Your mother sounds much like mine. She found it impossible ever to throw me a kind word. But that made me strong and determined to be nothing like her. And here I am, perfection personified:)

There's nothing tongue-in-cheek about my final sentence. I'm perfectly serious:)

I think that when children are bound too tightly, they're more likely to rebel and go looking for trouble. We, on the other hand, had the freedom to do pretty much as we pleased and rarely got into any.

That's a fabulous piece. Definitely one of your best.

That works!

remember my 23 mice?) Remember? Could I ever forget?:)

I am relieved that he eats from my cupboard and vomits on my daughter's floor. 😅😆 It's no wonder I'm not a cat person.

But of course, though I do rebuild each year as I move the cucumbers from bed to bed.

Trellises for my cucumber plants. My entire greenhouse is full of string and bamboo.

Very green, considering it's winter. Must be all that compost and worm tea. And peas? Really? Peas here are a spring/summer thing. Your broccoli looks a bit like my cauliflower, ravaged! I put down about

How appropriate that this is what I see when I go through the links you provided:)

All of those topics are right up my street. I'm going to find it difficult to choose just one. ..or maybe I'll write 1250 words and cover them all:)

Hahaha. I think it'd really suit me:)

Crikey, that's a pretty horrible sight alright.

I once lived with three gay men, so same-sex sex scenes don't particularly offend me; they just irritate me, for precisely the reasons you mention.

I agree. The first few seasons were good, but they should have cut it before it became boring.

Can't say I've watched many zombie films, but I did watch the first four seasons of The Walking Dead as my last beau was a big fan.

Hi there, I just wanted to thank you for nominating my most recent post for an OCD vote. Much appreciated.

Ornery? You? Not at all 😂 😂 No sex scenes? That sounds right up my street. One of my many objections to modern movies is too many sex scenes, and same sex, even worse, though I know it's not PC to say

What does he have to do to earn the chocolate bar? Push the trolley around with you sitting in the child seat, is it?