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Category: People

  • On the Road

    Just a brief update, back from our weekend in Beadnell with Team Discovery and although none of us have our woes to seek, it was a very pleasant time spent together.  Due to a fractional split in the space time continuum coinciding with a wormhole, the men won the quiz.  But the women were runners…

  • Frittered away**

    Every day, gentle readers*, I empty this site of spam.  There has been a particularly concerted effort lately on the part of someone who seems to believe, and believe strongly, that my life is incomplete because I do not possess an Hermès handbag, specifically a Birkin.  I know what that is, heck, I even know…

  • Life cycles

    Pause for reflection.   Our thoughts are with Diana just now.   Moving on, Ban the Wasp is thrilled to announce the arrival of Miss Lily Alaine Cook, born 28th September 2013.   She has the best big brother in Callum Fraser Cook, and we’re looking forward to getting to know her. Autumn is hurtling in…

  • Post, equinoxial

    As sweet and musical As bright Apollo’s lute, strung with his hair; And when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. Love’s Labour’s Lost (4.3.289-292) Shakespeare   Thanks to Poppy Lee for that quote and please have a look at her website, she’s a genius.   The trouble with being…

  • Difficult stuff

    Everyone, if you are far away from those you love, or if you are close to them and having an argument, just stop for thirty seconds and remember why you love them.  And tell them.  

  • Bucket List

    Hear yourself singing on the radio.  Check. Thanks Mincers and Pedro. More to follow, been a bit out of it yet again, but coming through on the coat tails of the usual suspects.

  • Dereliction of duty

    Poor old BTW always seems to suffer in the summer, seems we must be making good use of that extra day light after all.  The birds all seem to disappear for several weeks round about now, but they’re back with a vengeance;  from the upstairs office window I have just watched a flock of blue…

  • Ages

    I tried to upload some pictures from last Saturday’s very successful gala day in the Bay, the sun shone down, some might say mercilessly, but that would be churlish.  But just in case you are interested, I have noted (way) below the chief reasons why I don’t like sunny days.  Anyway, back to the gala,…

  • Braw Day

    So, here we were in Aberdour today, on a bike ride (him) a long walk (me), and attending the opening of the new Harbour Art Gallery, down by the harbour, as one may guess.  Sunshine, people outside in shorts and dresses, shaking their heads in disbelief as the mirk is pulled away, as if by…

  • Boxing clever

    Here is a picture of my dear husband, in a garden centre which shall remain nameless.  Suffice to say it is a garden centre which is charging  £75 for a 30″ diameter plastic one of these box topiary things.