In this life

1. Catlets as Christmas decorations. 2. Spot the catlet (1). 3. Spot the catlet (2). (Sirius is helping Daughter 2 to pack to go down to...

Being very interested in... or nosey about... other people and their lives and their houses and their things, I thought I'd complete th...

Well, it's past midnight and Christmas Day is over in Britain. Would you like a short tour around the Life house and its Christmas deco...

I don't know how to do the thing when you make a little You Tube screen come up on your blog. But anyway, here are links to You Tube th...

The Life Christmas tree has been in position for a few days. Daughter 2 worked till 7.30 last night and then dashed home and had five minu...

This is Santa. I bought him years ago, when Daughter 1 was a baby. He may well be a close relative of Humpty Dumpty. His hat is a bit sma...

Ah, thank you so much to my soothingly not-quite-yet-Christmassy commenters. Above you see Daughter 2 with Sirius, who is taking a relaxed a...

This is our hall - the decorators are here to repair the ravages of the flood, but not much progress has been made yet. We're having ...

Monday A student said to me, “I can’t speak French. Funny thing is, though, I can speak it when I go to France.” Handy. Wednesday On Wednesd...

I was tagged a while ago by Loth of "The Gym isn't Working" for 8 random facts about myself. I apologise in advance for the mu...

Life is going through one of those periods when I hurtle from day to day with never a spare moment, just trying to get through all that nee...