I wandered around the garden yesterday, marvelling at the progress we’ve made since we moved in to a neglected pit full of beach sand, couchgrass, weeds, and rubble only a few short months ago. Here are some of the highlights… Read More ›
Life
Otterday!, Open Thread, and New Hoydens Flickr Group
Today’s otter statue is from Otterndorf on the German north coast. tigtog interrupts with this weeks innovation: we have created a Flickr group for Hoydenizens – Hoydens About!.The idea is that those of us who have Flickr accounts can submit… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Keiko Wakabayshi, martial arts virtuoso
Keiko Wakabayashi was featured in the UK Telegraph several months ago (and on Shakesville at the time.) Martial arts expert Keiko Wakabayshi, nicknamed the “Samurai Granny”, has been hired by [Italy’s] military to train recruits in hand-to-hand combat. Miss Wakabayshi,… Read More ›
“Bring breast awareness back to the workplace”
Remember Rethink? With all their huh-huh-boobies advertisements? Rethink, who thinks that the main focus of “breast cancer awareness” should be sexualised breasts and men? They’re at it again. This time, they’re exhorting us to “Bring breast awareness back into the… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger
Runner-up.
Can’t blog
Weeding, belatedly pruning the bougainvillea, fixing the garden trellis (not the one supporting the bougainvillea, the one supporting the honeysuckle and the Peace rose).
Whoydensday: the perennial question
The Guardian’s got a casting thread for the 11th Doctor! […] It was suggested in comments to the Guardian article that the casting probably needed to be a bit left-field, pointing out that neither Ecclestone nor Tennant were the obvious choice to play the Doctor at the time they were cast. So, any more out-field ideas?
Virtual Travelling: Bucks County, Pennsylvania
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Dog Story, originally uploaded by Flint-Hill. Does this look like a rural idyll or what? Do… Read More ›
Quick hit: Here we go again
Author: Mindy is a regular commentor around Australian blogs and a contributor to the eclectic For Battle! group blog. What will amount to a public enquiry into abortion in Australia is likely to be approved by Federal Parliament today. Story… Read More ›
Thoughts of Ike
Just a quick wish to any of our readers who have been affected by Hurricane Ike. I hope you get power back soon and that you can return to a solid home in the near future.
Hoyden About Town 