This is the first year in 4 that we’ve been to my parents. Covid kept us away last year, OH beung a retail pixie account for the others. Being home is bittersweet. My parents are in their twilight years. Christmasses yet to come, as a family unit, are likely to be counted in years not […]
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weekly photo challenge: Inspiration
posted by MoreThanACat
I am always inspired by Wales. This shot was taken outside at my parents place last Christmas. It snowed enough to keep us inside and at the bottom of the drive for three days. During which I also snapped these beauties on camera For further takes on this challenge click here: Inspiration
Three am in the Morning and other ramblings
posted by MoreThanACat
7am on the last Saturday of the Holidays! I’ve been awake since 3am in that dozing, half existence of: “ooh I’ll just listen to one more item on the World Service…. Wow is that the time?… Dog… husband… cats – WHOEVER YOU ARE…. (and you know who you are) STOP SNORING, God-dammit! Rover had posted […]
Building the Dream
posted by MoreThanACat
My father has always wanted a telescope. And with an 80th Birthday coming up, it seemed this was the ideal time to fulfill his dream. With help from friends on Twitter, a suitable entry level ‘scope was sourced and sent up to Wales. Presented to him on Christmas morning, it sat dutifully in its box […]
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One of my characters in Widowhood of Spiders (book 2 of Symington’s adventures) is angry. So angry in fact he is in danger of breaking the unwritten code of the criminal world: twice. Not only is he in the process of killing a policeman; he is doing it in front of witnesses – not bound […]
Engineering Rows
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