Not much at the moment! I'm nearly finished Death Do they Part by Jonathan Whitelaw, an easy read cosy crime novel after reading some heavier stuff previously.
At Harlow Carr Gardens in Harrogate. The stretch of perennials flower border either side of a grass corridor, trees framing the picture of two people facing each other as the only occupants of the space.
Saturday, 25 July 2026 at 11:12 AM
I listened to 'Last Word' on catch-up yesterday evening featuring 'Brenda Fricker', the 1st Irish woman to win an Oscar. She was quoted as saying 'You can spend a lot of money trying to cure depression (which don't work) but the best approach is to recognise the symptoms and try to prevent descending into the well and, if you're in the well, just live through it' (a bit of paraphrasing here).
I recognise what she's saying and my take is that those who don't suffer from the affliction don't get it.
Parenting was different then: my mother told me after I'd failed the 11+ exam (itself a failed selection method to fit available grammar school places to a bell curve) that 'I wasn't as clever as I thought I was.'
I didn't need much of a push but that impetus gave me the boost to prove her wrong. And, I did.
It is 40 years since we moved into our house and there have been lots of changes in that time including the addition of the old barn that was at the end of our garden.
Es ist 40 Jahre her, seit wir in unser Haus gezogen sind, und es gab viele Veränderungen in dieser Zeit, einschließlich der Hinzufügung der alten Scheune, die am Ende unseres Gartens war.
The original protest we purchased is the bungalow to the right. In 1995, we added the barn, which we purchased to stop it being demolished. It is now last of our house and it's about 160 years old.
