QotD: The Name Game
Were you named after anyone? If not, how did you get your name?
I was, in a way. My parents were struggling to find a name for me, until my Dad was driving home one evening, with the radio on, and The Archers came on. There was a young child on the show then, called Adam. Dad thought "ah-ha" - and that's how I got my name.
The character is still in the show, believe it or not.
Adam, scandalous back then as an illegitimate son, is now fighting the progressive battle as the first gay character to get married to his boyfriend in the show. Adam, a farmer, and Ian, a chef, have been happily married for years…
Tags of Christmas Past
We had something of an eco-friendly Christmas this year. While we were clearing out Mum's house back in 2008, we found enough unused Christmas cards to last for year and enough paper and tags to last, well, two years, as it turned out.
And some of the designs were decades old. I liked the designs of these tags so much, I've scanned them to preserve them for posterity:
Night, Snow and QH
Dreary, Snowy, Lewisham
Lewisham still manages to look dreary even on a snowy morning. What is it with this town?
Dreary, Snowy, Lewisham
Lewisham still manages to look dreary even on a snowy morning. What is it with this town?