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  • Look what I've got!!!!!!!

    - 29 May 2013 - 4 comments
    Tiny little sparrow brought in by Pippin
    Last night there was a bit of a kerfuffle in my lounge ..... I realised that Pippin had brought in a tiny sparrow into the lounge and it was making a squawking fit to burst. I managed to get it off him and it was fine. Then I had to decide what to do. It was very small and it was scared. I cuddled it in my hands for a while until it calmed down and wondered if it was hurt. It wasn't. So I found an almost empty tissue box and put it in there so it could be safe. Pippin was sort of hovering…

  • My hot water bottle burst.................

    - 28 May 2013 - 5 comments
    Wouldn't you believe it - about 20 minutes after I'd filled the hot water bottle with water from the kettle, the damn thing decided that it would develop a tiny hole at the bottom and spray boiling water all over my bum!!!!!!!! I suddenly realised that I was burning on my bum and I moved very quickly believe me!!!! I did try to get my trousers off quickly but not quick enough for it not to scald me. I didn't realise how much til about an hour later when I still felt sore and so I touched it a…

  • What is a kite buggy?

    - 25 May 2013 - 1 comment
    Someone asked me what is a kite buggy, and so this is what it is................ This is great fun watching the kite surfers going up and down the beach. It's a 3 mile stretch and when there are lots of them, it can be fun, wondering if any of them are going to crash into each other.

  • Just found this video too of the tide going out....

    - 25 May 2013 - 3 comments
    I know it sounds weird, but for those of you who don't see the sea very often, I thought you'd like to see the tide going out from a stop-go motion. The tide goes out nearly a mile and a half on neap tides.............. youtu.be/CiCQVA5dlcA

  • I've just come across this video of my home town..

    - 25 May 2013 - 2 comments
    This is a nice video showing you my home town. I hope you like it. By the way - I don't talk this man does!!! He's a proper Bidefordian!! youtu.be/T3qsEKG60aE

  • You never know what you have in your pockets!!

    - 24 May 2013 - 7 comments
    I was about to put one of my fleece jackets on this morning and just had a quick look in the pockets - as you do................... I was so surprised when I found in amongst my tissues etc - this............... Something you should always have just in case you fancy a cup of tea when you might be away from the kitchen!!!!!!!!??????????????? What the h*ll was it doing there? Why did I put it in there? What was I thinking?? The questions just keep on coming!! Mickey won't be surpr…

  • Photo phun - wavy

    - 24 May 2013 - 4 comments
    Hartland cliffs
    Well being a girl (?) and living by the coast - today's theme is quite a good one. So here are my contributions to this week's theme............ The wavy lines in the strata in the cliff face at Hartland Quay............... My aunty Molly with waves in her hair - the fashion in the 40's!!!!............. The dogs of my son and his fiancee - Ruby & Roxy - with their gorgeously soft wavy coats............... The wavy lines the tinsel made on the Christmas tree...................…

  • Not to be outdone by anyone!!!! LOL

    - 21 May 2013 - 4 comments
    My original workstation
    Right folks, I don't have a designated workstation like most of you have shown, but I didn't want to be the only one left out, so here's my contribution to the "show and tell". This is the original workstation I had when I used to use the tower computer and monitor, now I just have my printer on the desk along with my photo paper, inks etc.. Then the office chair went wonky, so it had to be supported by a couple of telephone directories - not quite the look I was going for, then to…

  • My son visited me today........

    - 19 May 2013 - 5 comments
    My "yellow rain" laburnham
    Great day with my son today. He arrived just as I'd gone out into the garden to take some photos of the blossom and flowers. He's looking good, and it was so lovely being just him and me. We caught up on things and then he told me that he had arranged to have a "bombshell" of a bucks night for his wedding in March!!! He's going with 3 of his close friends to Los Angeles for 3 nights/days - they'll be staying on Sunset Strip (remember the old show - 77 Sunset Strip?) and then will visit var…

  • I'm doing another quilt for my friend to give to her daughter.

    - 17 May 2013 - 4 comments
    Now for the wadding and backing
    My neighbour has asked me to make a quilt for her to give to her daughter for Christmas. We decided on mute colours so they'll go with any decor. We did have a couple of colours which came with the range, and I did make the blocks with those colours, but when I put them together, two colours totally dominated the pattern. Now bearing in mind I did 36 blocks - there was a lot of seams being unpicked!!!! This took another 2 days, and then I did each block with the other chosen colours. Th…

  • Photo phun - underneath

    - 16 May 2013 - 2 comments
    Clouds over
    Well I had a quick think - and bearing in mind I've been out shopping today so am not at my best - I found a few photos to cover this topic. I'm sure there are plenty more if I really thought about it but these will just have to do until my brain gets back into gear!!! Okay I'm underneath all these lovely clouds................... Underneath the gorgeous colourful leaves of Autumn................. Standing underneath a moon that decided to visit us during the daytime!!! Und…

  • Scared kitty does acrobatics...............

    - 14 May 2013 - 1 comment
    This is so funny - it doesn't help that it's a wooden floor neither!!!!............ youtu.be/lu5MYS7804k

  • My lilac trees are starting to bloom..........

    - 13 May 2013 - 3 comments
    My dark purple lilacs
    Went out into the strong wind today to take pictures of the lilac trees which have started to come out. I am so lucky that whoever planted the trees oh so many many years ago - certainly before we moved in here in 1959 - they planted alternate colours. So I have white lilacs, then dark purple, then pale lilac, then white and so on. The paler lilac is all over the place, the white and dark purple are coming up in other places too now, so I'm getting a lovely splash of colour...... This is…

  • Photo phun - splash

    - 10 May 2013 - 3 comments
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    Now Summer has given us another theme for this week. At least this one should be fairly easy for me as I live near the coast!!!! This shows the strength of the waves when the tide is in at Westward Ho!. This shows how great a splash this man made on the waves. The raindrops made gorgeous beads when they splashed onto the nasturtiums. This is a river splashing it's way over the rocks at Lynmouth This was quite a splash when…

  • It's been another glorious day today.....

    - 07 May 2013 - 3 comments
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    Today has been another glorious day - I really do hope this isn't the only summer we'll have this year. Last year we were thrilled to get sunshine in March, but that was the only summer we got - in MARCH!!! So I thought I'd better get the lawn mower out to tackle the top lawn. I have to take a plastic garden chair out with me when I cut the grass - and no doubt this would be a great video if someone were to catch me cutting the grass whilst sitting down on the chair!!! At least the grass is c…

  • The apple blossom has started to bloom....

    - 06 May 2013 - 2 comments
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    Today has been another gloriously sunny day. I've been outside and noticed that the apple trees are starting to get dressed. They are looking so beautiful. There are two different apple trees, so maybe that's why the blossom is different colours.... Oh the driveway is going to look so super and the lilacs are showing promise too. Thought you'd like to see these flowers.

  • Mandi's been up for the day............

    - 05 May 2013 - 2 comments
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    Well my girl Mandi, has been up for the day today. Great to see her - she is still quite brown which isn't fair!!!! miaow!! Anyway she suggested we went to the coast for a breath of sea air. Great idea I thought, and not forgetting my trusty camera, we set off to Westward Ho! It was very busy, I know it's May bank holiday, but it was really heaving with tourists. The wind was still coldish but out of it, the sun was quite hot. We sat down looking at the water, and it was so nice just si…

  • Photo phun - constriction

    - 04 May 2013 - 2 comments
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    Right here are my contributions to this week's theme - constriction. Now my poor little brain had more than it's usual work-out trying to think of what I could put up for this title. I wasn't going to strangle myself like our Mr Ferris, but what could I put up? So I again trawled through my photos, found a few, then realised that I was actually looking at two examples in my lounge!!!! Here's my curtains - the top of them are constricted by the curtain header - all crushed up...............…

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