Well it's Saturday July 4th. I know what will that mean for our American readers. The big Independence Day weekend. Hope you're hav...

It's Sunday afternoon here in the UK. Late Spring and it's warm. The missus and I are drinking coffee and eating cake with an elderl...

 The good news is .... My mate Mark has saved Christmas!  The darn plumbers never showed to fix their mistakes but Mark grabbed his tool bag...

 Well my last day being 64 has been somewhat stressful so far it has to be said. I'm meant to be going out for a Chinese buffet in a cou...

 In an estate agents window in Huntingdon the Missus and me had to look twice at these!  All price on application, check out these festive h...

Have you ever treated yourself to something this time of year? You know, with Santa gearing up and money being tight? Have you still gone ah...

 After rescuing all my four JR21 books from the waste compacter of Blurb's spring-clean, I was feeling understandably pleased with the p...

In an attempt to make a repro shin guard for Conan's horse I used some FIMO. It formed well and I was pleased with the look so it went i...

 The smiling couple at the back are my late folks. I've no idea where they've been or going to or the date, but I assume it's th...

 When you unwrap gifts slowly and save the wrapping paper for later!

You flatten bread bags and save them for re-use another day!

A little off-piste, a couple of late reflections of our trip to Germany last Autumn. Borrowed from the web, an old still in black and white,...

Well, we are finally away from our daughter's snowbound Thackley Hill, but it wasn't easy. After abandoning the car on Tuesday half ...

Dreams are strange. Like a drunk projectionist staggering round your brain, you never know what's going to be shown on those juddering s...

 It's Mrs MoonBase and my Ruby Wedding today. Forty years over the moon. Just want to wish everyone a very pleasant day. We got wed in 1...

Yesterday morning Chewbacca went missing. It was one of those classic moments where the Missus moved some of my stuff in the front room and ...

Watched a few things of late on the telly. Here's a few thoughts. Wonder if you've seen them? 1. Travellers - the Missus and me real...

Like many of you I love Sci-Fi. But, what can I say about  a show we caught this week on Netflix called The Rain. Well, its a Danish Sci-Fi ...

 We had a stall at a large local German car boot sale, a Flohmarkt,  this morning in our continuing bid to empty my Wife's parents' ...

 I'm pretty sure my Missus was a secret agent in a previous life. She has field craft. She just knows stuff. Last year she left matches ...