Living history
BBC News: Ancient tree 'one of UK's best'
An ancient Perthshire yew has made the top 10 in a list of the most important trees in the UK. The Fortingall Yew, which grows at a churchyard near Aberfeldy, could be up to 5,000 years old
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Ladytron
Back in March, Hubby surprised me with tickets to see one of my favourite bands, Ladytron. They were at the Pageant on Monday night with Datarock. We arrived at the Halo Bar early and were rewarded with first access passes, which got us to the front of the line when
Someone stole my blog post
It's been an interesting week. As in the curse May you live in interesting times.
Some weasel in Russia had been scraping my blog feed since the start of May and republishing all my posts on their spam blog with Google AdSense ads. They were stealing content from
Making lightning
BBC News: Tripping the light fantastic.
It is near pitch-black in the viewing room where we are standing; a soft red glow exuding from a warning light above the door barely cuts through the darkness. A klaxon sounds, and, suddenly, a giant flash of lightning bolts through the air,
Tagged!
I got tagged by Sue for another meme:
The Rules:
Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been
Meme me this
I don't often do memes, but it's Merinda, so..
Leave me a random comment, and I'll respond with five questions you can answer in your own blog, leaving open the invitation for other people to give you comments o' randomness, and then you
Spinning FO: Undyed Jacob
Jacobs have been my favourite sheep since I was a kid. Dad used to get free tickets for the Suffolk Show every year. The best place to visit was the Raptor Society who always had several owls tethered and sleeping outside their tent, plus some vicious looking hawks. They did
Living in America
Phoeknits wrote an excellent post on Expat living. She's an American living in England, I'm a Briton living in America. This is what it's like on the other side of the equation.
America is such a young country. A hundred years is a long
Best friends
Thanks for the commiserations on not making it to MD Sheep and Wool. My best friend Rox, who I was really hoping to spend time with, sent me a festival care package:
4oz of long staple Pima Cotton from Little Barn, and 2oz of Icelandic roving from Dott-E. Thank
Thwarted
I didn't get to Maryland on Friday. Didn't get to see Rox and Eric, didn't go to the Sheep and Wool. My direct flight was cancelled, and the replacement flight through Chicago was delayed until there was no way to make the connecting flight.