Ataraxia in Essex

Saturday would have been my father's 81st birthday. Since it was a glorious day I decided to celebrate it and him by heading back to the Essex marshes.( Essex, Illustrated )

Perils of Fruit-Picking

On Sunday I picked up ladymoonray in Nutfield, the station that dares not speak its name (there is just a prolonged pause in most on-train announcements) and we went to Priory Farm to have lunch, purchase green stuff not-to-eat, and pick raspberries.

Of course if you eat too much at a Pick Your Own you turn into it.


Luckily she was sufficiently recovered to swig spoon-feed herself home-made raspberry daiquiri on the patio ...

Shiva v Fox

Shiva v Fox
Originally uploaded by tamaranth

Fox: "Oooh! Hello! What are you? Do you want to play a Game? And have you got anything to eat, I'm starving."

Shiva: "BUGGER OFF."

Fox: *exits stage left*