I made an interesting discovery today. I have started trying to type with both hands again and for the time being, as I am trying to put the minimal amount of stress on my shoulder, I have put the keyboard on my knees so that I can type with my right hand without needing to […]

Today R and I made a truly delicious meal between us. R is normally very resistant to cooking under supervision but he made an exception today as we had some lovely monkfish which needed eaten up and he did not know how to cook it. First of all cut the monkfish into large chunks. There […]

December is generally the worst month for generation of solar electricity. This is not only because of the generally pretty appalling weather that we get around here, but specifically because the very short days and the angle of the sun mean that the solar panels are not getting any direct light for any substantial amount […]

I have now had my right arm in a sling for three weeks, with two weeks to go before I see the consultant and hopefully get the ok to remove it (the sling that is!). Some things I can manage ok with one hand (dressing, most of showering, some of cleaning and cooking, and others […]

The weather yesterday was snowy for the first time this winter – nice change after the rain and wind. The Rest was apparently passable, although I would not have liked to try it personally. We did not get any Amazon orders yesterday because of the snow so we had to wait till today for the […]

Today is R’s birthday. The exact number is a secret, but is one of the big ones. I bought him a bottle of whisky. Saphy bought him a book. Amber sponsored a cat pen at Cats’ Protection for him. R bought himself a red sports car and a holiday for two in Vegas. So that […]

R’s sister V gave me a “Woodland creature garland” for Christmas. Saphy liked this a lot. Lucky is starting his new year diet a bit early. He really is quite badly overweight – from behind his profile is almost square, and when rolling over, he can’t reach the middle of his tummy. He is getting […]

Family went home today. I hope they don’t have the same A83 experience as Santa did trying to get home after finally finishing his deliveries rather late.

Table laid for Christmas dinner. Note the Mr Carson style tape measure – I don’t think J really measured the place settings though! This was our starter, a seafood platter from M&S. We also had their chocolate torte for pudding. With rasps and clotted cream.

Merry Christmas everyone! Amber and Saphy sang the “12 Days of Mousemas” for us (Lucky was outside greeting the mice, voles and birds with goodwill to all creatures). The Twelve Days of Mousemas *Verse 1:* 🎶 On the first day of Mousemas, my human gave to me A mouse in a tiny tree. 🎶 *Verse […]