Zoë Bowyer

Looks like I was quite attached to the old bear. 30 years on I have a soft spot for my new bear.

Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. August – a venerable month. Did you know that the gladiolus and poppy are the flowers of August? Or that its birthstones are peridot, sardonyx or sapphire? Another fascinating fact about August is that it is the month in which my birthday falls and that it has [...]

Vintage Car Originally uploaded by ZMB. Yet another vintage car rally in Ballymena last weekend. I guess we can be thankful that it wasn’t a vintage tractor rally – those fecking farmers need very little excuse to gang together in their old tractors. I guess I’m in a bad mood, I really don’t mean to [...]

The Norfolk pictures have now been uploaded to flickr. In reply to a few questions that Katy asked me while I was visiting her – I got my t-shirt here. Recipes for homemade home cleaners can be found here. I got my recipes from a book called Clean House, Clean Planet but the recipes are [...]

My New Skirt Originally uploaded by ZMB. There is not enough time in the day to do all the things I want to do. The last few weeks have been like a whirlwind and I’ve barely had a chance to sit and think and contemplate (or write about) what has been happening. Two weekends ago [...]

Zoe & Bobbies Originally uploaded by ZMB. I am attempting to gather all my digital photos in one place, on my external hard drive. There are alot. It is interesting looking at all the old photos and scans. This one is one taken by my auntie T. I have scanned lots of her lovely photos. [...]

It is hard to sit indoors and type nonsense when the weather is fine and there are things to do. Here I am on Monday morning taking advantage of my coffee break to squeeze out a word or two. Later would be too late and there would be too much to do. All pleasant – [...]

Normally I am a very sensible driver. I try to obey the rules of the road and use roundabouts correctly. Last night after spending a couple of hours at a Kells hotel, where I handed out name badges, I got in my car and drove home. The roads from the Kells hotel are nice and [...]

… Zoe and Gracie will play. D’s away today and tomorrow – diving in Scotland. So, Gracie and I went for 3 walks, tidied the house (Gracie declined to help with the vacuuming as she is scared of the vacuum), and we visited my Granny. Gracie was given the opportunity to play with my Granny’s [...]

Gracie Originally uploaded by ZMB. Sorry Gracie, hope you have a nice time with Granny & Granda NellyBert and Granny & Granda H. We’ll see you in a couple of weeks. Remenber, be good, do what the Grandfolks say and don’t chase Holly de Cat!

Today on my other blog I deleted a comment that I felt was tasteless and unhelpful. Before I hit delete I asked D what he thought and immediately wished I had kept my mouth shut. He mentioned things like ‘compromising my blog’s integrity’ and the like. My poor little head felt like exploding. I think [...]

Normally I don’t buy newspapers but the Guardian has been tempting me with free whale stickers, free dog posters and now a free craft guide. I feel like I am being targeted. Swines.

Who in their right mind would send a TV licence reminder to the Present Occupier of Ballee Cemetery? These eejits did!

I dreamt that D was going swimming with killer whales and that the people at the end of our street all knocked their houses down in order to build new, swisher, larger houses (they were living in holes in the ground whilst the building work was being carried out). Meanwhile, in the real world, I [...]

Who would have thought that an insignificant little thing like a French Knot could keep me from knitting. Well it has. I cannot progress with my green cardigan until I have French Knotted thousands of knots all over it. My cardigan will remain in bits until I can get over my hatred of French Knots. [...]