Margaret Rose Stringer's Blog, page 80

If anyone doesn’t know Ba(bara) …

… then it is high time you did. The icon on the left is a fraction of her blog’s masthead, and clicking on it will take you to a VIP. OKOK – so the third cap. refers to Post rather than Person. I reckon we as a blogospherian community should henceforth reallocate the acronym to […]

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge 6

This week we’re challenged to be smoooooooooth … (The number of ‘o’s is mine: it’s a word that seems to require extra, imnsvho.) The first person to complain about anylack of focus will suffer a terrible punishment. The woman I loved most in the world gave these to us: I can’t begin to imagine what […]

Been thinking …

… and you can all shut up rethe impossibility, lack of likelihood, etc., etc.;-) I started wondering WHY I’m driven to keep changing my theme. Some suggestions have been received (as per Mary-Jean Melange, who I am ready to forgive almost anything), that have to do largely with obsessive compulsive behaviour disorder … and the […]

Another brilliant photograph

I didn’t know about HJ Ruiz when I posted my list of photog.s I follow: he is now one of ‘em. Click on the icon of his site’s name and take a look at today’s offering: not only does he photograph birds (which everyone now knows I adore), but he takes astounding shots like this […]

CS monthly photo #6

During our last trip to Europe, which was to France alone (as was the second-last), we spent a week in a simple little town in the Auvergne région, in the département of Allier, called Buxières-les-Mines. It was a lovely gîte Stringerhad booked, with truly nice hosts; but like every gîte we ever stayed in, […]

Cyber bullying …?

I posted a while back now about my having allowed myself to become labelled as a grumpy person. Crikey ! – a really long time ago, in blogging terms … It seems I have assimilated that persona, doesn’t it ? – come on, be honest … but don’t all struggle to be the first to […]

A very unknown blogger joins me

Like, no-one has ever heard of her. She is SO anonymous that … well … for her to become the MCCCth is an amazing thing. But there it is: I am now on herlist of bloggers whose stuff turns up every … bloody … DAY ! And who is this nobody who managed to escape […]

Spanish beauty, this time

Remember I spoke just the other day about the beautiful women I’m fortunate enough to’ve met via blogging ? – that was in relation to Katarina, from Sweden. Today I want to introduce you to Laura, from Spain – another absolute dish, believe me ! (I am allowed to say these things because of being […]

Your correspondent avoids jail

My very real addiction That link will give you a fairly good idea of my feelings about (a) coffeeper se as well asmy Gaggia Classic: basically,each is absolutely VITAL to my wellbeing. Imagine my misery, then, when I went to pull my first shot of the day, only to get a tiny drizzle of water […]

The wonderful Douglas Adams wrote about Oz

“Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the bottom half of the planet. It is recognizable from orbit because ofmany unusual features, including what at first lookslike an enormous bite taken out of its southern edge; a wall of sheer cliffs which plunge deep into the girting sea. Geologists assure […]