Mouse & Muse Blog
by Trevor Millum
An occasional series which I hope is of interest to friends and family. Feedback always welcome.
Raising a Glass
Well, many a glass was raised over the festive fortnight, though perhaps not as many as in younger days. A whole Saturnalia without a hangover! What is happening? Good to see so many friends and relatives. Now, thanks to Dilys and John for the wine tokens, we can...
Not What You’d Expect
The fruit on many years happy sonnet writing. As the intro says, "The sonnet is an ever popular verse form which has come to be associated – not surprisingly given Shakespeare’s contributions - with the poetry of love. In that case, this collection is, perhaps, not...
Autumn Leaves
Autumn has been gentle this year. The acer hung on to its leaves for a long time until over a couple of days they all came down and covered this part of the garden like snow - in that you can't tell path from flower bed. The aspen then added its multicoloured leaves...
Retro Times
An old-fashioned cinema in the woods? Yes, so old they call it The Kinema in the Woods and it's been going non-stop since 1912. Up-to-date films, though, and coffee in the foyer, which also houses memorabilia including a full sized dalek. Plenty of comfy seats...
Yes, Roses were blooming in Picardy
Ponches-Estruval was as quiet as ever (apart from next door's dog) and a delightful place to spend a relaxing week. Dunc and Kate joined us for a number of days and of course we had to visit St Valery and Le Crotoy. St Valery has the wonderfully idiosyncratic...
All Sculptures Great and Small
A couple of big heads at Doddington Hall - and I'm not talking about us or our visitors... Just a couple of the two hundred or so exhibits in the gardens and outbuildings that make up the Sculpture Exhibition. The photo shows the more formal area; out in the gardens,...
North and South
July has been enriched and enlivened by a visit from our Californian friend Jack, last seen in Borneo, but now with Sylv in the gardens of Burton Agnes, Yorkshire - somewhere most visitors get to see as it's one of the loveliest examples of a historic house and garden...
From Rye to Ramster
Our trip to the Deep South focused on Ramster Hall, just over the Sussex border in Surrey, where Tim and Helen celebrated their wedding. A grand do in a stunning setting - and great weather too. This, though, is a rare picture of us all dressed up. Steve and Chris...
Barrow Wheelbarrow Weekend
Wheelbarrows everywhere! And support from across the Atlantic from Joe and Jui, though they do seem to be taking it easier than we were back here in Barrow. There were 90+ decorated wheelbarrows this year, plus open gardens and lots of things going on in the Market...
Poets at Folly Farm
What's the collective name for poets? An anthology of poets? A twitter of poets? We were all children's poets, so that might make a difference. (The other males seem to have disappeared while this 'rainbow' picture was taken.) We gathered at Folly Farm in Somerset to...
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