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January 2026 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 - Highlighted Posts
- "Do not eat before driving" A figgy fermentation
- Dutch Sense of Humour Department store website which isn’t quite what it seems…
- Music: Ivor Newton House – Musician’s Benevolent Fund Closure threat
- Music: Mensa Music Weekend 2008 Bassoonist's Report Very enjoyable long weekend of music making
- Music: Street Pianos in London “Play me, I’m yours” project
- Nautical: Entry for May 21, 2007 – Cutty Sark Cutty Sark Fire
- Nautical: Mayan Queen visits London Lavish private yacht
- People: A Large Purchase, or how Stephen’s eyes were very nearly larger than my car boot Getting a lawnmower into a sportscar boot
- People: Entry for May 07, 2009 – Joyce Edith Stephenson, 11th April 1920 – 4th May 2009 Personal eulogy
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- 2nd Altos Like The Bottom Parts Jocelyn’s blog
- Archies Archive – Random thoughts of a curmudgeon Prolific blog from Australia
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- Fifteensquared Daily commentary and analysis of the Independent, Guardian, Financial Times and Private Eye cryptic crosswords
- https://parkvets.wordpress.com Rolo’s and Monty’s vet’s blog
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- Radiance Vein Clinic Vascular surgeons operating in SE London
- Random discussions – Chandan Dasgupta One-time work colleague now studying in the USA
- Ribbons and Romance Deneane Clark – Regency Romance writer
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- Tat's All She Wrote Tatting blog by Marty Lewis
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About
Hello, I’m HelenEdith, and in case you haven’t already guessed, I love pink! 🙂
There’s more to me than just pink though…
- By day, I’m a software engineer working on insurance software for a business processing company.
- I love photography, and my personal website https://www.wuronga.me.uk/helen/ is full of examples of my work.
- When I was in my mid-thirties, I took up the bassoon. I don’t practise enough, but I still get a lot of enjoyment out of playing chamber music and participating in orchestras and bands.
- I solve killer sudoku puzzles – the harder the better; and cryptic crossword puzzles – but not something too mind-blowing. The Glasgow Herald puzzle, which is published online, is just about the right standard for me!
- I read several books a month. I usually have a book to read on the train, although in mornings recently I have been working the aforementioned cryptic crossword from the Glasgow Herald. 🙂
- I became a cat owner in 2009 when Rolo and Monty joined our household.
- In 2010, Rolo and Monty were joined by Bennie and Tricki.
When I was in my mid-twenties, I left Australia, where I was born, and went to England “just for two or three years”. That was thirty years ago, and apart from a year spent in the USA and a year spent in Scotland, I’ve lived in England ever since – and expect to continue to do so.
I’ve probably seen more of the UK than many people who were born here, but there’s still loads left that I haven’t seen yet.
Here is a picture of me taken in August 2009, fresh from the hairdresser, when I had just reverted to short hair. It will probably never look quite like this again, as I probably won’t spend 20 minutes blow-drying it in the mornings!
Fresh from the hairdresser, August 2009
My partner’s name is Stephen. This pair of pictures were taken at the end of 2001, before my hair became denial brown, with the emphasis on the denial part!
Here are pictures of our two “babies”. Monty is on the left. He’s the intelligent one. He’s a very neat little cat. He always knows exactly what is going on. Rolo is on the right. He’s the noisy one. He’s an extravagant and expansive cat, but he doesn’t have many brains! He’s so good looking that he’ll manage quite well, though! 😀
Monty watching alertly through mere slits in his eyes
Rolo burrowed into Stephen's pajamas
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susan beesley said
What an amazing blog Helen. This is what blogging is all about and you could certainly teach a few people out there on the internet how to do it properly.
Love the photos of your “chilled” cats. They have obviously provided you with some super photo opportunities.
HelenEdith said
Hello Susan and thanks for the vote of confidence in my blog! 😀
I go in fits and starts and write whatever takes my fancy, so this blog is an eclectic mix of posts.
Monty and Rolo really belong in my “About” page along with the human pictures. I must promote them here…
They’re not much into posing, but if I carry a camera around often enough, I eventually get some good pictures.