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A sensational Empire

I consider myself a bit of a connoisseur of the Empire Biscuit 😊 Imagine my delight when I stumble across a stall at a local...

Alice goes large

Alice 🍏 has had her accommodation upgraded.  Last time we checked in she was still in her seedling pot.  Since then she's been placed in...

Flypast - Did you see me?

I think we are being mapped! I stood in the garden waving, in the hope I one day appear on a Google Map aerial view...

It's down to the biscuit!

Here in the UK it is polling day to vote in our representatives for the UK Parliament, and our next Prime Minister from tomorrow. I'm...

The Big Bang Theory

I watch very little TV -- other than catching a snippet of news, there's nothing I generally sit down and watch regularly. I consume my...

Hablo español

It's true, I do speak Spanish.  I'm not fluent, but after three years of learning every day I can certainly understand, speak and respond slowly!...

Komments have arrived

After talking about Comments on the Scribbles blog, I committed to working up an idea on how we could allow visitors to the blog to...

Comments ahoy

Following on from yesterday's post, I have been flexing the brain cells a little harder and I have a plan. I think I could offer...

Say what

I would love Scribbles to offer the ability to comment directly on a blog post. So many great blogs appearing and I can't interact, or...

103 days on.🍏

Since our last visit, Alice the Apple 'tree' has been busy.   She is 103 days old now. I think it's time to upgrade her...

Am I doing it wrong?

I often wonder how effective social media is at being social? I am a GenX baby (I only recently learned that when I had to...

A smile and some luck

I'm feeling very lucky today.  I was stopped by two policemen for speeding. I was driving through a village on a rural road. More of...

Radio Silence!

It has been a few weeks since I scribbled.  Its amazing how life gets in the way of a good plan. I've got so many...

Too Many Teams

Microsoft Teams has become a Google mess.  You know, Google having so many chat apps! In the early days, when Teams exploded (during lockdown), it...

Why is the vacuum cleaner cable never quite long enough!?

Do dogs have shoulders?

I think I have been forgiven by the dog.  Yesterday I was clipping her nails and I was perhaps a little zealous with one, which...

And on the 3rd day ....

As expected, the dry spell did not last, and on the third day it rained.  However, we were  able to make it to the local...

Mark the moment -- two days no rain

I feel I need to mark the moment, and mention that as of Easter Sunday evening we have had two days with no rain, and...

Step back in time 🥫

I had call to make use of a can-opener today.  I do not recall my last encounter with such a devil of a device. In...

Too many photos? 📱

I recently moved my backup solution, which meant that all the photos on my mobile phone had to be re-uploaded by the software. I did...