Well, here we are. Send for a bugle, it’s the Last Post. Couldn’t decide which image to use, so some friends (you know who you are!) suggested this and very […]
It has been a difficult week. On 28th December 2010, one of my younger son’s friends passed away unexpectedly aged 24. As you can imagine my son and his friends […]
This is a photograph of my automata. I have been collecting them for years from places such as the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre and Dansel Gallery in Dorset. They are made […]
A sure remedy for the post-festivity, rubbish weather, January blues. The dose to be adjusted to personal taste and accompanied by a really good movie and a warm dog. Worked […]
When I first started to bind books, I bought leather pieces from Falkiners (now Shepherds) – my favourite place for bookbinding supplies. More recently, I discovered that Pittards in Yeovil, […]
I wish that this blog had sound effects, you would be able to hear Milo snoring loudly. His legs keep twitching – he must be dreaming. Let sleeping dogs lie…
Well, you might think that for the first post of the year (and counting down to the end of the blog) that the images I post will be momentous, life […]
Almost missed posting this tonight, totally absorbed watching the cricket in Australia (hurrah for us!) Now we have retained the Ashes, I can go to bed and have an early […]
Ten minutes or so after yesterday’s sunrise, this is what the same view looked like. Still, beautiful and quite eerie. It came out pretty well for an iPhone shot. I’m […]
We spent Christmas Day with friends in Somerset. I was woken this morning by a strange glow shining through the blinds in the bedroom. I looked out and watched a […]