We bought an extra tank of LPG last week (and found a space to keep it in our tiny apartment), just in case (because of this foolish and dreadful war) cooking gas becomes too scarce and expensive. God know when the current crisis will end and the world comes to its senses.

Tue-31-Mar-2026

We bought this Asahi kettle last year. It’s rather fancy in that it’s glass and has settings for different temperatures and coloured lights to indicate what it’s up to. Unfortunately one of darling our cats knocked it off the worktop soon after we got it the plastic at the bottom cracked. It still works but leaks a little…and my attempt at sealing the hole did not work.

Wed-25-Mar-2026

We have been waiting, nagging, reminding, complaining and following up with our ISP (Converge), for a router upgrade that we started paying for in September 2025. Then out of the blue we suddenly had a visit from their engineers and they installed the new device. Of course the speed of our internet connection didn’t improve much! Included in the package was a little box that connects to the TV and gives us local channels…so we now have four remote controls to lose down the side of the couch!

Fri-20-Mar-2026

Here are some keys accidentally left behind by our daughter’s partner when they went back to the UK. I was thinking of sketching some keys but this key ring is a lot more interesting than mine …with lots of dangly little tags and pouches, several of which, I think, were recently bought from the ArtWork store in Market Market!

Mon-9-Mar-2026

For this sketch I was just doodling around in the evening. This plastic bin holds our collection of freebie (mostly BDO) umbrellas, several of which we haven’t even opened! The whole thing only avoids falling over because the an ancient heavyweight socket-set (something I used in the UK when I actually did a tiny bit of car maintenance) at the bottom (why we still have that I don’t know).

Wed-28-Jan-2026