Chez Spud

Chocolatetastic! My Green & Black’s Organic hamper arrived, my prize for winning Tara at Sticky Finger’s Gallery competition ‘Nature’. Woohooo, what a bumper crop! Beautifully packaged and it weighs a tonne. And soon my tummy will weigh a tonne because that’s where it’s all going. I am going to eat every last bit myself and [...]

I have recently rediscovered the delicious treat of buying books from a Real Bookshop, one with walls and shelves and books which you take home in a bag, not books that Postman Andy delivers in boxes branded ‘Amazon’. I love Amazon, don’t get me wrong, I love it for its speed, its range and, of [...]

Hello…the Grudge Book (TM) has competition. Look at this, a fabulous late birthday present…a most splendid notebook called ‘Fuck you and your blog’ where those passive aggressives amongst us are encouraged to write down their venting ‘n’ ranting rather than vent their spleen on the internodes. ‘Comments on this post are now closed’ is printed [...]

Mr Diggy had his first ‘proper’ haircut today. I’m not counting the random chopping I’ve done over the last few months. But his lovely curls had gone from angelic to dragged-through-a-hedge-backwards and it was time to call in the The Professionals. So I hauled myself out of my sick bed, and dragged those Megaboys to [...]

A mere 17 hours after I received A Sign that I should blow a load of cash on a new camera…she arrived. And here she is, my [not very] little bundle of joy….my D700 accessorised with a Big Fat Lens. Since the incident of the Disappearing Wig back in the summer, Andy the Postman can’t [...]

I got a present today. A present from me for me. A Self-Present. No reason really, I pretended it was a ‘Well done Spud on your new job, From Spud xx’ present but really it was a ‘just because’ kind of gift. I’m OK with that…I come from a long line of Self-Presenters, well my [...]

Well I did my storyboards for my Grandad’s birthday tomorrow. The top is is ‘September in the garden’, all taken in our garden yesterday and the bottom one is self-explanatory. They didn’t exactly turn out as planned, I wish I’d had more time to consider which shots to put in. Plus, I should learn how [...]

I accidentally ‘fell’ in to the Crumpler store in London this week and was forced, against my will, to buy stuff. Don’t you just hate it when that happens? You’re skipping along the pavement thinking happy thoughts when BAMMM, a vortex engulfs you and twirls you in to a store where elves and pixies relieve [...]

Oh my happiness is complete! Turns out my Grudge Book (TM, patent pending) concept has gone forth and spawned an evil twin: the Shit List pad, made by those clever peeps at Knock Knock. On reflection, I still prefer my freeflowing Grudge Book format which allows for creative Grudging, unconstrained by lists, scores and tick [...]

Final treasure…my pink, moire silk Anya Hindmarch shoes. I doubt I will ever wear these again as they are too high for me these days thus, in theory, they could be left to burn in the imaginary house fire. But they are so elegant and are beautifully made, so I might have to brave the [...]