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I thought I'd try out more lenses of my new camera and as this morning, we had some sort of lighter periods during the day, which actually turned into awful rain and strong gusts of winds later on. I took the advantage of the lightness and started to

Well apparently we are in the throes of another storm to batter our shores. I may sometimes moan about living on a hill and not being able to get around very well, but at times of storm surges of 10m [30ft] high waves I am really pleased to be living

I thought you'd like to see what the storms are like down here in the south western part of England. I know that the coastline of Wales is being battered really badly and in fact the whole of the west coast of the UK is suffering, and our Mickey lives on

Well today the wind has really died down and it's not as cold as it has been. The rain is only gentle and so it's a much better day altogether. I really wish that I had been able to get out to see the force of the sea, but of course Mandi had gone back

May I say a massive big thank you to you all for your kind birthday wishes. It was a lovely birthday with Mandi coming up to stay with me and there was actually some blue sky so she took me to the beach to see the sea. As you can see the recent storms

Dai in Nepal is having difficulty in charging his computer because of the lack of electricity. He is trying to post a blog on here, but he asked me to let you all know if he can't manage it, it's because of this electricity problem he's having. I honestly

Sorry sorry folks, if you thought I was ignoring you all over the past week, but I've had Mandi here and we have been very busy together. She will be leaving here on Thursday to then go back to her husband in Turkey on Saturday for a month. So obviously

Sorry folks, just a quickie, I meant to show you all my birthday bouquet from Mandi and Dogan. It is beautiful - gorgeous pastel roses with calla lilies....... The colours are so gentle and lovely. Mandi is really good at choosing just the right

Mandi has at last arrived in Turkey and is happy with her beloved. She flew out on Saturday and after a trip of 19 hours she eventually landed in Bodrum and into her husband's arms. She had some fun at Bodrum airport though - she's flown from Heathrow UK

I honestly don't think that Mandi takes after me, I think she's got a lot of her father in her, as does Tony. Some have also that she looks like me........ This made me search my photos to see what I looked like when I was her age... Well I was certainly

When we went to Turkey last year, a stray brindle dog sort of `"adopted" us and followed us everywhere we went. We asked Dogan if she had a name and he laughed and said that it was probably Zilli. When asked what Zilli meant - he explained it meant a girl

May I just suggest to you out there, especially the girls, that you double check what you are doing when cleansing your face. I wasn't really being very attentive when I went to cleanse my face. I have a small bottle of cleansing lotion, but it was next

On Wednesday I had my annual review at the doctors, and this started with a blood test. Now that means going to the plebotomy nurse and I saw a different one this time, to the one I'm usually seeing. It did hurt a little when the needle went in, but not

Mandi has taken more pictures of the pups. She originally thought there were only 7 ..... but there are actually 8!!!! There are 2 white pups, 2 creamy ones with curly-ish fur, 2 black and 2 brindle...... They are getting much bolder now and starting

At long last I can now blog. I was with Google Chrome and that browser didn't appeal to Ipernity, so I've changed to Firefox and lo and behold - I can blog. So sorry folks, you haven't seen the last of me yet. Just thought I'd spoil some peoples' day !!!

These are just some videos taken to show how huge this storm is getting. We've now been issued with a RED weather warning by the Meteorological Office [weather people] which means severe winds of up to 100mph and of course the rain comes with it. Now

It's amazing that now the houses in the Thames area and near the Prime Minister's constituents live, that he's at last decided to give money to those who were flooded and had their homes and businesses damaged by the weather. When the Somerset Levels were

I popped over into Ann's garden this afternoon on my way out shopping and noticed that she has some lovely bits of colour in her garden............. Don't know what this flower is called but by the looks of it - it has been out for a while..... Then I

Boy oh boy has the weather come back again with a vengeance. Today the wind hasn't stopped - and the strength is really bad. You really have to hold onto things otherwise you could be blown over and I really don't want to do that. Then the rain is

It was a lovely day here today - bit of a cold wind, but you can't have everything!!! I dilly-dallied about whether I was going to go out, but the weariness won and I stayed indoors. Trouble is - I can't sit down and relax when there are things that need

01. Constipated People Don't Give A Shit. 02. Practice Safe Sex, Go Screw Yourself. 03. If You Drink Don't Park, Accidents Cause People. 04. Who Lit The Fuse On Your Tampon? 05. If You Don't Believe In Oral Sex, Keep Your Mouth Shut. 06. Please Tell Your

Well at long last my nightmare hair has gone. Girls you know what I mean - your hair is fine and then suddenly in one day it's totally unmanageable and it seems to have grown overnight and it's impossible to look good with it. Well that happened to me

The rain sort of stopped today - well at least for a while and I had to do my weekly shopping with Ann, my neighbour. After I'd scrambled my way through the fence - there is a gate but it's quite high up - I noticed that more crocuses had sprung up. [Is

Areas of Devon have been shaken by a 4.1-magnitude earthquake, experts have confirmed. The British Geological Survey (BGS) said Westcountry residents reported their houses rocking and others have described the quake as “frightening”. But

Hiya folks, Went to have a filling done yesterday and I was a tad nervous because I didn't know how good Vincenzo would be. Let me explain who Vincenzo is..... he's the locum filling in the space that my dentist, Ivan, left when he moved away. Apparently

Okay folks, so Ipernity won't let me write blogs when I use my Google Chrome account, but when I use my Firefox account, I can................ That's not right is it? Anyway please excuse me for not having written a blog lately but I've been rather

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I couldn't write a blog as you all know. I tried everyone's suggestions and nothing. I even spent a long time on the phone to Mickey last night and wasted our time we spend sorting the world out, by trying to get my damn computer sorted out. Eventually

On my son's wedding day, while we were sitting down at the meal - which was delicious by the way - they gave us some gorgeous flowers in a lovely bouquet inside a sort of bird cage. Sorry I have to admit that I forgot to take pics when they were in the

I've just read Mickey's blog about the prospect of colder weather on its way and that made my mind up........... I saw my neighbour with his lawn mower out yesterday and he had said in passing that he would see if he could cut my grass too. I said the

I'm absolutely shattered - been outside and boy it's damn cold out there. I think that maybe Mickey might just be right about it turning colder again. I didn't want to be out there any longer than necessary. That's probably why I feel so tired, usually I

This day 45 years ago, I was a blushing bride [well sort of blushing]. As far as I was concerned I was all grown up at the grand old age of 21, the world was my oyster and I could achieve anything. It was a cold but sunny day - bit like today actually -

Do you remember the story of the little dog who adopted Mandi and Dogan and who we ended up calling Zilli and she went on to have 8 pups? Well gradually people would come down to the beach and choose the pup they wanted and soon all bar one pup had

Today dawned nice and bright with a slight breeze. Mandi and I decided today would be a great day to visit Hartland as it'd been many years since she last went there - she went with her dad and that must have been at least 30 years ago and so she wanted

Well folks I have lost my house sharer for a few days...... Mandi has gone home for a while, I think tonight a friend of hers is going over for the evening, they are going to watch the Sport Relief programme which is featuring many comedians and

Well today there was only a quick display of the sun, but the wind is bitterly cold. I did venture out to see how my flowers are coming along, and even the cats decided that it was too cold for them to come out with me, so watched me through the lounge

Extracts from letters written by council tenants: 1. It's the dogs mess that I find hard to swallow. 2. I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my knob off. 3. I wish to complain that my father twisted his ankle very badly

Oh this is so funny - animals can certainly make you smile. They've got wicked ideas just like us.......... youtu.be/_vx1OVLX5Rc

Well this morning dawned nice and sunny and the wind had died down. I was keen to see if the tulip had opened up......... Just a little - maybe it's waiting for more sun........... The little wind we had was so cold still. There might have been sun but

It's another cold day here today, although the sun did show its face for a while. I did pop out for a few minutes to see if the tulip had opened up - but I have a strong feeling it's out there saying - ''To hell with this weather - I'm not opening until

You must know what it's like - you go into a room to get something and you notice something else and before you know it you're doing a totally different job............ I decided to hang some pictures of the two wedding days. I'd bought some lovely large

My red tulip which has been stubborn and not opening has decided at last that it is just that little bit warmer and therefore it's safe for it to open its petals.......... I couldn't believe it. When I came round the corner of the house, there it was

Pippin and Boo have been thoroughly enjoying themselves in the sudden arrival of warmth and the sunshine............ Pippin just loves the sun and is out nearly all day lounging around where possible - he doesn't care if it's on the path or on Mandi's

Well it was a lovely day today and I was hoping for a trip out, but we had promised ourselves that we would start on changing my lounge around and so we had to make a hard decision and forego a trip out. The sun was out, so a good load of washing was put

Well Mandi went off this afternoon, but not til we'd been shopping. I thought it was going to be about a fortnight before I could go shopping again, so bought enough in only to find out after Mandi left, that Ann will be here to take me next Thursday. At

My cats have lots of 'funny five minutes' like this .................... youtu.be/l5ODwR6FPRQ This is so funny and I have had many a time when the cats have their 'moments' LOL

I have been reading and learned something I didn't know - well I sort of did, but it didn't really register.......... There are five words in the English language which doesn't rhyme with any other word.... now I've tried to think of words that may rhyme

You are a lucky lot - here's another lot of things that you can now learn about [unless you already know them and I'm sure there are many of you out there who do] but in case you are like me and didn't - here they are............ POLLIWOG.. Did you know

Took some pictures leaning out of the window - didn't want to get wet LOL.... The raindrops made ordinary leaves etc look brilliantly pretty, so you lucky lot - here's some pretty pictures for you............. Right that's all for today folks, I

Just for half an hour this afternoon, the sun appeared, obviously my imitation dance worked............. Ever since the cherry blossom came out three days ago, the weather has been really naff and we've had grey skies all the time. NOT the kind of

The Grim Reaper came for me last night, and I beat him off with a vacuum cleaner. Talk about Dyson with death. I went to the cemetery yesterday to lay some flowers on a grave. As I was standing there I noticed 4 grave diggers walking about with a

I thought I'd take the camera to my bedroom to take some photos from the bedroom window, especially now the blossom is out and the leaves are starting to emerge from their sleep...... This is looking out of my bedroom directly across the valley. My

After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Asda. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse. Yesterday my

The smell of vanilla has been tantalising me for days now and as the sky was a wonderful blue, I popped over the fence into Ann's garden to take pics of her gorgeous gorse..........A beauty it is too........... The closer I got to the bush, the

Kulula is a low-cost South-African airline that doesn't take itself too seriously. Check out their new livery! And get a kick out of the comments at the end of the photos. Notice the labelling on the plane. WHAT A PITY KULULA DOESN'T FLY

I've just read Mickey's blog and wouldn't you just know it - great minds think alike...... It looked such lovely dry weather, that I made up my mind to cut the grass before it got too unmanageable to cut it........ See what I mean - it could be a

This was produced by a 17 year old here in the UK as a school project........... marcbrecy.perso.neuf.fr/history.html

Just heard this and I think it's a wonderful way of ending a wedding - the couple were very lucky to have this priest marry them............ bbc.in/1hs0BW7 Brilliant voice too........

I am so so lucky to have a spring garden. Every day it seems to change. I go outside and inspect it and new flowers seem to be appearing and it's such a joy. The bluebells are absolutely stunning - I've lived here on and off now for 55 years and I've

The last couple of days has been lovely with warm spring sunshine and it was so good to have the lounge window wide open to let fresh air in - today though........... what a difference. It's gone back to being cold again, an overall grey sky and no way

Today being Easter Sunday has brought the cold wind and the rain with it. Such a difference from the recent days, but the rain is a welcome visitor - it saves me from having to water my pots and the newly sown seeds. Yesterday was a much nicer sort of

Okay folks, this is where you can leave quietly and I won't take offense. It's been raining a little here and you know exactly what I've been doing don't you? Mandi left for her home yesterday afternoon and to be honest - I am totally whacked out. I'd

I was going to say that I'd taken my camera upstairs again but then realised that it could be interpreted the wrong way, so I just wrote this.............. I love looking through the bathroom window every morning to see the view from there. Pippin joins

I thought I'd apologise firstly because I know I've been rather lacking in visiting you all in the past couple of days. I find it getting increasingly harder to get back into my rhythm after Mandi has gone back. Now I feel fine, and she's coming back

Here I am - back again. Have been without any internet since Friday/Saturday. Apparently some workmen were fiddling about up the road at a box junction and did something which affected many of us. Of course we didn't mention the situation to each other

The spring weather has decided to take a break and at the moment we have clouds and rain but never mind........ it has helped the lovely blossoms and flowers to grow. Well apart from the white lilac which does look a tad droopy............. LOL This is

Can I just do a quick thanks for all your lovely welcome back messages. I was pretty miffed being without the internet - but not as miffed as Mandi who was unable to speak nor see her hubby. Still as soon as she went back - hey presto the internet came

Whilst I was an absentee from you lot last week, due to the mishaps of our national telecommunications company BT, Mandi took me to the beach one day when we realised that there were less clouds in the sky....... We went to a place called Northam

Well the recent winds and rain have taken away all the apple blossom and some of the white lilac. The dark purple lilac is still looking good, but the laburnham.......... what a gorgeous display this year. I've never seen it so beautiful as it is this

At long last the weather forecasters actually got it right this time. Well they manage to get it right with rain and winds, but to really state sunshine for the whole day - wow it did!!!!! This is what the sky looked all day - well the clouds did move,

Saw this adorable dog on BT news - it's such a sweet video. It's of a dog called Charcoal who just loves his red bucket...... youtu.be/aXfHYHPpAAc You should really see this - he is having such a wonderful time

Well the weather forecasters got it wrong again - thankfully. They told us that we would be having a dull and windy day - instead we had a wonderful sunny day and we decided to go and have our breakfast/lunch on the beach. As it was a Sunday - we knew

Mandi went back on Wednesday and it's taken until now for me to feel anywhere near enough to join the masses - I get so weary after a visit, but at the same time I just love having her here, it's just that it's different from the routine that I am used

Well no sunbathing for me today - in fact I wore my cardigan for a lot of the day. I did try to dry my washing on the line, but it became a mad dash out when I saw the dark clouds coming and it was only when I got out that I realised it had been raining

I have a small white indoor rose and it's been here for about 4 years now and usually only gives me one flower per year. The original plant was full of blooms but I thought it had died completely when all the branches went brown sticks - well you would

I think these pictures are self explanatory............. I hope you had a laugh - I certainly did.............. and just remember - THEY BREED.

Well I did warn you that I'd be waxing lyrical about the new flowers that appear in my garden and I didn't lie ..............LOL I went outside this morning and saw a whole bunch of flowers I'd not seen before..... Don't know what it is

Before I go and look at my page for yesterday's blog, I just want to apologise for saying that I'd bought peonies the other day - I hadn't......... No doubt the gardeners of you out there were shouting at your computer at me, saying .... probably rude

There was a loud cawing this afternoon and Pippin and I went outside to see what was happening ....... there on the chimney stack was a gull telling everyone that he was back........... Since my neighbours put up a plastic owl with luminescent eyes

I thought I'd just write a quickie before Mandi gets here......... I was washing up this morning and noticed that the white rose on the kitchen window sill was starting to 'go over'. What amazed me was the way it's folding it's petals back and that they

A burglar broke into a house one night. He shone his flashlight around, looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said, 'Jesus knows you're here.' He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze. When he heard nothing more,

Mandi had to collect her prescription and as we were already half way to the beach we thought it a good idea to just go there while we had to wait for the prescription to be done. They said it would take at least half an hour so off we went. The burrows

While Mandi calmed herself down by having a shower and a cup of tea, I stayed outside to re-pot my new plants.... they are happier now....... I will sort out the pots later to make it look a bit tidier, but I was too knackered to do it

I don't know if anyone out there watches Formula One racing, but today was the Canadian Grand Prix and it was one of the best races I've seen for a long, long time. Crashes, brake failures and the first win for a driver. If you like excitement, and heart