Every October, landscapes across China become tinged with vibrant autumnal colors as russet and ocher hues sweep the country's scenery.
My husband and I took our children, aged seven and five, for dinner at a pizza restaurant in Paris recently. We'd spent the day climbing the Eiffel Tower and taking photographs of the skyline, so spirits were high - but the meal was ruined by some obnoxiously bad behaviour. Not from our kids (they were happily focused on their pizza margheritas) but by the petulant 60-something British woman at the next table.
In ridiculous patent news, it was revealed earlier this year that IBM owns US Patent no. 9547842 - the patent on Out Of Office (OOO) email replies. That's right, the automatic responses you've used every time you've been on holiday for the two last decades, without ever thinking once, "You know what, this could be a lucrative piece of intellectual property."
Who said, "It does not make sense that everybody should duplicate efforts when we could be working together"?
I lived in New York for a while. Not long, but enough time for a hot, late summer expand into a snowy early winter.
'The popularity of zinnias grows with each successive season." So said the great Roy Hay, founder of Britain in Bloom and instigator of the National Gardens Scheme, back in 1937. What happened?
Zinnias can be sown in a propagator, greenhouse on a windowsill or in the open. Some packets contain only 12-15 seeds, so are best sown in modules. You can wash and re-use the trays from mail order plug plants.
Mickey Mouse said, "Arithmetic is being able to count up to 20 without taking off your shoes."
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