Quillcards, the subscription ecard service that started life in 2007, is no more. The code was simply too old. It worked flawlessly for years, but in December last year the subscription module started to behave erratically, and the user database stopped recognising users. Finally, the website crashed and was impossible to resurrect. For any subscriber … Read more
White bryony was growing in the garden when we came to this house, growing strongly over and through a redcurrant bush. You can’t believe how fast it grows. Apparently it is mainly found in the south and east of England, which fits because that’s where we are. It’s a climber and it wraps its curling … Read more
This is the interior of the Kollegienkirche, or college church, in Salzburg. It is huge inside, so big and so empty and white that its scale confuses the eyes. The frothy white splodges around the window above the altar are clouds, lots of clouds. Have you ever seen sculpted clouds in a church? It was … Read more