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pretty maids all in a row More street flowers in Giverny. I love the frilly edges of these tulips pretty maids all in a row

still life with tap I love Monet's blue kitchen with its flash brass fixtures and copper pots. This pot on the sink is one of my favourite things still

Street flower, Giverny This one wasn't even in Monet's garden, but the streets of Giverny are lined with flower beds, and this iris was so striking, people were lining up to take its photo

Monet's garden Looking out through the window of Monet's house, into his garden. Spring 2023

it was Mickey's birthday When we visited France last year, it was a dream come true to go to French Disneyland. We both have happy memories of watching Disneyland on a Sunday night when we were kids. Of course the best episodes were the cartoons. I always thought it was a dud week when we got...

Sunny day My sister gave my some sunflower seeds and I am loving this glorious show

Short n tall Hydrangeas are my favourites. Here's a selection from my garden this year.

It was a damp one My son was 100% determined that we would have Christmas in the park. His son spent the whole day zipping round on his scooter; he didn't even have a raincoat. Got SO wet. Oh well, at least we didn't have to fight anyone for parking spaces!

I'm really curious how big those pens are, that they need something the size of a dunny brush holder.

science! love it!

Honestly, whenever there's a philosophy question, I go straight to Monty Python's "Philosophers' Song" and nail it every time

I remember our phone number from when I was a kid, it was 562403, or even older: UM2403!

This was such a cool memory, thanks for sharing it. The days of the phone being right in the middle of the house, where everyone could use it. I see a sort of carryover of this in "family" emails. I get people with emails or facebook pages called "tednbetty@domain" or "thesmiths123". Ha ha I...

Ha ha can 100% confirm. My brother was there, having a few days off and was enjoying the fun.

I have legit been afraid of 9

I loved having a copper one year in a place we were renting. I was spinning and dyeing my own wool and the copper was fantastic for dyeing, didn't have to add a mordant.

Mum used to wash the dog in the copper. I would see that little gas flame under the big tub of water and our dog in the water, and I'm not gonna lie. I was sometimes a bit worried that Mum might accidentally cook our dog.