Just a few wispy clouds, mainly blue sky. Quite warm too, here in the "Tropic of Mersey Valley." There's always something to do. I might cut the...
Did you like the shorts? It's my favourite film noir. It is said within the film industry so I've read, that Martha Vickers' best scenes ended up...
He wasn't even a character, it was just Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) having a bit of fun with Carmen Sternwood (Martha Vickers), in the...
Very impressed! Not wishing to hi-jack your thread, but some might be interested in this. Never been into camping, but our youngest son and his...
There's not a lot to do at this time of the year. Just general maintenance as we don't "plant anything," or rarely. So it's just mowing, weeding...
No, as I said earlier, he couldn't get near them. So he didn't try. They are ungainly birds, principally waders as they don't like getting their...
Thanks for that, but such things aren't that hard. In my working life as my wife likes to say, "I never did a hand's turn, just swanned around...
Finding a bookcase that is just right for where you want one is tricky, but with just basic woodworking skills. It's quite easy to make your own....
We used to have a Worcester combi boiler, it replaced the Glow-Worm Majorca in the lounge, the old type with a back boiler behind a gas fire for...
He's a regular visitor to neighbouring gardens. We live on the inside of a "U shaped" crescent so there's a big area for wildlife. there are a few...
We've had single foxes visiting our garden for years, they never did any damage, one liked to sunbathe on the rockery. This is Fiona, as we...
Thirty odd years ago I wanted a Japanese lantern, but those I'd seen in garden centres at the time looked naff to me, they were also very...
As one or two people have shown an interest, I thought I'd start a topic. I built this in 1987 to compliment our koi pool. I'd done a bit of...
My Jukeboxes in our Japanese Teahouse [MEDIA] [MEDIA] My Jukebox wallboxes in my den....alright... our front room. [MEDIA] My Tyros 5 leccy...
I put these in seven years ago. I bought the heads on eBay for a few quid and bought the Speed-fit pipe and connections from a plumbers...
In the UK a heathy acer should still be "hanging on" to it's leaves at the moment. These are ours today. They're looking a bit tatty, but I'll...
I should point out, apart from routine maintenance, that all the landscaping was done over thirty years ago "when I was working and had more...
We have a small semi which we bought in 1972. We had three kids who liked to play in our garden which was half lawn and half veg with an old cedar...
Ooo! That's some nice things that have been said. Gail mentioned this board when she commented on my Youtube post.
A couple of videos of our garden which experienced a dramatic change this year, when we decided after thirty-odd year to have our 3000 gallon koi...
