Adullamite

I am ending the year with some administration.  Paperwork long left lying about has been put to use, calls made and services amended.  ...

Have you noticed how the days are getting, ever so slowly, longer?  The sun is slightly higher this afternoon than it was last week, an...

Having spent some time in the morning rubbing whale oil all over my lithe muscle bound body I ventured out into the land of Nanuk.  H...

Not being one to grumble I showed concern for my readership by checking on the weather in their part of the world.  While we sit her...

The problem with having Christmas on a Thursday is that it leaves the feeling of two weekends placed together.  While Christmas Day see...

Possibly the most worrying thing today was the weighing machine cracking under my feet as I stood on it.  Being not so young as it on...

May Christmas bring you joy and happiness in spite of it all! A good and happy Christmas to all my friends worldwide. I would be ...

I had a problem with the lamp. The bulb went out as I switched it on.  I switched off, went rummaging and found a new bulb. I remove...

The sky appears full of dark clouds as the sun lowers itself into the Americas.  However today was remarkably mild and this has been th...

Today, as promised, I gave myself over to exercise.  The weight must go and I ate healthily and exercised moderately.  I am now hungr...

Not long back from a carol service with fattening mince pies and chocolate sweets.  Time for an early bed I fear, lots of exercise to d...

The ability of the readers of this humble page never fail to amaze me.  Soub's request to satisfy his petrol driven mind is answe...

That great man Soub has been attempting to identify this car for some time now.  It was seen in Sainsburys car park some time ago and ...

Last night I dug out some old, decaying albums and found one or two old pics that I liked.  In fact some were well taken and I was plea...

Another debacle in my life finishes. Leaking cistern (the brethren were OK) impossible to get handyman to fix Friday, planned for ...

Leith, as everybody knows, is Edinburgh's port.  Until 1926 when the two were amalgamated into one, much to the Leithers annoyance,...

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I thought the loo floor was damp last night.  I worried a pipe had burst and the central heating was pumping water everywhere.  A clo...

The early sun lies low at this time of year but can give excellent skies.  This picture does not catch the brightness of the sun coming...

An eye opens slightly noting the grayish sky seen through the break in the grubby curtains.  The ear picks up a monotone voice offering...

With the dark blue sky at dusk, such a change from the fifty shades of gray that have covered us for days, I was strongly tempted to fi...

Appreciation of art is a wonderful thing, if you can find art worth appreciating of course.  This lot clearly didn't and possibly w...

As the Christmas shoppers have unlimited cash, or so it appears, the shopping centres do their best to bring them in with a wide variet...

Actually I have no thoughts.  All week the mind has been dead for the most part.  A strange tiredness, biting cold wind, constant dreic...

I've decided to be idle for a day.   Not only did I have a busy and emotional Sunday (Yes Willie Collum I mean you!) but I also ha...