Category: General

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Mark Twain

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

Just a few examples of various flowering things which have survived my complete lack of gardening skills and manage to at least sit still for the camera!

Now I realise that Pink any things are Christina’s pet hate, but I am actually growing quite fond of these roses and although I hacked them inexpertly at I am convinced, exactly the wrong time of the year, they have valiantly managed to produce copious, wonderfully scented flowers. So they shall remain for a while. Continue reading “Assortment of flowering things”

When things get serious never fear, Indoles is here     🙂

Placedo singing Tosca in the ‘real’ sites

Well, I have been racking my brains for something lighter than my usual ‘orrible offerings/ideas!  

So, without further ado…

 Write a short fiction piece, of 1,000 words or less, on the theme of ‘A Midsummer Night’

• Stories should include some reference to music and should mention an animal.

As before, entries can be essay, memoir, fiction and poetry, rhymed or unrhymed. They can also be submitted as photo stories, with a minimum of 5 photos and a maximum of 10.The photos should have a narrative thread/story.

Stories due here by midnight on Friday, July 2nd. (Two weeks from today.)

I tried to add another picture to my slideshow and it all went a bit pear-shaped. Then I was logged out but I understand WordPress are updating some code or similar.

I will try again later.

By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean.
Mark Twain

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

Thought I’d share this site with you, perhaps some of you already know about it but I only just found it and thought it was terrific. Plenty of fun stuff and lots of trivia to keep one occupied.

Plus it might provide ideas for lots of blogs to post on this site. Hope you enjoy it, I sure did 🙂

http://oddee.com/

Good Night, have a fun day.