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Bonus post; Snow cat
It is snowing! The excitement is immense… will there be enough to make a snowman tomorrow? Joey does not know what to make of the snow; first of all he tried to lick each snowflake from his fur. Then he tried to hunt the snowflakes. Then he danced about, attempting to dodge the snowflakes. Then […]
Autumn Light
Thank you all for your lovely words about Jenny, and for sharing your own dog stories; this has been much appreciated and has bought cheer to the cold days and the subdued atmosphere. In other cheering news, I have been enjoying watching the light in the late afternoons on the walk between my house and […]
Saturday’s sad news
Yesterday, our long-lived and much-loved lurcher, Jenny, had to be put down. This is very sad for all of us, but especially my Dad who gave her a walk and some good painkillers and sat with her, keeping her company, during her last night. My Mum saw Jenny in the dog’s home around ten years […]
Howling with Wolves
Yesterday I went to Beenham in Berkshire to meet with 8 wolves who reside there at the UK Wolf Conservation Trust. Thinking up features for our Halloween special on The Hub, I was initially going to go on some kind of scary walk in Oxfordshire and make field recordings along the way. There are certainly […]
Chicken Walk
The name of this post refers to Hasil Adkins’ song, Chicken Chicken Walk – which you should definitely check out. It also refers to my day yesterday during which I attended a ‘hen party’ with my parents, and walked along the route I used to take home from school when I was at secondary school […]
I SPY Oyster mushrooms
Yesterday morning, walking near Nuney Green, I SPIED some Oyster mushrooms, growing on a branch! According to my vintage I SPY book, in August 1962 this fungus was also spied in Cranwell. The emphasis in the I SPY book on Oyster mushrooms having a distinctly grey or black top left me feeling slightly doubtful about […]
best of Manchester
As promised, here is an image of the lovely travelling tag that accompanied me and my red suitcase recently to two great cities: Berlin and Manchester. Thanks Liz, I have enjoyed the pleasing company of this french-fancy luggage tag plus all the biscuit stickers that you bought me, on my recent expeditions. In spite of […]
best of Berlin
We were in Berlin for such a brief stay that I didn’t get to see everything I would have liked to have seen. Of all I did see, here are some favourites: spontaneous street art organisation bright lights from our hotel room window laugen brötchen and perfectly-wrapped cheese. Tonight I am packing again for another […]
Equipment WIN/FAIL
I was assisted before setting off for the West Highland Way by Trail Magazine’s snappily-titled Slash Pack Weight feature last month. With a strapline of Climb More Hills, this enthusiastically presented feature provided a good mixture of entertainment and sound advice for myself and Mark while we planned our trip and invested in items that […]
The West Highland Way
I am back after walking all 95 miles of the West Highland Way. Mark and I did the route in 6 days and not the 7 days recommended for novice long-distance walkers like ourselves and we both insisted on carrying all our gear with us, so today we are walking around like two very, very […]
August Online…
July offline was very eventful and the experiment was wholly successful. I didn’t keep myself 100% Internet free, I must confess. Missing some blogs just too much to bear, plus some necessary work-related admin and a few important fact-finding missions lured me into cyberspace on several occasions but the hours of staring at a computer-screen […]
The Birthday BBQ
In a few days I will turn 30. But since weekdays are rubbish for parties and I’m tied up next weekend with secret adventures, my family gathered in Croydon in my old ‘hood to have the party of all parties yesterday. For some people 30 doesn’t seem to be such a big deal, but for […]
WWKIPD
In the same weekend that involved the fishing trip, I also met with knitters at the First and Last Pub in Pembroke Dock, where I knew – courtesy of Brenda Dayne’s magnificent podcast – that people were gathering for some WWKIPD action*. It was great to meet Angie, Elizabeth, Angela and Andrew and to enjoy […]
Give a girl a fish…
…she’ll eat for a day. Teach her how to fish and she’ll live forever. Barnacles and mussels: an amazing sound, a tiny fizzing, popping noise as all the miniscule creatures breathe and open. An island off the coast of Pembrokeshire, where baddies undoubtedly live. Spotted from the good ship Jenny B. Roar of boat engine […]
Tropical Weekend in Berkshire
This weekend the views out of my windows have mostly been of grey skies and the swishing sound in the traffic tone tells me the roads are wet with rain so I’ve been busy at home, trying to make sunshine indoors. This has involved burning loads of lemon and maychang oils in the newly hoovered […]
Mending the pipes
You may remember the dripping faucet in my bedsit that inspired this artwork? Record the sound that keeps you awake at night, Felicity Ford, 2009, pillow, permanent ink, faucet stamp, pillow-speakers, CD player, audio recording of permanently looped dripping tap sound, title and basic concept taken from Learning to love you more by Miranda July […]
‘neighbourhood divine-hymn singing’
I was startled this morning when – from just beyond my window – came the joyous sound of drums and chanting. According to the BBC Berkshire website, today is the day that the Sikh community in Reading are celebrating the birth of their faith by having ‘a colourful, celebratory procession called Nagar Kirtan, which means […]
Back in the ‘hood
One of the rooms in the amazing Hall… I have had the most lovely Easter holiday with Rachael in the Lake District. It was amazing to spend time in the massive, dark, rambling hall that has passed down through generations of Rachael’s ancestors, to live without The Internet or much central heating for a few […]
The Rubberloaf Bake
One of the hazards of breadmaking is that sometimes you make a really crap loaf of bread. Experimentation inevitably results in a certain level of failure, and I recently made an impressive bread blooper. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the Dwarven Loaf of Mordor. It may look innoccent enough in the photo above, […]
Mother’s Day 2009
Maybe it was thinking about my Mum when I made The Hippy Pie that did it; maybe it was all the support and love she has given me during The Horribleness of the past couple of months, but for whatever reason, Mother’s Day seemed especially important to me this year so I made Bam* this, […]
Heston’s Feasts: costly & pointless, Discuss.
A small exchange on Twitter with one of my favourite contemporary writers/thinkers has prompted me to write and think a little about Heston’s feasts. I have been watching Heston’s Feasts with a mix of anticipation, intrepidation and curiosity. The episodes so far have gotten me thinking about food, imagination, ingredients, history, grand feasting traditions, the […]
Pretty cakes
Seen in Bath.
Bath…
I was in Bath for the past two days visiting with my lovely friend Isolde, who you may remember from the Pimp My Guide feature in The Missability Radio Show, and who is currently in Hospital. Naturally I felt that cakes were an essential enhancement to our time together, so I made these using the […]
The Hippy Pie and The Sweater Curse
Today I have made The Hippy Pie of All Hippy Pies. It is so worthy, so ethnic, so beany and so wholefoodsome that even the most stony-hearted carnivore may be swayed to the vegan way by its earthy brown, splodgy charms. Not that I have any plans on converting anyone, or on giving up sausages […]
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