Welcome to Albert's Hutte which is where I hide (from Maggie) and try to relax with my favourite Scottish/Irish/Don Williams music  playing.    Maggie is my 'long suffering' (she would say) wife and has 'different' ideas from mine as to how I ought to spend my time.   She wants me to do things like 'paint the house'  or 'do the garden' - while I am in  'planning my next adventure' mode  - which does not include painting the house or doing the garden.   So - after I have painted the house and done the garden I take off to hide in Alberto's Wood, - my latest project!   Who is Alberto you may wonder?     He lives in me and does all the stupid things that I am not brave enough to do.....like play tricks on Maggie and cause general mayhem around Ivy Cottage,.....mostly when I am bored 'he' gets out and does 'his' thing!     It's a hard life the Alberto way - but what I lack in courage 'he' makes up for with a combination of persistence, determination, and sometimes sheer stupidity.......if only I could be like him!