My wife's watching a programme about Henry 8th and his wives - primarily it's about his wives. We've just found out that Anne of Cleves was 24 when Henry, at 48, met her with a view to marriage. As his

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This is the Zurara - an abandoned colony ship, some 12,000 LYs from Sol, in the Syreadiae JX-F c0 system. Visited by me, in the Asp Explorer visible below the Zurara (it's in fact some 1-2 km away from

The first walks So her jabs are all done, and she's free ... well, free to be taken out by us, on a lead. Way more training needed before she gets off that lead. But we're getting there. We're still working

Spook! Our 10 week old Huskita. Taken with a Panasonic DMC-G2. Copyright G Shackleford 2017. All rights reserved

I'm amazed at how few people know about, or get, this. In the UK, if you're married or in a civil partnership, you can (again, it was removed years ago, then quietly re-introduced) a reduction in your

Ever come home to this? OK maybe not that bad ... but I bet you do. Image from Google Images Or disturbed by unsolicited phone calls? Heard of the TPS & MPS? You should use them ... link to TPS Registering

Taken with a Panasonic DMC-G2. Copyright G Shackleford 2017. All rights reserved

Taken from a balloon a few years back. I was honoured and proud to have this photo chosen by Panasonic to be used on their DMC-G2 page! Taken with a Panasonic DMC-G2. Copyright G Shackleford 2017. All

Now at her senior school, Amelia's still writing, I'm glad to say. And she's upping the ante. Her year were invited to write a poem which would be entered in to a national competition. The winners would

Amelia's written a lot of other tales, stories, poems and general muses, it's definitely becoming a passion of hers. She's also a bit ... well ... weird (yeah, Dani, know anything about that?) This one,

Back at Amelia's primary school the kids in her class studied WWI, and after the lessons were finished they were encouraged to write or draw (or whatever) something to do with the information, and their

I guess this is still part of an introductory post thing, as it's part of my shortish list of interests. Having grown up with computers - well, until 1981 without computers as it was then that I got my

It's been while and I've finally decided it's time to properly try this thing. So here goes ... The Spook Diaries - Introduction. At this point I should state that this isn't a tale of horror, though it

Yup, trying out Steemit when I have time, and so far it seems to have potential. I do have some stuff to say, though whether it'll be of interest to anyone is yet to be seen, of course. It'll probably