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I watched “Father of my Children” last night, which was superb and very French – lots of chat, and not much action, but afterwards it leaves you thinking about life, and choices and all that kind of stuff. In other words a perfect contemporary French film, a bit like an Agnes Jaoui film, but without the humour! I [...]

I woke up at 7.40 this morning because my kettle was whistling to me – no really! It took me several whistles to identify the origin and to accept that I wasn’t in fact asleep and having my needed lie-in. I got up to inspect the kettle – it has an electric whistle which is permanently turned off, which [...]

The gerbera might be a tamed sunflower, but it is still a smile of summer

A hefty rabbit with previously identified binge eating issues broke free from its cage at the neighbours’ place to eat all of my mother’s onions and shallots – apparently the correct response to this is not to laugh or make jokes about the succulence of the rabbit after it has stuffed itself. Although in the [...]

I’m beginning to feel like I’ve been hypnotised by them – because every time I taste a new tea from their catelogue it’s a trial not to rhapsodise. Their tasting notes seem fanciful, but Mi Lan Dan Cong really does taste of lychees, Bai Lin Gong Fu really does have a caramel after taste, and Dragon Well [...]

A cup of Bai Lin Gong Fu (that’s red tea to me and you) from the consistently excellent Canton Tea Co.

The Pirates of Plymouth, stand waiting for their booty

What is a walk in the country without a picture of sheep?

Mum had new walking poles for her 70th birthday, from my brother. She’s very serious about walking when she uses them!

It’s de rigeur for us to enjoy the faded splendor of Paignton beach if I visit in the summer. As well as the joy of deckchairs and crab sandwiches, there is now the added theatre of the attack seagulls who like to swoop down to steal food – they are not fussy eaters, we saw them [...]