Tuesday, January 1, 2019

How not to cater for the non-car driver

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There has been a lot of work at the junction of Orient Way and Leabridge Road at the north of Leyton, with an expansion of the cycle path. T...
Sunday, December 30, 2018

For the want of some rusty nails....

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This summer I got Wild Dyer by Abigail Booth. I have a cream over-shirt I would like to tie-dye. I've been collecting onion skins ...
Thursday, December 20, 2018

Rosemary theft

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Someone has taken a lot of the rosemary from my front garden - not even neatly cutting it, just roughly twisting and pulling it off. Presuma...
Sunday, December 9, 2018

Plane tree bark = wonderful fire-lighters

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Because of the dry summer the plane trees dropped most of their bark. I could have filled my sitting room with black bin bags full of the ba...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

Christmas already for some people but still so mild!

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This week I saw a decorated Christmas tree on a table in a front room in my street. And then on Friday another one on a desk in the offices ...
Saturday, November 10, 2018

Building community with ukeleles

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At our team away day last week we did the usual team away day things but finished with a fun session when someone came in to teach us to pla...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

Autumn leaves and wish for a delay before the first frost

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The leaves of the Boston ivy usually turn red at the end of August - they are still green. The leaves of the mulberry have dropped. I scat...