^ Same for me Strigils... when I was young the starlings became annoying because they gave no chance for any other bird to feed from the table. Now you rarely see one.


After the premature deaths of the pink flamingo and duck I bought an inflatable 'white swan' from Lazada.

Now, I'm no David Attenborough but what do you reckon? There was a time when this would have surprised me...



We've gone inflatable crazy, and I also bought a couple of 'Splash Lounges'.

On the website the petite, scantily clad young models looked well comfortable on these things... which sold them to me. But once a normal sized person clambers aboard and your legs hang over the end from the knees, you soon realise what's going on.