Can You All Hear Me at the Back?

[...] full view of anyone who glanced in!   As soon as it came in the house, out had to come the food processor.  The kale is normally chopped quite small with a knife after it's been washed and picked [...]

[...] take a lot less washing up........but it's difficult for me to use knives, so I have this food processor. I also have a little whizzer, kind of a mini-chopper which I use for chopping a few squares [...]

[...] In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, May 1915 "In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The [...]

[...] "Who the heck was Stanley Holloway?", he played Eliza Doolittle's father, the dustman, in the film of 'My Fair Lady'.  Let [...]

[...] hyperventilating!!! Another chuckle-worthy tome, given me by a bloggy-pal, is "The Stanley Holloway Monologues".  I love Stanley Holloway (well, if he was alive I would).  If you're not a [...]

[...] That's the deal. A question I often get asked is "At what age should you stop believing in Santa Claus?" .  The answer is NEVER.  Always believe because if you don't believe in Santa Claus [...]

[...] to go back.  Maybe we'll make it to the Horseshoe \Pass next time. KEITH has taken up a new hobby - wood turning..  Here he is, busy at the lathe It's not his own lathe of course but one [...]

[...] bits any more and my rotten balance won't let me stand up, as you need to.  So now I need a new hobby that I can do with my left hand;  something which doesn't require hundreds of pounds-worth of [...]

[...] day doesn't it?  Where has the time gone? Crikey, I regularly see 1970's stuff turning up on Antiques Roadshow .  They're not antiques, strictly speaking, but the 1970's turned out to be a bit of an [...]

[...] know that?   Just how old is that fire, I'm wondering.  Maybe we should have put it on Antiques Roadshow. I can hear drilling or something.  No, it'll be a brick saw....and I picture another [...]

[...] peckish, a couple of slices of toast with a selection of jams, marmalades and honey.  AND copious quantities of tea or coffee to wash it down with. If you ask for a "Full English, please"  [...]

[...] with gusto! There was no dessert - after that lot you couldn't have managed it - but copious quantities of German beer (you'd be amazed what contraband one VW Golf can hold) and wine were [...]

[...] hyperventilating!!! Another chuckle-worthy tome, given me by a bloggy-pal, is "The Stanley Holloway Monologues".  I love Stanley Holloway (well, if he was alive I would).  If you're not a [...]

[...] movie going on in my head. A cup of tea has just been set on my desk.  Did I detect Keith hopping from one foot to the other?  Don't be daft Ang, the old fireplace is out already.  [...]

[...] on her own, take delivery of the parcel.  Clutching a towel and his bathrobe to preserve decency Keith managed to hop out the other door - just in time to see the Royal Mail van disappearing down [...]