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G&G (Gardening and Gaming)
Busy times in isolation. I have been outside for most of the last few weeks preparing the garden for the summer ahead. The weather has been great recently and the jobs never stop. I planted the raised beds using square foot gardening, a simple approach particularly for the simple-minded gardeners out there (like me!). It…
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Raising Beds (and Chaos)
I’ve been busy. Busy executing a woodworking project more ambitious and ill thought-out than any that has come before, and all in the midst of an unprecedented national and global crisis. I have reasons! First, it’s a project I can work on without having to leave the house. Second, I was able to acquire a…
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A Simpler Time (Sort of)
This is odd. Every time I sit down to write, the situation has escalated. 2020 will be henceforth known as the year that was cancelled. Bars, pubs, clubs, restaurants, gyms, cinemas, cafés, concerts, events, conferences closed or cancelled. In what would be a hugely important year for Plymouth, the 400th year anniversary of the sailing…
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Things Change: Coronavirus the Pandemic
*Takes off novelty ears and puts on pathology hat* Things change rather quickly, it seems. I wrote my last post eleven days ago. I’ve never seen a situation evolve as quickly as this. Almost 140,000 novel coronavirus cases and over 5,000 deaths globally. It’s a officially a pandemic. (though we pretty much knew that already,…
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Destination Disney (and musings on coronavirus)
Traveling is becoming more fraught in the peri-pandemic days of coronavirus. Italy has seen the most impact of COVID-19 (the clinical syndrome caused by the novel coronavirus) in Europe to date, though cases have reached the UK and Republic of Ireland. More people were at the airport than I had expected, and it was business…
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Projects and Procrastination (PnP)
I have been underground studying for my FRCPath Part 1 exam, which naturally means I’ve been working on a number of different projects. And heads up, I’ve got a few Amazon affiliate links in here if you fancy buying something to support the site. The list of jobs for the house is never ending. None…
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Shrewsbury…more of cats than shrews
No shrews here, but plenty of cats… We spent the weekend in Shropshire with my sister and her husband. An experience in Salop, with two Salopians – the old name for Shropshire. Claire had arranged for a surprise visit to a certain café that would be more at home in Tokyo than the midlands. We’ve…
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The Finishing Touches
Putting the finishing touches on our latest furniture project – a pair of vintage beside tables. That is, when we’re not playing the Witcher 3 or Nioh. Choosing the fittings for the beside tables was tough. After a lot of deliberation, we got a handle on the situation. Apologies for the poor pun, but I…
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Projects…and a cat
The work never stops. Particularly when you keep making work for yourself. I’ve been playing more of the Witcher 3, and been beaten to a pulp by Nioh, but back to reality with a cat. Sitting on the corner sofa (minor dream/life aspiration), beside our adopted cat (Annie) curled up in a ball, and contemplating…
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Let Merriment Abound!
Merry Christmas, everyone! By now, you’ve almost certainly eaten and drunk too much. This morning is a brief reprieve before the leftovers come out. Traditionally, we had a second Christmas dinner on boxing day using up most of the trimmings from the previous day, and making another dent in the turkey. Not even the twelve…
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