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By popular request, that's our lovely Little Phoebe in our kitchen this afternoon.  I  was busy cooking the Sunday dinner but I made time to capture a few images of her at sixteen months old. Those pink shoes are her second pair' Her Great Auntie Carolyn works in a charity shop and spotted a plastic kiddie car when it first came in. She thought it would be a good buy for Little Phoebe and this was  her very first outing in her new vehicle. To tell you the truth, it is not new at all. It's secondhand but that is fine with us, Stew and Frances too. We have made a point of avoiding buying any new plastic toys for Phoebe. Everything is secondhand or used - out of respect for this planet's finite resources.  We have been squandering plastic for far too long and it is time to cease or at least to hugely reduce our purchasing of plastic  items and  items encased  in plastic packaging. Phoebe does not seem to mind one iota that her car is used as ...

  I was late home tonight. I witnessed a road accident in Colwyn Bay and stopped to help. The girl was ok in the bashed mini but I had quite a lot of blood on my hands from a laceration on her knuckles  She told me I looked like her dad as we waited for the police  She was in shock  I needed the last of my Christmas gin when I got home. The bats were out in force in the lane as the dogs returned  My friend Nigel sent an email about his birthday gift to me  We have the same birthday  Under his message was one from a furniture company  I bought a chair from them  a few months ago and they cheerfully told me that it should be delivered tomorrow A friend had a similar one and I loved the way it felt when I sat in it  I’m a sucker for nice chairs  Just the living room carpet to change, I’ve toyed with a hardwood floor But you bloody well  can’t have slippy floors with bulldogs around…… They just can’t fucking co...