Bits and pieces

Café scene

Bits and pieces by LoisNovember 12, 2015

Fungi and fungi

Bits and pieces by LoisNovember 9, 2015November 9, 2015

Bits and pieces by LoisNovember 5, 2015

As it’s November 5th, Bonfire Night, I think I’ll share something I wrote last year… We don’t have fireworks any more, our children have left home, but we see plenty from our windows! As a child we had a long enough garden to have a bonfire in the empty vegetable patch; the lady who owned our […]

Bits and pieces by LoisNovember 3, 2015

Mr Miller

Max Miller was born in 1894 in Brighton and he was one of the big names in variety theatre and music hall, but he was very much of his time, and by the time he died when he was sixty-eight, already that style of comedy was waning… or was it? There are aspects of comedy […]

Hardware

Bits and pieces by LoisNovember 3, 2015

Oh my gourd…

Bits and pieces by LoisNovember 2, 2015November 2, 2015

Season’s change

Bits and pieces by LoisOctober 29, 2015October 25, 2015

The Marlborough reclining chair

Bits and pieces by LoisOctober 27, 2015April 27, 2025

Constantine

Bits and pieces by LoisOctober 23, 2015October 24, 2015

Bits and pieces by LoisOctober 23, 2015October 23, 2015

Lemco

I’m not sure many people will have heard of Lemco today, but most people will have heard of and possibly eaten Fray Bentos corned beef. I like corned beef, just as it is, my husband loves it in corned beef hash; I’m sure everyone who makes hash has their own recipe, some involving potatoes, some […]