Ellenarnison

LATEST ARTICLES ( 927 )

• If the Shoe Fits...

  

  Finally victory is mine! Ha ha. One shoe means you've not won yet. Boy Three's new shoes - See, I'm trying to fit them like a glove Question: What have... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Socket and See – The Pivot Power

  

  It’s a very much first world, 21st century irritation, but the wires drive me bonkers. Charger cables, plugs, connectors and so on. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 DIARIES

• 175/365 Suited and Boxed for Our Holidays

  

  The countdown is on... Cornwall here we come. We've got our wetsuits and we're ready. And if it's you that's waiting for me to do those things I promised... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 174/365 Duck Race is Quackers

  

  Today's entertainment was a trip to the Quarriers Village sports day and duck race. The Boys and I covered ourselves in glory by coming last in the family... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 173/365 Marching Season - Summer in the City

  

  Not brilliant photos, but I was sitting in a traffic jam watching the opportunity to get myself a coffee before work slip away to the sound of that one flute... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 172/365 Fastest Cake in the World...

  

  You all said 'scone', didn't you? Well it's not. It's a TCW. I bought a pack today because I had visitors and I've come to the conclusion that providing a... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What's Your Soundtrack for Summer?

  

  We're all going on a summer holiday, summer holiday.... We'll not quite yet, Cliff. But it's close enough to get excited about it. Close enough to have a... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 171/365 What Do You Do with Your Underwear?

  

  No not mine, everyone else's. The male people in this house each have a pair of buttocks. Aged variously four, eleven, thirteen and forty-six, the bums also... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Are Community-based Cooperatives the Future for Newspapers?

  

  Newspapers are all wallowing in Shit Creek and Paddles R Us has gone out of business. The Internet has murdered print media, punters read it on the phone and... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 MEDIA

• 170/365 My Family and Other Animals

  

  It was the end of season party night at cubs. As well as the usual hotdogs and new beaver promises, there were animals and inflatable bouncy things. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 169/365 Fancier, Not Necessarily Brighter

  

  On the ceiling of the Grand Central Hotel Glasgow. I was on the way back from the Co-operatives UK and Carnegie UK Trust's session on community-owned local... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 168/365 What Happens When You Unplug Everything?

  

  That's my lovely Twitter hashtag mug, a secret Santa pressie from a secret Facebook group. It's the picture of the day because I'm still recovering from two... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 167/365 Happy Fathers' Day

  

  The Panther of News didn't get a Fathers' Day card today - he got a message on the sands instead. So to him and all the other dads and folk doing a dad-type job... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 166/365 Skerryvore Lighthouse - Heaven Or Hell

  

  Far away you can just make out the Skerryvore Lighthouse and, to the right, waves breaking on the reef The signal tower - the means of communicating with the... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 165/365 A Few Days on Tiree

  

  What do you mean we're getting on that tiny little plane? Hanging on to my big brother This works perfectly well if you don't fling yourself off the tagalong... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Things I Learned from Going Kayaking...

  

  Wet isn't necessarily as cold as you'd think... It's OK for journeying to be a verb. Just when you think that kayaking is a piece of cake, it isn't. Something... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 164/365 St Blane's Chapel, Dunagoil

  

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  Posted on 13 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 163/365 Kayaking at Bute

  

  Thanks to Roddy at Kayak Bute for a fabulous day's introduction to paddling. Bute to Tighnabruch for a very large cake... Or a merengue? Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 162/365 Who Dares Wins... A Shot on the Trampoline

  

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  Posted on 12 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 161/365 West End Festival Mardi Gras

  

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  Posted on 10 June 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION