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Geranium rage

Alas, my poor hanging baskets of geraniums (yes, I know they’re actually not geraniums, but pelargoniums, but I don’t care!) …

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HB, Vix!

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CS monthly photo

Blog strategy Post one of Chic’s glorious travel photos on the first day of each month (note to self – …

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CS November photo

Blog strategy Post one of Chic’s glorious travel photos on the first day of each month (note to self – …

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Blogsite progress report

Yesyes, I admit it! – this is more for me than for any of you. I’ve tried many templates, and almost always when I’ve pulled in a different one because it seems to have attributes that I want and don’t … Continue reading →

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Check out the blog’s sidebar for info. regarding book giveaways. Filed under: giveaways Tagged: giveaways

Sleeping cats

I’m an unashamed cat fanatic – my own marmalade tabby is sitting at my feet even as I type – but this collection was neither collated nor captioned by me (although I’d love to claim the kudos). It’s available on the Web as a group of images, so I’ve simply put them into a carousel. […]

Weekly photo challenge: Horizon

When Stringer and I were in France for our wonderful Magical History Tour of 2004, one of the gîtes we stayed at was in the beautiful little town of Montrésor, in the département of Indre-et-Loire and the région of Centre: the pigeonnier in this shot is just outside Montrésor.

He took almost all the photos during our travels – an unsurprising thing, what with his being a Stills Photographer … :-)So he always had a weather eye out for a lovely new veduta (I apologise for introducing Italian in...

Coffee is simply heaven!

See all that? – the pride of my life, these days. It’s what I refer to as ‘my setup’ … And you can see it much better if you click on the little image.

It comprises my utterly wonderful Gaggia Classic, my Sunbeam E0440 grinder – now selling for roughly half the price it was when I bought it 2 years ago! – my Grindenstein knockbox and my CoffeeParts tamper. As well, that nice brown bag contains almost a kilo (I’ve already had two cups this-morning) of Nicaragua RFA beans from my mate Jenny, who...

Libraries

I love ’em. This rather austere building is one, as you should be able clearly to see; and it is, in fact, my first place of employment, post Matriculation (which is the ancient equivalent of Year 12, they tell me).

It no longer exists. Almost nothing from my youth is still extant – not my home, not my school, not either of my first two job locations … and after that list I can no longer refer to ‘my youth’, I think.:-)

And so, both because they are very relevant to my current occupation – tryi...