Perusing youtube whilst I finish my glass of wine before bed I come across an interview with Jeffrey Dahmer the American serial killer. He is calm, collected and telling his story, explaining how he felt and why he thought he did what he did. It’s a massive shame that he…
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Netflix & Ripley
It’s likely a bit bizarre to be writing critically about a Netflix series and not that easy to concentrate either with an antihistamine doped, snoring chihuahua for background noise. But Ripley has things I need to write about. Firstly I absolutely love the filming of Italy in black and white….
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Longest winter in history, nearly
Potted up six strawberry plants in an eight level planter today. Something I’ve wanted to do for years but never got around to. I gave my new raised planter a coat of wood protection and checked everything in the greenhouse. It’s all so slow this year, all the little seedlings…
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The sad old cat lady
My bro and Mrs came to visit me last week and it was just brilliant to see them both. Really brilliant. We laugh like hell and I love them both to bits. No drama or snide remarks. No walking on eggshells. I’ve gradually lost a sister in the last couple…
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Spring this year…
If it’s your bag Spring is the time of endless emails and post from gardening websites. It works too as I want to buy everything! Not this year though. Definitely not. Last year I grew stuff for both neighbours. Herbs for the one who loves cooking, flowers for our communal…
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Sex and knitting
I’ve just finished watching The Obsession on Netflix. An excruciatingly bad remake of a classic but I was intrigued non the less. I can look back over my life and see it all now as clear as day. The good, the bad and the downright ugly. The ones I wanted…
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Nature knows
Across the road from me is a cemetery that I love to walk the dogs in. some of the graves are pretty old and there are mausoleums that hold families from when this area was rich in industry. I’ve seen Roebuck deer and foxes during the daytime and plenty of…
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Life stories
I had a walk up to Home Bargains in keighley this morning. I needed a few bits for my greenhouse. It was on the gardening isle that this chap and I started talking. From comparing prices we got to life experiences, cancer, family and the benefits of positive thinking. It…
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My little Ladyshed!
I’m thrilled that I’ve finished building my little greenhouse/wendy house/ man shed thingy. It’s been a labour of love but it’s now concreted in and reinforced and should 🙏🙏🙏 hold up to the wind. I was down to my tshirt in there today on a 5C day so that bodes…
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Up your bum
I went for a routine colonoscopy today. Surveillance since I had bowel cancer. If you’ve ever had one you will know that the worst part is the Moviprep you drink the night before. A scrumptious tasting powder that you dissolve in 500ml of water. You drink this along with 500ml…