A good few years back my step-mum gave me a Zygocactus. It's supposed to bloom on my birthday, which is still a month away. I read today that Zygocactus "flower in response to shortening daylength (actually lengthening nights)". Four floors below us, a neighbour has the same plant on the identical balcony, but positioned slightly … Continue reading A Little Out of Whack
Author: Garrulous Gwendoline
Boys and Their Toys
After my last post, about my cousin riding in an Austin 7 racecar, I remembered that there had once been a passage about his and my brother's fascination with cars in my book. Our house was built on piers on a sloping block, so that as a young child I could stand to my full height underneath … Continue reading Boys and Their Toys
A Jolly Ride for Mr Toad
Last week my cousin had the privilege of riding in an Austin 7 race-car and he sent me a couple of photos. Said he, "felt like Mr Toad in Toad Hall", a reference to our childhood favourite book The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. For anyone familiar with Mr Toad and his fascination with … Continue reading A Jolly Ride for Mr Toad
GWEN WILSON The Reluctant Retiree 