I'm still waiting on the country pile, the manor to which i rightly belong but have thus far been deprived.. Nil.. Two! In the meantime I thought I'd indulge the inner crazy and go from a position of no fowl, to two in the backyard bush. That moment of madness occurred in 2023. I permitted and excused this indulgence in wildlife, along with obtaining my two adorable brother and sister kittens Munki and Moomoo, as "healing" from a relationship split . IMAGE_OF_KITTENS But t

So, Agent J is turning 9 years bold on Monday! He started guitar lessons last year and has quite taken to it, passing his grade 1 a few months ago over Zoom -- ah, the modern world! Since his teacher is running Zoom lessons 4 or 5 times a week I decided to get him a second guitar that can be at my house for when he is with me. His current nylon string 1/2 size is due an upgrade i think, so today I went into Belfast and came home with a 3/4 size with steel strings so that it

There's 'making your bed' and then there's actually making your own bed from wood, glue, screws and hard work... Step 1 get the kids to help you create a mock-up using lollipop sticks to explore what might work and how strong/weak the frame shapes are... 6 legged bed frame. The idea of the six-legged frame was to maximise unhindered space beneath it. It did seem a bit risky though! So we took the safer option and opted for making two identical frames with four legs. This h