life

I've joined a sports club from hobbyhorse 45 days old

I can't believe it! I'm so unfit and scared of getting ill that I've actually joined a sports club. It's a David Lloyd club and it's just down the road ...

Will we go this time? from hobbyhorse 86 days old

SO the fluffly old 22 year old boy is still fine. The 'borrowed time' to quote our feline-cidal vet is now three months! And he hasn't had to go back ...

Peas on the floor! from hobbyhorse 116 days old

Well this certainly cheered me up. OH was busy shucking peas and was trying to annnoy me at the same time by filling in crossword clues. But instead ...

From TS Eliot's Little Gidding The Four Quartets from hobbyhorse 119 days old

Just heard this being read on the radio by Ted Hughes and by TS Eliot. Amazing words. They gave me comfort in a hotel room the night I heard my dad had ...

Oscar takes a nap from hobbyhorse 119 days old

Oscar in his favourite basket. I love the crossed paws and the air of abandonment.

10 things I learnt from living in Italy from hobbyhorse 120 days old

[ ... ] - life is outside the home 3 noise is normal - scooters, traffic, shouting and singing, shutters closing 4 Italians usually go out in huge ...

Not to be a bore... but more Oscar moments... from hobbyhorse 144 days old

Oscar helps make the bed in the morning

Ambrose Bierce - a great cynic! from hobbyhorse 155 days old

Ambrose Bierce, an American in the 19th century, an underrated writer (of ghost stories and Civil war experiences) and famous for his Devil's Dictionary. ...

A hard decision from hobbyhorse 173 days old

Our old old cat has been ill for a week. In fact, when we took him to the vet last Friday and the vet said we should feed him little and often and keep ...

The missing fork from hobbyhorse 228 days old

And we lost a fork. From one of those hanging cutlery stands where one item short is sad and noticed for ever. So on the 13th day of our rubbish bin ...