Wednesday, 11 November 2026
One red bag
Another distraction
Just like buses. None for a while then another one comes along minutes after the last one. Here comes the next distraction.
A man burning his David Walliams books in his back garden, wearing just his dressing gown. His clothes are on the washing line and will be properly smoked when he is ready to put them on.
Is this Traveller 😱😩😬😝😛The jokes are in the comments.
Egg, beans, and potato in the microwave, for lunch. Now I have things to do.
Toodle pip. ilona
He's at it again
Can you hear me Mother? My belly laughs can be heard from one end of the country to the other. Scooting around the tinternet hugging a mug of coffee, laced with cheap Baileys from Aldi, and I almost choked, I laughed that loud.
Poor Travellers head must be really scrambled. He is in desperate need of some therapy. He is bitchyness on steroids, such is his compulsion to study everything I say, and regurgitate my words on other blogs. I am beginning to wonder if there is in fact a human hiding behind this mask, or is it a bot programmed by AI waging war on anyone who dares to utter words of common sense.
If you want to attack me, I will fight back.
He quotes. . . . . . .from my post
Good post YP. I have been somewhat baffled by how people have been talking and writing about this. Brand has been found guilty of rape. According to one blog I read today he is an ordinary person who has strayed off the straight and narrow and committed crimes such as given into sexual urges in inappropriate ways.
According to another blog this is just another distraction meant to occupy brain space in people's heads so they are temporarily blinded from the other more serious injustices which are going on….and that morphs into the swarms invading the country.
Then you have people saying this is the Establishment’s revenge because of Brands views on COVID vaccinations.
In other news. . . . . . One of the Council workers who collect my bags of litter have responded to my post on the Litter pickers site. This is very useful because now that I know their schedule, we can work together.
Must get my skates on. Toodle pip. ilona
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
GOOD NEWS
GOOD NEWS from Dominic at 20 21 Arts Centre.
Many thanks for entering this year’s 2021 Open Exhibition - we had a fantastic response this year with over 300 submissions from 123 artists!
We are delighted to inform you that we have included your artworks in the exhibition, and we would like to invite you join us at the preview event this Friday 13 November to celebrate the opening.
Drop-in anytime between 5pm and 8pm (speeches and prize presentations will take place at 6:30pm). Please feel free to bring guests.
So pleased with this. So which three did I enter. Wait and see.
Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip. ilona
The fog is lifting
I didn't get around to writing a post yesterday. Crafty Club happens on a Monday morning. After that I had a natter with my friend for an hour or two in her toasty warm kitchen. The TV was on and we watched and half listened to the live shenanigans going on outside the Crown Court. What a circus that was. The verdict came. Guilty, ten and a half years. That's that then, now can we get on with our lives.
After lunch I went off to the litter bin where I leave my bags. I want to tidy up the area once the bags have been taken away. Not going to happen today, they are still there. Plan B. I could see litter strewn down the edges of a long road. Get a fresh bag, go for a walk, and pick it up. There wasn't enough to fill the bag. I know what I will do. Go to one of the overflowing bins and top it up from there. Then leave it beside that bin. That looks a bit better. Dark by now so no photographs.
I enjoyed a second portion of the loverly stew I made the day before. I ought to write something on the blog. I wasn't in the mood. The thoughts going through my head were a big jumble. I tried to look at the events of the day from different angles, and I keep coming back to how great swathes of the general public are consumed by bitterness and anger. Not only on the Brand subject, which incidentally is my mothers maiden name, but every aspect of the news at the moment is dominated by a sprinkling of fact, plus tons of word salad to fill in the gaps.
What I think of the charges, the trial, the verdict, and the sentencing, doesn't matter. I see the whole circus for what it is. This is just another distraction meant to occupy brain space in people's heads so they are temporarily blinded from the other more serious injustices which are going on.
I went to bed at 10.30pm last night. I wasn't really tired, but sought solace under the covers. Let me sleep to escape this crazy world. I was up again at 11.30pm to make a drink. A mug of Horlicks might send me to sleep. Crank up the computer, which it is said is the worst thing you can do. My posts on UK Litter pickers are very busy at the moment, I like to keep ahead of the game there, and reply to any comments which are appropriate.
I clicked on a 33 minute video from a random yoootooober. I usually give it a couple of minutes, then move on if I have no interest in the subject matter. This man spoke clearly and concisely so I stuck with it. An ordinary guy, a hardworking family man who wants to do the best for his family. He then continues with the story of how the street where he lives, the area around his house, has become a litter magnet. So he watches and observes. He picks the litter up.
His eyes tell him that large groups of men, large being 20 - 30 - 40 ish, constantly walk past his house several times a day. It turns out that a local well known hotel has been filled with newcomers. This man is very uncomfortable with that and does some investigating. The men hang around the playing field and the children's playground. What he says should raise concerns for everybody.
Surely the invasion of our country should top every conversation as the situation is becoming more apparent, but no. Over the garden fence gossip, has been manufactured by those who have an agenda to use their power for world dominance.
The Brand story will rumble on and on, until the mainstream media, all media, dig out the next juicy word salad, in an attempt to blindfold those who able to work things out for themselves.
Eight ducks for breakfast this morning.
Let sleeping cats lie. All had breakfast, now it's snooze time. Mayze on her bed on the table. Oscar with his back to the radiator. Mickey curled up on the duvet.
All is well. The fog is lifting outside. All we can hope for is the fog lifting from peoples minds.
Sunday, 8 November 2026
My earnings today, 65p
All cats are in at the moment. Oscar likes his freedom so he may want to go out later.
I did a Billy dog walk today. Carols granddaughter came to visit to show their new baby. Elsie is five months old, a sweet little thing. Both her parents are doctors so she will be well looked after.
I made a loverly veg stew tonight. Potatoes, broccoli, brussels sprouts, and half a tin of mushy peas. It was blooming lovely. There is some left for tomorrow.
I just fancy a glass of wine, but I haven't got any. Oh well, cider it is then,
Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip. ilona
Saturday, 7 November 2026
Hidden camp site
It took the Council almost a week to collect my latest pile of litter pickings. I didn't want to add any more to it until they had cleared it away. If the bags are there too long wild birds and small animals start to pull holes in them as they search for food.
I was at the back of Tesco yesterday and picked two bags. I ran out of time and went back today to finish the job.
73 glass bottles bagged up today. It's a good job that I had some extra strong bags found on the Industrial Industrial Estate recently. It was dark when I dropped it all off at my collection point.
Getting a bit worried, Oscar hasn't reported back in tonight,
Enjoy your Sunday. Toodle pip. ilona
Quick vid
Friday, 6 November 2026
Amusing
It was pointed out to me that there has been some comments on another blog about my video in the bath. It is a blog that I don't take much notice of, there is nothing of interest to me there. So of course I had to have a look to see what people are saying about me. Sue has made it quite clear in the past that we are not on the same wavelength, so I don't know why she reads my blog.
The comments are a source of amusement for me. You could say they made me laugh out loud. 😂😝😉I won't copy and paste them here, you can read them for yourself.
One comment said I am trying to get people to read my blog. Nope, you got that wrong. I don't care if people don't read my blog.
Blogging in the bath sounds silly to me. Yep, it is silly. I am a fun loving person and I can laugh at myself.
Bath blogging, how terribly bizarre. True, it was meant to be.
Bath blogging is no different from telling the world on your main vlog that you are starting another vlog on your hobby and support us because we need the money. I think you are getting mixed up with Frugal Queen. She has started a quilting channel. Pay attention. I never ask for money.
It was all very discrete, no nudity, nothing wrong with it really. Just a change from the norm. I'm sure it was tongue in cheek. Correct, it was just for fun.
The reply to this. Yes yes yes, of course you would say that. Nothing wrong with it and discrete? More like, 'look at me look at me' My response would be, no thanks mother.
Here's a question for all of your readers, and some of my readers, if you don't like what I write about on my blog, why do you criticize and moan about me on other peoples blogs. Why are you so bitchy?
You don't want to see me in the bath, so how about a photo of me in my bikini. Taken 11 years ago, and I am still the same size now. Nice figure, fit and healthy.
Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip. ilonaThursday, 5 November 2026
Looking for a job?
A lot of transport companies are looking for drivers right now. If anyone fancies a life on the road they should be applying now. This advert has appeared on tweeeter.
Patrick spells it out
A MULTI-STATE SPONSORED INVASION?
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
What a beauty
It was great chatting to Calum. He loves his job and after leaving North Lincolnshire he went on his way down to Suffolk, then Brighton, then London. He expects to be away from his home in Aberdeen for up to two weeks. His workload reminded me of the weeks away from home that I had, tramping all over the UK. That's what I loved about it. The freedom of the road.
I delivered three artworks to the 20 21 Arts centre this afternoon. I had a change of mind at the last minute. I have entered the button heart and the chemtrails in the sky, and added a mystery one which is pictured somewhere on this blog. I will be going to the opening of the exhibition so there will be some photo's to post of that. Of course there is no guarantee that any of mine will be accepted. It all depends on what the judges are looking for. I hope I am lucky.
Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip. ilona
History repeating itself
Classic comedy 1972. How true it is today. Have you got it yet?
Back from Coffee Morning. Now going to town.Toodle pip. ilona
Midweek mirth
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
Fannying around
I wish they would stop fannying around. In the meantime thousands are arriving every day. What a farce.



