Stone the crows

Sorry it's been such a long time since the last post. One of the main reasons for switching to blogger.com was so that I could update more often.

Main news is that Roxana, Geoff, Steve and I went to Paris for a few days a week ago. It was totally fab, and you can read all about it here.

Then, not long after we'd got back, Roxana and her friend, the wonderful Florence, came and stayed with us two nights while they were attending the Guild of Vergers 75th anniversary celebrations in London.

Learned today that the crow is not a bird, but the family name for birds including four you can still legally kill in England (the rook, the jackdaw, the jay and the magpie), plus two you cannot (the raven and the chough). I always wondered why no-one could tell me the difference between a rook and crow.

Today (by which I mean yesterday - Saturday) I managed to go all DIY, and fitted a new thingy in the bathroom to hold the shower head. It had been sort of held up by luck, and with recent visitors who, quite understandably, wanted to move or angle the shower differently, it had basically given up and pointed itself resolutely towards the wall. Well, now, we have a shiny new pole and attachment, and it seems to be much better. First time I've been brave enough to drill ceramic tiles as well, although what I was worried about I don't know. I usually find that after trying something new.