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There is a mystery afoot
We have a garden mystery which remains, as yet, unsolved. We have a bird feeding station in the back garden and I love seeing the birds coming to it and making a wonderful mess, scattering seeds all over the place which sprout and grow into the most beautiful field of weeds which I then have…
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It’s manure time!
I’m not joking and that isn’t code for anything – I’ve been shovelling lots of the stuff. During our latest allotment visit, we finally got the beans down, the last bit of weeding more or less done on one side and the manure shovelling started! Dearest Son dealt with the beans and a lot of…
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Diverted
What should have been a simple shopping trip took quite a turn. On Monday, Dearest Son and I thought we’d go to a place nearby and do a little shopping. Ok, I thought we’d do it and he was made to come with. We are on a break this week so I’m trying to get…
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Randomness
I hope that’s really a word because I have a few random things I would like to share with you. These are just ‘things’ that have happened or ‘things’ I saw so make of them what you will. Firstly, a milestone was reached. Not a huge one by many peoples’ standards but it’s a big…
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Getting the garden polytunnel ready for Winter
It’s that time of year already so let me show you what I managed to do. Regular readers will know I got the polytunnel for the garden very late into the season so I don’t count this as a ‘normal’ year for it. Having said that, things have been attempting to grow and there is…
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Daily Prompt #9 Most famous person I’ve ever met
I haven’t done a daily prompt in a while and since it’s Friday and I find this kind of funny, I thought I would share. When I was much much younger, around 8 or 9 I think but I don’t remember exactly, we were taken to Turnberry Golf Course. Don’t get me wrong – I…
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What are you grateful for?
When a message keeps coming your way, you better start paying attention. I say that because for the last week or so, I’ve been noticing the word ‘Gratitude’ more and more. In fact it’s everywhere: in my emails, newsletters I’ve subscribed to, YouTube videos, search results – everywhere I look in fact. I get it…
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5th November – avoiding the fireworks!
We decided an earlier dog walk was in order to avoid the loud bangs. I also decided to take some pictures on the way, so I can show you lovely people! I’ve shown some of the work done by a group in town called ‘yarn bombers’ I believe, and they have been hard at work…
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Mental Boost on the Plot
Gardening isn’t just about the vegetables and flowers. We had a pretty short visit to the plot this week and even though I hadn’t been up for over a week, it wasn’t looking too drastic. I was needing the time there. I don’t know if it’s the clock change or the temperature noticeably dropping but…
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Big Fail
There are some things I just can’t do. After reading about Laura’s post being stolen I think a lot of us have become more aware of the need to put some sort of official copyright on our posts – something I’d never done previously. So, on Friday morning, I set out to do just that.…
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Teethy Tribulations
To put it mildly, we’ve had a bit of a week It all started last weekend, at this point I’m not sure exactly when, but Dearest Son came downstairs almost in tears and holding the side of his face. It was pretty swollen and he was struggling to speak or eat. I had a good…
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Counts on it
Darkness. Always so dark. Enveloped in the mists of time. No steps are heard on the cobble floors, no laughter rings out across the large, empty rooms. Webs strewn like confetti at a wedding of the dead. The Castle sleeps. He sleeps. Waiting. Knowing. And as the Mother Moon reaches her heights his bloodshot eyes…
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