Mouse & Muse Blog
by Trevor Millum
An occasional series which I hope is of interest to friends and family. Feedback always welcome.
Charter for Trees, Woods and People – the sonnets
A number of people asked if I was going to publish the collection of tree sonnets from last year. Given that publishing is expensive to do and costly to post I thought the following was a reasonable compromise. All of the sonnets, together with their illustrations are...
En Provence
After a rainy start, for which the locals apologised, the weather warmed up for our week or so down south. Accompanied by our trusty fellow moho-ers, we stayed at the campsite facing the much painted Mt St Victoire. Sylv and I had a go but mine was, as usual, more of...
Kitchen Sink
The kitchen has been redecorated although, to the casual eye, it looks much the same. The tiles above the sink have just been replaced so the job is now officially completed. There were a few dramas, one of them sink related, when the tiles fell off the wall and broke...
Ushaw Carvings
Sylv and Beena sharing a log-bench with a carved otter in the grounds of Ushaw College, near Durham. The artist has also created a fox, a snake or serpent (it's big) and a wonderfully lifelike badger - though I have yet to discover the name of the artist. Ushaw...
On the picket line
Stopped by on my way from Greenwich to Kings Cross to meet Dan, who was prominent on the university lecturers' picket at Senate House. The banner for the cleaners and ancillary workers' union was prominently displayed too. Nice to meet a lot of his friends and...
Coral Reef
Not the most flattering of photos but at least I haven't got my snorkel in my mouth. Having trouble understanding Jack's jokes through the airpipe. Our last day in Borneo and a grand way to finish, snorkelling out on the coral reef, which is still in pretty good shape...
Back to Borneo
The urge to return to Borneo has been there for a while. Finally, circumstances came together to make it possible. The last piece of the jigsaw was the arrangement to meet up with an old friend from California so that I would have a travelling companion. And once in...
Harrison’s Garden
Just a small part of the garden of clocks created by Luke Jerram at Gunby Hall, South Lincolnshire. The reference, of course, is to John Harrison of Barrow-upon-Humber. The installation is on view at Gunby Hall (National Trust) until June and then at Penrhyn, North...
High Flier
All strapped in and ready to go. The most unnerving part is being given instructions on how to use the parachute. Then we're off, towed up to 2,000 feet. It's a bit hazy but you still get wonderful views - Selby Abbey is close by and down there is the...
Felbrigg Hall and the Norfolk coast
The kitchen is often one of the most interesting places in great houses and the one at Felbrigg is no exception, with its massed copper pans. While the rest of the house is interesting and the guides are great, it was the garden, not surprisingly, that...
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