Spent a fair bit of today de-nettling the back garden. As a result of this I now have rather tingly forearms.
...which of course has led me into thinking about historical domme ads which I'm sure I've seen some advertising use of nettles? Anyway, been thinking about my Crowthorne's stories again. Maybe one of those should feature nettles... http://www.sandralindsey.wales/tag/crowthornes/
Love how the number of trees we planted in our garden means we can now go sit outside in the sunshine without actually having to deal with direct sunlight.
I used to say I was born in the wrong century because in my late teens I could look very much the English Regency ideal of porcelain-pale skin & natural ringlets framing my face :-D
Husband: "You look like you've had either not enough coffee, or rather a bit too much."
Me: "Yes? I mean, my brain says not enough, my stomach says too much."
My friend lent me her copy of Gideon the Ninth, which says on the back of the book "The most fun you'll ever have with a skeleton," and that's a lot to live up to given I cut my writing teeth on undead pirate slashfic...
Reading a social compliance audit report on a potential new supplier today, and realised that some of my past employers here in the UK wouldn't pass some of the questions :-(
Seems very appropriate for public toilets to be built on a bog!
(I don't actually know how widespread that term is but if you're baffled, bog is slang for toilet, at least in the primary school I attended in the 1980s.)
Up near #LakeVyrnwy we're holding a Mad Hatter's Tea Party - tickets £7 per child & need to be booked in advance (so we make enough sandwiches!) Call 01691 870501.
Any income over the cost of the event goes back into the local community.
1100 words. Which is not nothing, & has got the story started, but good grief I didn't realise how much I'd forgotten about 18th century naval terminology!
Or did I just not care quite so much about getting it right when I was younger?