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Last week was very quiet apart from one of the pirates and me having a play with some new cameras. One even tracks you around the room! What fun. I made a short video and watched it on playback. OMG it’s true when they say the camera puts pounds on you!

We’re having here what some call Yo Yo weather; one day high winds and heavy rain, the next very sunny and mild. The forecasters had ‘promised’ a heatwave by the end of the week, but I’m guessing they just mean London. If it ain’t happening in London,

We’ve sprung a leak! Ok, now let’s not panic. Although the ship had sprung a leak, it wasn’t actually too bad. Not for the first time, water has been dripping down into the galley from the bathroom above. We’ve had some really bad rain, and a few years

I’m seriously considering naming my house Leak House. A few years ago the shed roof was leaking and had to be repaired. The sill above the back door has leaked and had to be sealed. The sink tap was leaking and had to be replaced last year along with some

This morning, on a whim, I decided to count my potted plants. Now I say ‘potted’ because many years ago I mentioned that I had a lot of ‘pot plants’ and an American friend thought I was very liberal, openly growing pot plants. LMAO. No, these are potted

On Wednesday I felt compelled to apologise most of the day for problems that were not of my making. I was on our other campus for candidate exams and apologised that the room we were in was in a state of being half painted. I kept the door open as long as

And other misnomers: Change can be good, but not always. It depends on if the change is beneficial. In work we’re changing who supplies our printers. At present we have large printers that are situated around the building that can print, photocopy, scan,