A special brooch...

...given to me years ago by Tynemouth Sue...

It's coming into its own now, as a "Senior Moments" prompt ;) 

I kept the little card it came on, as it explains the design:

...sometimes we need
a dog on the head
with a bird on the back
to remember the small details...


I spent far too long this afternoon on the Ticketmaster site booking seats at Sheffield City Hall. Once upon a time you could have just phoned up, and it would all have been done and dusted in less than 5 minutes...