• Travel

    Caserta

    Today we went to the Royal Palace of Caserta which is a short train ride from Naples.  The day started well because it was a double decker train.  I love trains, and this…

  • Travel

    MANN and catacombs

    Today we went to the Archaeological Museum of Naples, in my opinion one of the greatest museums in the world.  Amongst other things, it holds the finest of the artifacts taken for their…

  • Travel

    Climb every Volcano

    Today the plan was for Herculaneum in the morning and Vesuvius in the afternoon.  I have been up Vesuvius before (with J) and in September it had been freezing cold and very windy…

  • Travel

    All change today

    R and I are off to Naples today for a week and J’s visitors are arriving.  Very kindly we are lending them our bedrooms, and I hope that they don’t wreck the joint. …

  • Gardening

    More early spring

    I had a look at the garden today having looked out of the kitchen window to see this. At first I thought it was a “Pussy Willow”, but in fact it is a…

  • Food

    A Scooby Snack

    I made some bean burgers today – they were quite nice but perhaps rather dry.  I would use the recipe again, but put some homemade salsa in the roll to moisten things up.…

  • House

    Fake Art

    When we first moved in here we had quite a lot of Victorian paintings we had inherited.  In fact we had so many that when they were piled up against the wall we…

  • Gardening,  Walks

    Walk into Spring

    R went for a walk today when I was at church.  One of the hymns today was “Awake my soul” – I couldn’t help thinking of J when we got to the line…

  • Cats

    Cat in a case

    Saphy really, really can’t resist any type of bag or case.  I got this one out of the garage to make sure it wasn’t damp and Saphy did her own checking. Amber thought…

  • Cats,  Food

    Some snacks

    R and I often go down to J’s flat in the evenings to watch the big screen TV.  At the moment we are watching “Babylon 5” which at the rate of one episode…