Category Archives: Domesticrox

What It Must Have Been Like To Be The Queen

Posted on 9 September 2022 by Henry Gee

Many years ago when the world was young I was one of the four Vice Presidents of the Linnean Society of London. Each year the society would have a ‘conversazione’ — basically a drinks party — in some nice location, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Cromer Chainsaw Massacre

Posted on 2 September 2022 by Henry Gee

Cast your mind back more than a decade, to 2011, when the Gees were thinking of doing some serious remodelling to the Maison des Girrafes. Around that time, a local DIY store was having a closing-down sale, so we went … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Did In My Summer Holidays

Posted on 17 August 2022 by Henry Gee

You’ll have read in these annals that the Gees have acquired a camper van, specifically a 1995 Mazda Bongo. After tootling around in it locally, the time came for its first Sea Trial, as it were. So one Friday during … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Van Extraordinaire

Posted on 1 August 2022 by Henry Gee

Here is my new toy. It is a Camper van. Specifically, it is a 1995 Japanese-import Mazda Bongo Friendee, bought from my friendly local motorhome and caravan dealer. It happened like this. Me and Mrs Gee were driving along in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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DIY, You Are Dead To Me

Posted on 1 August 2022 by Henry Gee

For reasons with which I shall not detain you, I have been trying to hang a door in the interstices of the Maison Des Girrafes. The door frame exists, so I needed to find a door to fit.  That’s when … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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High Noon, And I’d Sell My Soul For Water

Posted on 24 July 2022 by Henry Gee

July, 1998, and I am in the field near Lake Turkana in Kenya. The rains have been kind — but not so kind that the various rivers that drain into the lake aren’t dry, sandy highways. The lake water itself … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Water feature

Posted on 16 June 2022 by Henry Gee

Pictured on the patio at the Maison Des Girrafes last night (behind the cats) are these reclaimed galvanised water tanks now repurposed as ponds. I got the idea to use large containers as ponds after watching Gardeners World and it’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Brain Strain

Posted on 6 June 2022 by Henry Gee

I am a career depressive. I’ve been on all the drugs. Back in the day I was on mianserin which they probably only use nowadays to tranquilize rhinos, and even then, only from a long way off. After I came … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Office

Posted on 3 October 2021 by Henry Gee

Small spaces at home, hitherto neglected nooks and crannies, have begun to assume a far greater importance in our lives than they once did. These are those closets, spare bedrooms, cupboards under the stairs, corners of bedrooms, edges of dining … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Spayed

Posted on 16 September 2021 by Henry Gee

It’s been a funny old day. It started in a celebratory mood as my book finally got to be published in the UK. And also, in Dutch, in Holland. I have been basking in congratulatory messages, which has been lovely, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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