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Another Lego 'Ghost Story for Christmas' Diorama

Monday, February 12, 2024

Working on my second Christmas Ghost Story. Can anyone guess the story or author, or both?

An Afternoon venture into the Garden

Sunday, February 11, 2024

It was mild enough for me to go out into the garden today and have a little fire in the chimenea. It was lovely to see that Spring is finally starting to claw its way into 2024 :)

Hagstone

My Yew Cutting, taken from this magnificent tree down the Gower Peninsula, was looking nice and healthy:

My Yew Cutting (pruned to be a bonsai)

Another bonsai in the making - this time a Cherry Tree

It was nice to see that the Sycamore, grown from a trio of seeds I collected a trio of Sycamore from the sacred Chalice Well Gardens, the sacred in Glastonbury:

An old pic of the three Sycamore Seeds collected from Glastonbury

These three seeds have now formed a rather cool 'single' entity whose contortions continue to amaze :)

I don't think I've mentioned this addition to my Guy N Smith archive yet. It's probably the highlight of my collection too - the handwritten Manuscript, typescript and final printed book of Crabs Omnibus, all signed by the author.

Garth Marenghi - Incarcerat Night Out

Friday, February 09, 2024

The Garth Marenghi Incarcerat Tour Poster

It's been a while, but I dragged myself out of the house this evening. I'm so glad I did, as Garth Marenghi was on top form for his Incarcerat show at The Grand Theatre. As well as his usual reading from his new novel and his Q&As from the audience, he also did a little directing as a couple of people were encouraged onto the stage to audition for a possible new movie of one of his classic tales. I haven't laughed so much in ages. To top the evening off, I also picked up a free large Garth Marenghi tour poster, which I plan on framing, and got the great man himself to sign the paperback copy of his novel for me :)