Friday, July 29, 2011

One down, two to go

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Oh look, Shiny, Glittery and never to be worn by me except in dreams. Actually I could wear them as long as I used those poles, the ones ski...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Five days to B day.

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I don't want to be another year older, I already feel 105. I looked in the mirror today and I swear I saw wrinkles in my neck. The Brick...
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Monday, July 25, 2011

Returning soon

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Okay, not so good for the last week. I haz a hurt, in mind and body. But watch for me wading through the waves back to blogdom, soon.
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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Don't even think it!

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No, not mine, never again. The Home now has a resident cat for the residents. That isn't him but close. He is a year old, neutered and ...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

There was recycling in them olden days

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This is a magnificent portrait of the actress Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth painted by John Singer Sargeant. The photograph below is a sepia ...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Still in mourning.

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I spent an hour yesterday putting all the dark coloured wool to the bottom of the basket so I wouldn't keep saying hello to it. Deep mo...
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Thursday, July 07, 2011

Goodbye Precious

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The Vet took this photo this morning before the scan and X-ray revealed the pancreatic cancer which had metastasized into the lungs. She wa...
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

A 4.4, pfft!

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These new images of the Nabro volcano taken on June 29 finally provided a nearly unimpeded view of the summit,which had been hidden by stea...
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Earthquake today.

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The week is going from bad to worse. Lovely earthquake this morning but the house was shaking so much from the wind, I failed to feel the ea...
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Friday, July 01, 2011

How to negotiate the information minefield.

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You don't! I've been overwhelmed by so much information, a lot of it contradictory, and it's done nothing but dump me in a black...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Bruised and battered

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The bruise is a beauty thanks to the bus driver slamming on the brakes and me going into a steel pole. This is the same driver who wouldn...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Happiness is.....

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Knocking 5 minutes off the walk to the doctor's. Restraining oneself from telling an expert to go f*** and stop trying to get me down to...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

The fence is built.

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They starting building it at 8 in the morning and finished at 5 p.m. Now I have to go out and dig up the water meter and all my river stones...
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

English Language

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It's been a long time since I was at school but I have been reading books. Two books lately have had sentences in them that have annoyed...
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Monday, June 13, 2011

Monday? Halfway through June?

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Okay, when one gets old the days go faster but they don't have to go at supersonic speed. I'm losing my way here. The fence is propp...
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Tuesday, June 07, 2011

From Iceland to Chile

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A Chilean volcano in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle has erupted for the first time in 50 years. The volcanic chain is about 575 miles south of th...
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Winter's arrived

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Yesterday I walked down the drive and picked up the junk mail. Later on I walked to the letter box and picked up the letters. At midday I wa...
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Sunday, June 05, 2011

The Jellyfish Ballet.

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The Western Pacific island nation of Palau, 500 miles east of the Philippines, has an unique natural wonder. It's called Ongeim'l T...
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Shudder!

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Really some people have no sense of colour. A regal burgundy with rhinestones would have done wonders.
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Saturday, June 04, 2011

The American Gem Trade Association 2011

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This year I only have four favourites out of all the categories and only one in first place. The pendant/brooch could only rate an Honorabl...
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