There was a small gathering for a private vernissage at Boonoo Squared. Holly honoured local artiste and Mum with a fabulous buffet dinner. Guests were delighted to learn on arrival, that Kate, unusually shy and demure, had been awarded The Silver Medallion and is now entitled to place the proud monicker after her name, Botanical [...]
As the owner of one of the delicate Millennium Buttock impressions at the Watersplash, Marie-Anne was delighted to learn that otiose reflected great credit.
Keith and Leslie revealed that their builder was training a predatory bird while preparing the Millennium Dome and not walking his dog. Chicken owners are advised to sew large plastic buttons to the combs of any valuable poultry to deter bird strikes. Unfortunately they were unable to find a builder who was a great composer [...]
When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” statement, but followed it by several remarks, usual com traffic between him, the other astronauts and Mission Control. Just before he re- entered the lander, however, he made [...]
It is generally thought by the wise that in order to keep mind and body in good check, you should “mow the grass barefoot and learn to breath through their feet.” cited from Dr Pundit Acharya (late of the Yoga Research Institute)
Why not prepare some Blackberry vodka as there are no sloes for sloe gin! Take one and a quarter pints of blackberries and wash them and sprinkle them with 8 oz. of sugar and 2 tablespoons of orange juice, then add one and a quarter pints of vodka and screw it up for ten weeks [...]
Extensive research in the Piermont Public Library (a quaintly old fashioned affair where books still have tickets which are kept in readers’ pockets)revealed a copy of a book, “Oh what a Grand View”, in which secrets of the houses along the Hudson River, including The Acharyan Yoga Research Institute, are documented. The guru was called [...]
Thyme Cottage Developments PLC. Pool complex. Sauna. Covered tennis court.
Twelve additional garages. Barn. Enlarge to two lanes Thyme Highway ‘betwixt Thyme Cottage & Blissford Road’ Yewhurst. Greenhouse, retrospective. replace existing. Mayfield House. Removal of East wall and heating.Licence for gravel extraction.
Brook Farm. Enlargement of existing duck pond.
Granted. Thyme Cottage, Installation of dishwasher. (retrospective) Hill View [...]
There is barely contained excitement at in High Blissford as the long awaited link road is nearly finished. Several tons of gravel have now been delivered and laid, with the indispensable help of the “John Deere Europro” (a ride on tractor/mower not a pro Europe campaigner!) We’re now waiting for a dry day so that [...]
Bonnie & Buffy sat barkless at the window as a streak of white followed by a larger black one flashed across the hillside. They were keen to follow. It was Button hell bent on pursuit of something, with a slightly less eager Megan in tow. I’m sure that knowing of our great interest in all [...]