Friday, 24 December 2010
Thursday, 23 December 2010
Samantha
Samantha is not the cleverest of cats. In fact, she is thick as two short planks. Or even three short planks!
On Saturday night she spent the evening on the back of the setee - and falling off at regular intervals. Despite almost constantly watching her (which Jo thought cruel) I managed to miss photographing the actual falls.
When embarrassed by what you have just done (again!) wash yourself.
On Saturday night she spent the evening on the back of the setee - and falling off at regular intervals. Despite almost constantly watching her (which Jo thought cruel) I managed to miss photographing the actual falls.
When embarrassed by what you have just done (again!) wash yourself.
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
A well known phrase
Some phrases from literary works that have passed into common usage . Do you know where they came from?
1. 'Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.'
2. 'The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft-a-gley'.
3. 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever'.
4. 'No man is an island'.
5. 'All hope abandon, ye who enter here'.
6. 'All hell broke loose'.
7. 'To err is human, to forgive divine'.
8. 'Heaven has no rage like a love to hate turned, nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned'.
9. 'East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.'
10. 'The female of the species is more deadly than the male'.
Answers
1. 'Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.'
Richard Lovelace (1618–1657) 'To Althea, from Prison'
2. 'The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft-a-gley'.
Robert Burns (1759-1796) 'To a Mouse'
3. 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever'.
John Keats (1795-1821) 'Ode to a Grecian Urn'
4. 'No man is an island'.
John Donne, (1572-1631) 'Devotions'
5. 'All hope abandon, ye who enter here'.
John Milton (1608-1674), 'Paradise Lost'
6. 'All hell broke loose'.
John Milton (1608-1674), 'Paradise Lost'
7. 'To err is human, to forgive divine'.
Alexander Pope, 'An Essay on Confessions'
8. 'Heaven has no rage like a love to hate turned, nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned'.
William Congreve (1670-1729), 'The Mourning Bride'.
9. 'East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.'
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), 'The Ballad of East and West'
10. 'The female of the species is more deadly than the male'.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), 'The Female of the Species'
1. 'Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.'
2. 'The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft-a-gley'.
3. 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever'.
4. 'No man is an island'.
5. 'All hope abandon, ye who enter here'.
6. 'All hell broke loose'.
7. 'To err is human, to forgive divine'.
8. 'Heaven has no rage like a love to hate turned, nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned'.
9. 'East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.'
10. 'The female of the species is more deadly than the male'.
Answers
1. 'Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.'
Richard Lovelace (1618–1657) 'To Althea, from Prison'
2. 'The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft-a-gley'.
Robert Burns (1759-1796) 'To a Mouse'
3. 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever'.
John Keats (1795-1821) 'Ode to a Grecian Urn'
4. 'No man is an island'.
John Donne, (1572-1631) 'Devotions'
5. 'All hope abandon, ye who enter here'.
John Milton (1608-1674), 'Paradise Lost'
6. 'All hell broke loose'.
John Milton (1608-1674), 'Paradise Lost'
7. 'To err is human, to forgive divine'.
Alexander Pope, 'An Essay on Confessions'
8. 'Heaven has no rage like a love to hate turned, nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned'.
William Congreve (1670-1729), 'The Mourning Bride'.
9. 'East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.'
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), 'The Ballad of East and West'
10. 'The female of the species is more deadly than the male'.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), 'The Female of the Species'
Monday, 20 December 2010
Why
A thought (apropos of nothing really!) - Why do people on quiz shows clap themselves???
That wasn't the purpose of this post at all!
Overnight the temperature fell to -11ͦC. Despite central heating we had frost oin some of the windows. Takes me back to my childhood. I cannopt recall having seen frost on the windows in many, many years.
That wasn't the purpose of this post at all!
Overnight the temperature fell to -11ͦC. Despite central heating we had frost oin some of the windows. Takes me back to my childhood. I cannopt recall having seen frost on the windows in many, many years.
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