• Faking it in 2021

    On our walk around the golf course
    it would have been nice if it had looked like this
    On the way back
    we saw this lovely garden

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  • A violent end to 2020

    It was a noisy, violent end to 2020 out the back.


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  • A muddy walk in the woods


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  • Speeding up time

    Last year I took out a subscription to Netflix. I can usually find enough to watch for a month but then not enough to keep the subscription going for any longer. For Christmas 2020 I reactivated the subscription, again probably just for a month.

    So far I have watched and can recommend:

    • The Fear Of 13 – astonishing documentary about a man on death row
    • American Murder: The Family Next Door – fascinating documentary using social media content, text messages and police video footage
    • 22 July – brutal but honest dramatization of the massacre of 77 Norwegian teens
    • The Crown (series 4) – hilarious fabrication of the life of our royal family. The Duke of Edinburgh is my favourite!
    • The Queen’s Gambit (series) – very enjoyable tale about a young, female chess genius

    With Netflix you can choose what speed to watch a film at. I’ve found it’s perfectly watchable to view at 1.25 times the normal speed and even at 1.5 times.

    Watching at a faster speed means less time spent / wasted / indulged (a 60 minute episode only lasts 40 minutes at 1.5 times normal speed, whilst a 90 minute film only lasts an hour)!

    Try it and save time!


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  • Christmas 2020

    Not the usual Christmas, but we enjoyed the simplicity and the quietness. The little people were delightful via Skype.


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  • Let me introduce you to…..the koto

    Amazing!


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  • So, Christmas is buggered

    So that’s it, then. No Christmas for us in tier 4. Thanks Prime Minister Johnson.

    So here is my favourite Christmas song, by Aimee Mann and Michael Penn, from the wonderful film Hard Eight. I’ll play it to myself on Christmas Day.


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  • Bushy Park

    Once again we were in Bushy Park and on a very fine December morning the clear, blue sky made for some lovely colours and lines.

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  • A cold and foggy walk


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  • Bushy Park

    It was well over a month since we last saw the little people and what a glorious morning it was for a walk with them in the beautiful Bushy Park.


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