It’s winter again. I love winter. A quick glance at the calendar tells me that it’s mid November and the fact we are at 55 degrees north mean that it’s winter. Autumn is over and spring is a very, very long way off. But if you need other clues, here are my top ten hints […]
Things I learned from a Hotter moment…
Come on summer, we’re ready now…
This morning on my constitutional trot, I spotted this chap trotting across the road. By the time I’d fished my phone out from under several layers to take a photo, he’d reached the shelter of a hedge. It was pouring down. According to the wisdom of the internet, hedgehogs don’t come out of hibernation until […]
Schadenfreude and shoe names
I once bought some nail varnish just because of its name. Schadenfreude. How could it fail? It didn’t matter what it looked like, it was nail paint with attitude. The jar is long dried-up and thrown away and I can’t even remember the shade was apart from it being vaguely purple. Yet, I remember the name. When […]
346/365 Possibly the scariest shoes ever
Aren’t these amazing? These boots are made for, if not walking, something pretty serious. And at the very least, they’re going to stop the wearer from blowing away. The wearer in question is my sometime colleague at STV, Laura Boyd. Laura always manages to look amazing. She tells me that at home she slobs about […]