Friko's World

When I finally rolled out of bed this morning, a little later than normally because I had no plans at all for today, and filled the kettle f...

All the windows are shut, on both sides of the house. Curtains are drawn, as are blinds. The only door wide open is the kitchen door, mainly...

 It’s only now, when midlife has long passed, that my midlife crisis is hitting me. ( Google says that  Midlife crisis” may be a nother name...

There are one or two reasons to be cheerful after all,  this winter flowering viburnum is one of them, even if the picture is, once again, o...

  The ancient Greeks had a word for it, they called it HUBRIS, closely followed by NEMESIS. I can’t say that I was surprised when the long-e...