Articles by Mickey fez

I heard somebody called a sporting hero today,what a load of rubbish. The word had been trivialised as have some many of our words down the years. I have a hero she isin fact a heroine my late wife Margaret she was my hero in life and is still so in death. I was supposed to be strong for her when we found out she was dying but in fact she was the strong one as she had been through all our time together. I don't put this song up with sadness those times are gone but to celebrate Margaret's life…

I had a wander over the bridge this morning did a little shopping and took a few photos. The tide was almost full. Today it's a 9.5 metre tide but in a few hours it will be down to a trickle of water in the centre only.9 of a metre deep,a big drop. I have included a photo of low tide to give you some idea. click photos for full size. Time for lunch

Why do Australians keep trying to sell us dingo piss disguised as beer ? Why do some Americans say " That's what I'm talking about " for no apparent reason ? Why do some narrators say that something has changed for ever ? e.g From that day his life changed forever. Well of course it has it can't change back. What happened to the past tense in TV documentary dialogue? the modern thing seems to be something like "War breaks out in 1939" instead of " War broke out in 1939 " What hap…

I usually awake to the sounds of birds singing but today the only thing I heard was rain lashing on the window. I peered out of the bedroom window and the street was awash. I looked north hoping for a glimmer of hope and brightness in the sky with no joy. Black Combe was behind a solid wall of cloud a bad sign for the rest of the day. After a shower I stumbled downstairs and had a look over towards the sea ,no hope there either I couldn't even see it or where the sea ended and the sky began all…

I was just trying to think of a present for my daughter Ellen,it's her birthday next week. Another thought struck me if it's her birthday next week a year ago I must have been at Jenny's and sure enough on checking I was. I have had three visits from on line pals but the invite off Jenny was my first visit. I don't really know if I was invited,we talked about me going down or Jenny coming here and I just said that I was sorted and would be down the following week. The journey down was about…

I had a little stroll this morning before the promised rain returned but first I had dinner to start. I had some braising steak in a beer and herb marinade overnight so I diced an onion and added that with the meat some carrots and peas all to the slow cooker and left it to do it's work. Dumplings can be added near the end of cooking after I check the liquid,it may need thickening or more flavour added. A short trip along the beach was the plan today. I had just set off when a picture of loveli…

It seems I am in a very small minority being pretty much single sited as it were. Most people seem to have two or three sites on the go and many of you lots more. With me first it was 360 then Multiply and now here. I have a facebook account I opened when I first come on line but only lasted one day,it drove me crackers. I reopened it for a couple of days when it was obvious Multiply was going to the wall to meet up with people because my contact list was getting fragmented with folk wanderi…

We had gales overnight and it is still pretty windy this morning. With heavy rain due for the next couple of days I wanted to make the most of the dry weather and made a break for freedom,heading over the bridge to town I wandered into the market not so much for anything I needed but just to stroll around and chat to folks,some known to me some not it matters little. I picked up a few bargains best buy was a catering roll of grease proof paper for a couple of quid. I had a coffee at the open pl…

Another rainy day here so being cabined up I thought about having a baking day. I ummed an aaahed as you do and in the end I only managed to get some scones done. I have a twist on scones I do on the odd occasion so this being an odd occasion that's what I did. It is just the normal scone mixture you normally make but I use bread flour and bicarb instead of self raising flour,I also add a little more butter than the recipe states.There is maybe another name for them but I don't know The trick i…

I am at home here after a month it feels like my favourite slippers all warm and cosy. I have friends who have come from Multiply and some as far back as 360 and I have new friends some I spotted wandering the pages of Multiply some new altogether. Sue still writes her wonderful blogs,Neville his corny jokes and scary tales,Jenny writes nicely of her daily life and posts some wonderful photos,Fantaesia is producing fabulous artwork and helping folk with technical stuff,Aus is settling in after…

I mentioned free delivery on my shopping a couple of days ago and this surprised a few people who are strangers to these shores. Free delivery on shopping is something I take for granted,in fact it is a big help for me and many others. On line food shopping with the supermarkets is getting ever more popular. I have to rely on the bus service to get around and while this is excellent and wrinklies like me get free rides anywhere in the country the bus doesn't stop near Iceland ( the shop not t…

I was hoping to visit Jenny in Devon again this year,last year was a really good time for me. Jenny is very sweet and a wonderful host. However a few expensive outgoings have sunk those plans without trace. I have posted an album of snaps I took from the coastline, such rugged beauty we don't see up here.These are only a few of the photos I snapped just to give you a flavour of the place. I hope to scrape the funds together for a trip down in spring,that's if we get a spring click here for…

The day dawned wet but dry weather arrived so I wandered off to town. Pipe fodder was my first buy,next a trip to B&M for some fat balls,nuts and seed for the birds. Then I strolled the one mile to Iceland for my food shopping today's treat was a special offer on Battenberg cakes and Cherry Bakewells from that nice Mr Kipling,2 for £2 instead of £3. I booked the delivery in for this afternoon and left intending to stroll home via the channel side. Alas the rain returned with a vengeance leavi…

It's been a good day so far. The morning dawned dull but promising and sure enough it brightened up after breakfast. I decided on a walk down to the village,up through Thorny Nook to the beach and along the shoreline home, a distance of around three and a half miles just the job to blow the cobwebs away. I set off past the salt marshes ans spotted some geese far out lazing and grazing. There were a few horses in the fields although the posh ones and jumpers had already left for Gymkhanas and th…

I owe thanks to Sue for the idea of this blog. How I got here from her blog about dreams is just the way my weird mind works. I think a lot of folk have an artistic talent for something it's just that some don't realise it or had their hopes crushed early in life. Most of the people I grew up amongst were what are called down to earth hard working people but amongst them are poets and painters,writers and musicians who in another life may have become famous for their deeds. They still entertain…

I managed to survive a trip to see the strange couple. After I hid all the pointy things and made sure they were safe we settled down to an afternoon of talking rubbish with the odd scoop thrown in for good measure. We talked of days of yesteryear when our bodies and minds were in better nick than now and the subject of their family from hell was thankfully kept to a minimum. Talking to friends and asking about their families is good in most circumstances but not with these two and their evil of…

Do you remember when wedding gifts were sensible in price and use? You know the sort of things, bed linen, towels,may a canteen of cutlery if they were close friends and you had a bob or two to spare, an electric toaster,cookery books and cheap pans or crockery All simple and straightforward enough as I remember. All useful stuff for newlyweds and we didn't need a list. Well a neighbour just showed me her nephew's wedding list. It is sorted by price starting with the most expensive. There is ev…

I looked out on the garden this morning to see if anything could be saved from this barren year. The grass needs a trim to tidy it up which it will get later,at the end of the path is where the newly discovered frog lives so that will remain undisturbed until back end. The rest is a total failure,what in the past has been a wildflower patch looking like this. Now looks like this. I have no idea why so many seeds failed to germinate it can only…