Posts Tagged ‘allotments’

30 August 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman SUNDAY MORNING AT THE END OF AUGUST, THREE LADS ON BIKES IN MISTY SHASTON, SOUNDS OUTSIDE THE BACK PASSAGE

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

30 August 2009 SUNDAY MORNING AT THE END OF AUGUST (Yesterday afternoon and) This morning the plots were full of allotment folk bending backs, hoeing, cutting, shifting piles of this and that. As a feather-soft drift of misty rain came in westerly before lunchtime, with quiet focus so we worked. Much to do, not a [...]

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14 April 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman RADIO DILEMMA

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

14 April 2009 RADIO DILEMMA Me and my mate Tony have an agreement: next time blokes are working nearby with their radios blaring we’re going to holler, “Oy lads! We want to be able to hear the birds. Don’t turn it off but do turn it down!” It’s the same in the garden. Some folk [...]

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16 March 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman THE INTERFERING BUSYBODY

Monday, March 16th, 2009

16 March 2009 THE INTERFERING BUSYBODY You know the sort: someone who comes across as not quite rounded, twitchy, slightly manic. In my experience, more often than not they’re male, often bearded, sometimes sporting just a neatly trimmed moustache. The Interfering Busybodies who I have known tend to be of an older generation with delusions [...]

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