365 Project – Day 124

In 1959 Bobby Darin had a hit record with Mack the Knife. I found the song intriguing, for a twelve year old, and it stayed with me. Later on I discovered that it was a song from Bertholdt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera and I loved the music from that. Eventually I found…

365 Project – Day 123

Today I managed to squeeze in a quick visit to the Bath Farmers Market where we were entertained by the Forest Quartet. A bit more highbrow than usual and very good too. 3 May 2014

365 Project – Day 122

Doing a project like this you have to grab your pictures when and where you can. Today I got up at the “Crack of Doom” in order to take Number One daughter to hospital to have an operation to fix her damaged ankle. This resulted in my spending most of the day hanging around the…

365 Project – Day 121

Oh Lord, it’s raining – again. So Maude and I waited and waited and then at last the sun came out so we set off for a walk and before we knew it the clouds came in yet again. It looked like an introduction to Armageddon so we shot back home without further delay; and…

365 Project – Day 120

When we moved last year we had a really nasty hedge replaced with a nice beech one. It will take a year or few of growth to develop but will be great then. Doing this meant that our so called ‘lawn’ was completely chewed up along the edges so we found some grotty stepping stones…

365 Project – Day 118

All round here spring has really taken a firm grip, no doubt fuelled by the incessant rain since Easter. Everywhere the trees are coming into full leaf and so much is coming into flower. Here’s a Dandelion clock from Weston Park. 28 April 2014

365 Project – Day 117

We live in an age of people closing things to save money. One popular target for closure around Bath has been our public conveniences. Public convenience is a typically English euphemism for a public lavatory (or bathroom as our American friends would call it). Last year our local council announced plans to close a number…

365 Project – Day 116

This is Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum), also known commonly as Ramsons. It is edible and adds a nice garlicy bite to a salad or in an omelette, it can also be cooked and used as a substitute for basil in pesto. At this time of year the wooded hills around Bath are thick with it.…