kestrel

It should be bi-coloured. Red striped with a yellow background or yellow with a bit of pink. It has to be juicy. I want it sweet, and just under three inches.

many happy birthday returns to brisingamen – have a lovely day

Q:How many Bush Administration officials does it take to change a light bulb?
go on, then

happy birthday, kalunina!

love
mother

yes, it’s that time of year again, when our dear Chancellor of the Exchequer gives with one hand, and takes away with the other side of his face … In fine anticipation, and realising that Pete’s car tax was due at the end of the month, we hurriedly gathered the documents together, and hurtled up to the village post office at 12.30 (it’s half day, and it shuts at one).

we queue for what seems like ages, and then the woman behind the counter points out that we have brought the insurance certificate for the Disco, not the one for the Xantia [sigh].

we hurtle home again, I find the certificate (I am Official Keeper of Bits of Paper), and Pete, being younger than I, bounds like a young gazelle* back up the steps to the PO, and just makes it.

and wouldn’t you know it? Dear Gordon didn’t touch vehicle excise duty on that class of car …

* well, not very like, actually

from the Guardian comes this poignant article – Nina Bawden has a new book out, addressed to her husband Austen Kark, who died in the Potters Bar rail crash.

it’s beautifully written, and may make you cry …

“WOMEN’S passion for beautiful footwear has long been known, but new research has now confirmed every husband’s worst fear: British women possess £637 million worth of high heels which they have never worn.”

more here