Monthly Archives: September 2015

More visitors from Oz

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Gary

Uncle Les was showing Alick around Southall, basically telling him how much had changed and how much hadn’t. They wandered down Trinity Road and Uncle Les pointed out number 55, the house he grew up in. Alick was a bit … Continue reading →

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More compost moving

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Gary

And so, today it was back to the compost area of the garden following yesterday’s start. And a lot of progress was made. As well as moving the bins, I also needed to move the cairn I built long ago … Continue reading →

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Compost removalist

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Gary

The last big job we had Chris the Gardener in for was to move the stick pile. The reason we wanted it gone was in order to create a bit more space up the back for compost, a leaf trap … Continue reading →

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Freya climbs the stairs

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Gary

When I take Mirinda’s tea up in the morning, I am followed by two very eager dogs. It’s fair to say that Emma is a little more eager than Day-z and she’s usually leading the way. They both know when … Continue reading →

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Early Christmas lunch

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Gary

Back when Karen wrote to say she was coming over, we planned for her to have lunch with us today. I gave her the choice of meal. She chose turkey with cranberry sauce. For dessert, she chose elderflower mousse. I … Continue reading →

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Chez Gaz closed for the night

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Gary

As a sort of a treat, we decided to dine at Brasserie Gerard tonight. Mirinda forced me to have bomb Alaska (it has to be had by two) but otherwise the meal was lovely. The best steak tartare for entree … Continue reading →

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Fresh from Oz

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Gary

A number of weeks ago, I had an unexpected mail from Karen. She was coming to Europe for a conference about museums…actually, the conference is in Istanbul but she’s coming to Europe as well. She had to firm up dates … Continue reading →

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Bugger this bug!

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Gary

The diarrhoea remains. This morning I spent about an hour on the toilet before taking two of the magic pills. I wouldn’t have bothered but I had an early Talking Newspaper this morning and wanted to reserve them for when … Continue reading →

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I see no bed bugs

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Gary

Last week, Mirinda came home with a number of insect bites about her body. She straight away assumed they were bedbugs. After reading all about bedbugs, I was despatched up to the flat to see if there were any in … Continue reading →

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More tummy bug

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Gary

Today was all about continuing agony and toilet occupation. It was not pleasant. It was also full of Corpus filling for Mirinda. This is going to be very dull when I read it back next year…so… Gary, don’t forget about … Continue reading →

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