Not even the drizzle could dampen our spirits this afternoon as Helen from Didsbury Life and I visited all the fantastic bars and restaurants on West Didsbury's Burton Road to ask if they'd join us and take part in Earth Hour 2010 next Saturday, 27th March. Between 8.30 and 9.30pm, individuals, businesses and even whole cities... Continue Reading →
LIfe: Our fussy, flightless but ballsy garden blue tit
Bit concerned about this week's visitor to the garden! The picture looks zoomed in, but I was only about 20cm away from this little blue tit who has taken up residence on the bird feeder and refuses to leave. He can't fly very well at all and just kind of swoops in a bumble bee... Continue Reading →
Life: Dangerous Dave hits 70 – Happy Birthday Dad!
In between planning the kitchen for Brighton, sorting the end panels for Belford and calling into Goulden, a sneaky poster was required to embarrass my dad who hit three score years and ten today. God knows how the man known as Dangerous Dave has made it to this ripe old age without someone or something... Continue Reading →
A Saturday night at Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall
A complete spur of the moment decision yesterday to shoot up the M6 and be part of the Illuminating Hadrian's Wall event - the celebrations designed to light up the 84 mile wall from coast to coast with flaming torches for the first time since 1600 years ago, in 410AD, when the Romans buggared off... Continue Reading →
Life: An OPK week, with some Spencer Tunick naked art thrown in!
Still giggling at the fact I've even applied for this, plus, of course, secretly registered Mr Moregeous to do it with me. It looks like a brilliant experience, notwithstanding the fact it'll involve getting naked on a inevitably freezing cold May Bank Holiday weekend in Salford / Manchester. I eventually told Mr M, who wryly... Continue Reading →
Design: Copper buffs up as a new interiors trend
An email from Global Colour popped up in my in-box last night, making me smile as just yesterday I was salivating over a new Ikea kitchen door in a metallic copper finish..... Article : Justine Fox, colour expert at Global Color Research™, presents the colour of the month, helping you to understand how colour psychology... Continue Reading →
Design: Spring has sprung with new interior jobs this week!
Ok, it's not quite Spring, the cars were frosty and the cat still refuses to go out before the 11am sun hits the garden, but there's definitely something in the air. Three new jobs / clients in over the last week, so I am understandably delighted. Mrs P of the Liner Luxe bathroom has a... Continue Reading →
