poppy

Miss You ~ Rolling Stones Oh no, Muggle! Did you hurt yourself? 😥

Feeling Good ~ Muse

The English Patient ~ Michael Ondaatje

what an astounding sight met our unbelieving eyes. Not only were all the cats missing, a motley assortment of pimply youths were swarming all over the place, riffling through our cupboards, and strangest of all, Parson Cross ...

This is the thread on hobbies ...

I'm really into comfort reads at the moment, so it fits the bill admirably. Don't you hate it when people don't return books, especially favourite ones 😥

Can't Help Falling In Love ~ UB40

Black Sun ~ Death Cab For Cutie

I've been meaning to read some Barbara Pym, and your review has convinced me, especially being likened to EF Benson 😊

I find them too fiddly and my hands get sore too. Really admire people who have the patience for making them 😁 UK/US crochet terms are confusing to start with. I read that one way of telling which was which is that if there is single crochet (sc) in the pattern it's a US one.

Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying ~ Gerry & the Pacemakers

someone returned. Parson Cross immediately made himself comfy in MY office, put his feet up on MY desk and told the boys to make him a brew. 'See if you can't find a few biccies to go with it ... choccie ones. Ahhhh... how the other half live.' Meanwhile the boys decided the cats looked bored with being inside and let them all out. They immediately...

I Wanna Be Loved By You ~ Marilyn Monroe

'Just a quick phone call to let you know I'm on my way round with a new group of boys to do a spot of work experience. See you in a tick,' and he rang off. 'What the *beep*! The last interaction we had with the tosser, he dumped ten tons of cat litter on our doorstep and we couldn't get in for days!' 'It wasn't quite ten tons, Johnny, and the reason we couldn't get in was because you were too bone idle to move any of it.' 'Minor details, don't...

Night and Day ~ Ella Fitzgerald

Welcome back Shin, hope you really enjoy reading more again 😊 What do you like to crochet? ( I'm a crocheter too, I mostly make blankets).

'I could tell you were a connoisseur in that department. Let me give you a top up of this excellent wine and tell me more about yourself,' I encouraged, hoping if we could get him inebriated enough, he'd sign a cheque with no strings attached. 'Well, ...

sprinkled generously with fine

People Will Say We're In Love ~ Oklahoma

just a smidgen of (I'm thinking anchovy, like Leticia from The Vicar of Dibley 🤣)

look sumptuously gorgeous. A delectable picture of pure seductiveness. I could just ...' 'Hoy!' I interrupted, 'who the #@&% do you think you are coming in here chatting up my fiancée??' 'Methinks I have hitherto furnished you with my moniker?' 'Darling,' Rosie interrupted, grabbing my arm and squeezing hard. I yelped. 'Bertie has promised to ...

Gentle On My Mind ~ Glen Campbell

Reading Keep the Home Guard Turning by Compton Mackenzie.

my allergic rhinitis immediately kicked in, several of the moggies had what appeared to be asthma attacks and Megatron, a large marmalade tom, buried his nose in a water bowl and had to be dragged out before he suffered from asphyxiation. Rosie seemed totally oblivious to the waves of nauseous fumes assaulting our olfactory organs and greeted him with ...

Carolina In My Mind ~ James Taylor