the media coverage of the Royal baby just a little bit excessive?

Can I also suggest Prince Cuthbert would be a really good name for the little fellow? Can't quite see that happening though...

Born To Be Wild

Shush... Don't tell his Mum LOL.














(This is my Razor MX500 electric bike- I think someone has designs on it, don't you?)

Cousins At War

Am really enjoying BBC One's Sunday night series The White Queen, an adaption of Philippa Gregory's novels about the Wars of the Roses.

I suspect I really should brush up on my history though; took me a while to realise one of the characters depicted would become King Richard III. D'oh!

Lilies

Got a whole bunch of these growing in my garden...

Enjoying summer!

Guys

Like many I have a few pet hates.

One dislike is when going out for a meal either in a group of men only or as a mixed group: why do the waiting staff feel compelled to be a bit overly familiar and address us as "guys"? It just gets my goat.

Am I sounding terribly prim and British LOL?

Skipping Under The Rainbow

Have just heard the new track from Julia Fordham. Somehow I knew I'd love it.

Good to hear she's touring the UK again and by all accounts is sold out. Been years since I saw her in concert- happy days.

Geese And Spuds

With Dad and SM up for the weekend, I brought LL over to see them on Saturday. Among other activities we dug some of my early Potato crop, as you do. Here's how we got on...

It's serious business, dontcha know.















Earlier in the day we'd made the most of the good weather to take a stride around the university lake and feed bread to the ducks and geese. There were quite a number of rather hungry mouths to feed, I can tell you.

Canada's finest find out if there is enough food to go round.











 

Walk like an Egyptian LOL

(Quite) Small But Mighty

Recently treated myself to a little bit of tech' courtesy of T-Mobile (or EE as they are now known in the UK).

This handy device (a sort of mobile broadband router) allows Wifi connectivity via the 3G network for my tablet and 6 other devices. Not bad for only £7 per month, about $11 at current exchange rates.

Just hope sometime soon Summer finally arrives- then I can sit in a field somewhere and surf the web to my hearts' content LOL.

(Sort Of) Bread Pudding

OK so it's not actually made from a loaf of bread. I used some Hot Cross Buns that had been lurking in the freezer for a couple of months instead. To this I added the usual fruit, cinnamon and milk. And a whole jar of Duerr's Seville Orange Marmalade. Mmmm.

These two should keep me going for a while LOL.

Sunday Humour

All Fall Down

Just how good is The Fall, featuring a strong cast, led by Gillian Anderson? It's a bit gruesome and certainly not for the feint-hearted but I for one can't wait to see the conclusion next Monday.