Pats Muddled art and writing stuff

26/02/2026

My first job as a pre-teen was at my great uncle's shop. Each Saturday we (my sister and I) would arrive at Hillestads and take up our position behind the ladys section of the store. Hillestads sold everything from a watering can to a few farming tools to the silky un**es and massive bloomers that w...

14/01/2026

May the New Year be kind to all you gentle folk. My blog to celebrate a new start

Jellybeans are a great favourite with some of my family. But there are some flavours that are less than favourable. Essentially the white and black ones. So, after a family gathering, there is often a small bowl of these beans languishing uneaten and slowly growing soggy and disgusting. I would neve...

06/12/2025

Good day my strange group of lovelies,Seasonal Warning!! Remember that Nutmeg is a hallucinatory substance, so be careful how much you add to your eggnog this year. We would hate for you to see psychedelic reindeer or weird Santa elves cavorting. Can elves be weird? Or Grandma trying to grab flying....

31/08/2025

August works done for Spring 🌼🌱

31/07/2025

Funday Friday as I play with words and silly stories. Enjoy

Next week we're going to an activity at church called "Who do you think you are?". Well obviously I know who I am, but imagine my surprise when the organisers asked me to talk about myself. My immediate thought was "I'm the most boring person imaginable. Who on earth would listen to me spouting off....

11/07/2025

01/07/2025

Something silly to muse over on this cold Winters day.

I think I could have been a Pythagorean follower back in the BC days. Pythagoras refused to eat beans because he said they have a soul. I know that my beliefs are slightly different to his and it's just that I can't stand the smell of bean anything. Bean soup makes me gag and always has. So having a...

31/05/2025

Autumn thoughts and memories

I'm starting the "Grandma" diet today. My Gran lived to be 83 years old and was never wildly overweight or obese. Which, my doctors tell me I am gradually heading towards at 1kg a year. Gran would eat a scone, lathered with butter, jam and whipped cream with her tea that she had ladled 2 teaspoons o...

29/03/2025

Me blogging about nonsense again

I have had a month of insurance dramas and episodes to give me enough wrinkles and stress for the next year or two. First it was my car being smashed into by an urban tractor as I drove out of the pool parking lot after my morning swim. First 'they' were going to send my little car to the wreckers y...

01/03/2025

Eyebrow raising blog just for you

I was facetiming with my younger sister this week and I noticed that she has our father's hands. Genetics at work. Of course my hands are not too young and smooth anymore either. And yes, my hands are very much like my father's ones once were. My granddaughter, E, was looking at my hands and arms th...

25/01/2025

Blog time

I have been watching as Florida gets covered in snow and the shock and surprise the inhabitants are showing at this display of Global warming, yup I know it's cold, but it is still a result of too much greenhouse gases etc. It reminded me of Durban (Natal) Railway station. Yup, not really the way yo...