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Our garage was put up sometime in the 70s (or something like that, nothing very clever or beautiful, and topped off with one of those wavy cement and asbestos corrugated roofs.  It sits under two or three trees that have doubtless grown tall since it was built, raining down their leaves on it for 30 […][...] read more » Weeds on the Roof

..the battle was lost” or so goes the nursery rhythm.  I was the victim of the modern equivalent over the last week or so.  I’d noticed some problems with kind of grabbing sensation occasionally as I was cornering, and when I started to notice the traction control warning light coming on randomly I thought perhaps […][...] read more » “For want of a horse shoe…

Today was a big day for the feline residents of Cooke Towers as its two newest residents were introduced to the two sitting tenants.  We were somewhat apprehensive about how this crucial step would go as obviously we need there to be peace and harmony in the cat kingdom.  We brought the adult cats into […][...] read more » Further lessons from the kittens

Some of you know we have just acquired a couple of little heart-stealing kittens, Rambo & Roxie.  In only two weeks they have gone from hiding when we enter the room to rushing to the door each time we go pass hoping that we will come and play.  They basically have have three phases:- Sleeping […][...] read more » Lessons learnt from the kittens

I was walking today south of Arundel, along the river Arun.  From that perspective you have the most incredible views of the castle which has stood there for almost a thousand years.  We had meant to do a 10 mile circle round the town, but 2 miles into our walk, where we had to cross […][...] read more » No way through

Regular reader will know that I have been fiddling about with my ponds recently, and one project was to increase the flow of our waterfall, by installing a second pump.  This arrived yesterday, and I duly installed it.  Imagine my surprise when I woke this morning to find we had lost hundreds of gallons of […][...] read more » Leaking

I have had a life long love affair with waterfalls and though I have seen relatively few in real life and  with  the notable exception of Niagara, none of the biggies, I am without fail moved whenever I see one.  For me, even the smallest waterfall is a thing of beauty & magic.  Of course, […][...] read more » Waterfalls

A month or so ago, we lost our much loved cat after 16 years; she’d shared our home with her two daughters.  She was undoubtedly ‘Top Cat’ here, and her two ‘kittens’ kind of stayed kittens throughout her reign.  Once she died, suddenly they didn’t quite know how to relate to each other.  There was […][...] read more » Status quo struggles…or an exercise in pussy power!

Last night saw a meteor stream called the Perseids streaked through the sky last night.  This dazzling show is produced by tiny specks streaking through the upper atmosphere.  This amazing, eye-catching  display was produced by just a little dust. I wonder how often our attention is grabbed and captured by some tiny thing that streaks […][...] read more » Just a streak of dust

I wrote the other day about what happens when Life overtakes you.  Today, is the other half of that story. We were able to reformat the blog, but I learnt a bit more about the ‘back end’ and now know what bit needs protecting during updates.  I called the Revenue and got to speak to […][...] read more » The Devil you don’t know