we all sag in middle age, but note how the ears are still pinned back in listening position 

priorities temporarily mislaid

we were driving through a monotonous part of west london at the beginning of a long journey

"not much scenery here ... " sez i

"I'm here, darling !" , sez the loved one, before I'd even added a full stop.

something fishy on the banks of the thames 

emotional blackmail alert

it's a bit like a computer virus alert, only the threat is ten times more insidious ...

after i had uttered an apology for some minor faux pas,

the loved one's reply was typically incisive, as follows;

"thankyou, i might let you make it up to me later"

nurielle's petit pain 

the smallest loaf in sussex

a weekly highlight of the cheesedrivers toil is a peep in to the kitchen of ockenden manor

and if one is a really lucky cheesedriver, then the bread that nurielle bakes will have just emerged ...

siamese gas holders at vauxhall 

cheese drivers LIKE getting lost in Kent in April !

painter and pianist roy hewish having a crafty smoke 

ninety year old aunt mavis flaunting her magnolia 

hype the aged

my energetic aunt mavis was ninety last week

i phoned for permission to visit and she said she needed a couple of hours because she was planting some seeds in her immaculate and lovely garden

we visited her, and as we were leaving i saw, with my very own eyes, that she was skipping up the garden steps back to the house

contented inhabitants of bexhill-upon-sea

this would make a nice cover for that virginia woolf book about the lighthouse ... 

vieve forward's medal showing colin and sylvia relaxing in arcadia 

colin and sylvia forward modelled in wax 

family stuff

i cycled to fulham after work to meet my sister at a foundry

she's designed a medal commemorating our parents, colin and sylvia forward, and we met the gentlemen who will change her wax model into bronze

the medal shows the parents in profile on one-side, and relaxing "en-fete" on the reverse

i think my sister is pretty amazing

more news of this work in the next few weeks, as and when ...

we went to the borough market next to southwark cathedral ... cheese spotting 

this time last year ... this time next year 

spring springing in putney 

someone forgot the thames is tidal but we tried not to smirk