My fig plant with a fig forming: Year one it looked amazing when I bought it from a greenhouse in Germany but it didn’t like the window sill I had it on and promptly lost all its leaves and played … Continue reading
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I’m very chuffed to find my first clearly Roman coin today!. I think I’ve had others but they were so badly worn that I don’t think it really counts. Roman coin: antoninianus, or radiate depicting Diocletian, 284 to 305 ADA button … Continue reading
I’m slightly disappointed that it doesn’t actually say Florin on it, and a bit more disappointed that it’s not one of the silver ones, but a Florin’s a Florin! https://www.silveragecoins.com/en/details.php?item=1458 … Continue reading
I saw lots of people posting finds this weekend despite all the snow so when the temp climbed from -6c this morning to my minimal acceptable lower limit I dashed out for a quick 90 minutes in my favorite field. … Continue reading
I scrabbled a lot in the gravel of a dry riverbed today. Not many finds worth commenting on, but this one is a bit remarkable. It looks like a ring but it’s not, it’s a finger ring from a candle holder. … Continue reading
One night I had a dream in which I was playing Warcraft and all I did was hang out in the part of Dark Shore known as the ‘Twilight Vale’ with my 110th level night elf hunter toon and fought … Continue reading
Wiltshire Regiment, Signal Corps cap badge, Dorset(shire) Regiment … Continue reading
Victorian Dress WeightSmall Watch Face, gold plated silverEdward Vii Ha-penny, 1904Late Victoria Ha-Penny, 1896 George Vi Half Crown, 1948 I’m amazed and proud to say I’ve been given a new permission. It has some interesting history around it and I’m … Continue reading
“How embarrassing. The continuation of our species matters more than you can imagine. It is the single most important thing we can do. Sounds good to me, I said. I didn’t have to say: can we change the meeting from … Continue reading
A woman boarded my train at the last minute and began to sort thru all the shopping she had with her before sitting down. She moved half the contents of one bag into the other and we all got a good … Continue reading