New faces
The smartwatch saga continues. Skip it if you are really not interested!We left the story a couple of posts ago, with one alternative clock face chosen from a hundred or more that could be installed....
View ArticleBand aid
It was Phase Two of my new-smartwatch customisation. Having got three different clock faces installed, to use as the mood or occasion took me, my attention next turned to the band that held the Versa 3...
View ArticleHat trick - three new Olney hats while on holiday
As a rule I don't wear hats much. But they have their uses for specific occasions and weather conditions. I use a blue cotton sun hat pretty often at home and elsewhere - and especially over my face,...
View ArticleBe prepared!
Readers who regularly dip into these chronicles will recall that last year I decided not to renew my soon-to-end BT Broadband contract, nor to continue paying for a landline. I was facing a price hike...
View ArticleSean Henry's Couple at Newbiggin
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a small town with a good sandy beach on the Northumberland coast, some miles north-east of Newcastle, and directly east of Morpeth. Built in the shelter of a headland, it was...
View ArticleA Barbour jacket for my birthday
Today - July 6th - is my sixty-ninth birthday. (Drum roll and national anthem? No fuss, please!)Older person's birthdays can be rather difficult. After all, there's nothing special about being...
View ArticleFlying the Rainbow Flag
Waitrose has come out to support all the diverse communities, and is showing this 'Proud to be Ourselves' notice board outside its Burgess Hill foodstore, and presumably outside every other. Outside...
View ArticleWhite or red?
Back to triviality.Those alternative FitBit Versa 3 silicone bands I ordered online from FitBitStraps.com arrived five days ago. They were in brilliant white and bright red:They both had more...
View ArticleHolding out for a Hero
We don't do heroes much in Britain. Yes, there are 'sporting heroes' and 'rescue heroes' and 'NHS heroes' and so forth, but their fame isn't necessarily national nor long-lasting - certainly not a fame...
View ArticleRacton Tower
It was mid-June. I was back from my long caravan trip, but still getting out and around, as I'm not one for sitting around at home when it's a nice day. I'd had lunch in Chichester, and now wanted to...
View ArticleFreedom Day
So, it's 'Freedom Day' today in England. There was no jolt; the earth didn't move. On waking I heard no loud brass bands, no vans with loudspeakers careering around, blaring an announcement that we can...
View ArticleOut with the old, maybe in with the new
I've quietly uninstalled the NHS Covid-19 app. Given my personal circumstances, I couldn't see the point of having it on my phone any more. I do still have the main NHS app, and that'll be a permanent...
View ArticleForced to apologise
Well, really. The new Health Secretary Sajid Javid has been forced to apologise for saying that it's good we no longer have to cower from the coronavirus. The Labour Party, and some other groups...
View ArticleMenacing murals
Last night - well, from sunset to the tail end of dusk - I visited Brighton again. I had a sudden urge to walk the streets and capture the latest murals and posters, and maybe some other sights, with...
View ArticleWhere a wedding has been
Towards the end of my recent week in North Devon I did a tour of the country churches to the south of Great Torrington. It was a Saturday, and a fine, dry, warm afternoon. I planned to visit Little...
View ArticleA magical sunset
I can't resist a good sunset. I have to get shots of it, especially if it's remarkable in any way.Unusually fine sunsets are not really that common. There are plenty of spots where - given the right...
View ArticleAn invitation from the grave
I had an intriguing item of mail today: a sealed envelope, posted to me in the regular way via Royal Mail, with a stamp on it. It was addressed to 'The Resident'. My full address was written on the...
View ArticleAn HRT patch discussion
On the whole, I've got on well with HRT patches, although not everybody I know has. I've been told about patches that won't stick, patches that irritate the skin, and patches that are difficult to...
View ArticleLifestyle necessities
It was an interesting experience, watching Samsung's autumn product reveal two days ago. They have these reveals twice a year. Back in January it was focused on the Galaxy 21 smartphone, especially the...
View ArticleThe X-U - part 1
Two weeks since my last post - have I been super-busy? Socially busy, certainly. Household tasks? Yes, some of those. But there's Something Else - Something Good, I hasten to say - and it's taken up a...
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