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Right oh folks, I've finished packing, well I should say, I've just finished packing for the second time!!! I was so pleased with myself for having packed everything and there was even room left (in other words it wasn't crammed!!) when I realised I

Hiya folks, I'm back but am really, really tired!!! We got up at 8am (Turkish time) which was 6am British time and you know me - I don't do mornings!!! Anyway we had to have breakfast and then pack to leave the room by 12pm, but our bus wasn't coming

Okay then, I am still having problems finding myself around this site, but I need Mickey's help first!!!! He seems to have found a way of getting this done properly!! I think I've got the hang of uploading photos, well partly anyway, it just means I need

Okay folks, I think I can do this - Mickey told me what I have to do, but you know my memory!!! LOL Mandi & I went on holiday to Ortakent, Bodrum in Turkey on 13th August 2012. We left Exeter airport (great as it was only about 4 miles from where

Hiya, thought you'd like to see my daughter making me giggle!!! She'd managed to get on a li-lo in the pool, which is a feat in itself as far as I'm concerned!! and then she was trying to turn the li-lo around. I just had to video it!!! Hope you

Here's a quick video showing you where I was holidaying in Turkey. This was the view I had every morning for breakfast, and sometimes evenings when we sat at the bar. I thought you'd like to get a chance to see a little bit of Turkey, albeit it's a

Tis me again folks. I thought I'd just say a few words of how my holiday went. As you have seen from my photos, it was a gorgeous place to be. You all know that my ability to walk isn't too good, nor is my balance, so to go to a place like Ortakent

As a lot of you know, whenever I go away on holiday, some catastrophe occurs at or near where we are. Two years ago we had the awful wildfire on Samos, Greece - last year we had the smoke etc from the fire in Turkey (Samos is about 4 miles off shore from

Have you ever heard of Maru the cat? I just love this cat and I often go onto YouTube to see if he's been up to any new tricks. So in case you've never heard or seen Maru, here's just a little snippet of his character!!! By the way he loves boxes!!

Hiya folks, I felt I just had to tell you about the amazing phone call I just received........... Now I don't have "caller identity" on my phone, I have to pay for it, and I don't see why. So if the phone rings - I answer it. I'm sure many of you are

Well I had offered to have a mum cat and her two kitties, but I realised that to have that large an influx of cats wouldn't be fair on Pippin, so unfortunately I've had to decline. I didn't find the decision too hard, when I found out that neither of the

Oh well the very nice people from the Cats Protection came along this evening and brought a delightful little kitten called Grace. She was tiny, black with a lovely little white spot on her chest and was extremely curious about everything. Yes she was

Hiya folks, don't know why I thought that you might be even possibly interested in what I've done today, but here I am writing about a "non-day"!!! It dawned a reasonably clear day with the odd clumps of clouds floating around and the wind has dropped

I was very kindly taken out for a ride by my neighbour just to be near the sea. I do so miss going as often as I used to when I had a car, so it was lovely of her to offer to take me out. We went firstly to Instow, a small village facing the mouths of

My neighbour has managed to have some really good results from her gardening prowess. She and her husband are out in their garden nearly every day if possible and I can only applaud their achievements. Here are some of their gorgeous

Just had a visitor - Ron - my volunteer handyman. He came round to see if he needed to bring anything with him tomorrow when he come to put up my curtain pole. I had to take him upstairs!!! (get your minds out of the sewers please!) and show him where I

Thought that would get your attention!!!!!!!!!! LOL Ron came to put up my curtain pole and I'd got all the various items I thought he'd need, all set up for him. The paintbrush and the paint, cos I thought the baton would need painting. Some "no-nails"

Now I don't live anywhere near a desert but I do live only about 2 miles from loads of sand, so I'm able to provide quite a few pictures for you. So here we go.......... Now the sand in Instow which is a small village on the joining of the two

Just had a phone call from Fred the Shed and he has said that he's coming tomorrow with his wife and they are going to sort out my top lawn flower bed. Now originally this flower bed was full of nasturtiums, mombretia and had a rosemary bush. It was just

Well Fred and his wife have been today and after two hours stated that they had done the flower bed. They only manage two hours each visit so they can spread themselves with other people who want their help. This is how it looked

My neighbour Yvonne has a lovely cat called Harry. He's been very elusive in the two years we've known each other. He is such a gorgeous looking cat that I've been desperate to "catch" him unawares. Today after taking me to the local re-cycling centre to

I realised that since I joined iPernity, albeit only a few weeks, that I have made some new friends who don't really know a lot about me or where I live. So I thought I'd show a few photos of my home town. This is a view of our new bridge which is near

Do you remember I put up some photos a week or so ago of Appledore? Well if you don't have a look at my blogs and you'll soon see them................ I came across some old photos and thought you might like to see this one of how the quayside used to

I have watched Ketley grow up from a tiny, fighting for her life, kitten and brought up lovingly by my friend Summer. She is now a beautiful elegant cat who is in her forever home with Summer. I could see how alike she is to my cat Pippin and have

Hiya folks, well today has been very busy for me. After the usual shower, this time I had to do my hair etc for a change as I was being taken out for lunch. Yvonne collected me at 12.30pm and we had to dodge the raindrops which were falling quite

Just listened to this by accident and it brought a lump to my throat - what about you? http://youtu.be/V73RZ6x5Yxw

I have been blessed with having cats around me nearly all my life. My Mum used to let her cats have kittens and I used to have the kittens if she hadn't found good homes for them. She understood that there were a lot of unwanted cats, but people used to

Tonight my daughter is going to visit Poland for 5 days. She's one of many adults escorting teenage school children to visit the Holocaust places. Although this is going to be a very harrowing trip, I think it's so right for our children to see what

This is a dog called Grace, a yellow retriever who happily tidies up her toys - brilliant....... http://youtu.be/AW_N-dujGXw

My lovely neighbour Ann rang me up this morning and asked me if I'd like to go for a drive in the car this afternoon. Never one to refuse a lovely offer like that, I vervently agreed and got myself ready to face my public. We drove along the coast for

I thought you might like to see other photos I took today. Some of them are new because I went to a different part of the quay this time, so the aspect is slightly different. I hope you enjoy........ It was a great day out

We may have had all manners of weather today - rain this morning, then high winds at lunchtime, then heavy rain again this afternoon and now sun - the colours of Autumn (Fall to our American friends) have started to appear.............. I walked up the

I so love Simon's cat and he does remind me of my cat Pippin............ www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z6YUGGlwtA& feature=colike

Here's another one - I've been laughing silly over this one. I've seen this behaviour with my cats when a new kitten was introduced. youtu.be/fEV0N6OnbTE

Well I have had a cotton sheet on my bed for quite a few months now, but decided yesterday to change back to the flannelette cos my feet were cold!!!!!! WHAT'S THE MATTER? WASN'T THIS WHAT YOU WERE THINKING OF??? Last night I went to bed, tired out and

Some of you may not remember, or even know, that my brother died in May 2009. He committed suicide and it was a very traumatic time for us. He was a lovely man, just very troubled and we had no idea that he was thinking along these lines. This is a

Pearl has just put this up on Facebook and it's Maru again................. youtu.be/vZh0G62PWmw

Today is my shopping day and I woke up to drizzle - not too bad I suppose I thought to myself, but by the time it came close to my shopping excursion, it started to rain heavily............. I went out to go next door to get a lift to the store and this

Okay folks, I thought I'd better let you lot know that I won't be on here til Monday night!!! I am going to stay with my daughter for the weekend and on the Sunday my son (he who is now going to be called FOMI "figment of my imagination"!!) and his

Hiya folks, Well at long last my son is making an honest woman of his partner and they got engaged on Saturday. They've been together over 4 years now, so as far as I'm concerned............it's about time!!!!!!!! As you know, I've been visiting Mandi

When I was away at Mandi's I saw this gorgeous rainbow, in fact it was a double rainbow!!! I had to take a photo of it of course............. As you can see it's almost a complete arc. This is the view from my daughter's home from the front..... You

I have uploaded some photos of my daughter's visit with her school to Auschwitz camp. I have tried to say what each photo represents, but some are self explanatory. She said that it was such an incredible experience, moved her to tears so many times, but

I can fully understand why some people have not known what to write when they've seen those photos, but I thought that I should post them just to show we haven't forgotten what atrocities occurred, even though it was over 70 years ago. My daughter was so

An American tourist asked a boat guy in Zanzibar, "Do you know Biology, Psychology, Geography, Geology or Criminology?" The boat guy said, "No. I don't know any of these." The tourist then said, "What the hell do you know on the face of this Earth? You

Well my local supermarket, Morrisons, was shut all day Wednesday for the final stages to be put into place, for the new look of the store. I must say - there are more goods on sale and more new items to tempt us to part with our money!!!!!! Certain

Mandi went to Poland as you all know and apart from going to the concentration camp, she did stay in Krakow which she adored. Apparently it is one of the most beautiful cities she has even been in. There are quite a few squares dotted about, which are

I thought all the squidgey soft balls were downstairs, but no - Pippin has either brought it up himself or it miraculously appeared upstairs. I threw it into the bedroom and he went in after it and promptly stretched out to touch it, and rolled over

I've come across this fantastically built church or maybe it's a cathedral. I've never seen it, but I would love to. I think it's a smashing piece of architecture.

You know I love cats, well to see this video comprised of clips of cats and water is just wonderful. I hope you like these clips too.......... youtu.be/ctJJrBw7e-c

A baby's laughter is infectious and this is definitely infectious!!!! youtu.be/GMuZdN84PJg

Okay folks, it's Friday, the end of the week - but for me all days seem the same really. The only thing that's bugging me is that the sky has been this thick dark grey, completely grey - can't even see the outlines of the clouds - it's a mist apparently!

I woke up this morning to some yellowy thing shining in my windows!!! SUN!!!!!!.......... it was lovely and warm in the sun I admit and I did some housework in just a short sleeved top and joggers! It was very pleasant then I thought - might go out and

Hey folks, I've finished the quilt!!!!!!!!!!! Can't believe it, it just finished so quickly - I thought it would be at least another couple of days, but no.........it's done. I am really pleased with it and the colours should go very well with their

Just wanted to say a big thank you for your lovely comments on my quilt. In fact it's spurred me on to thinking about starting the next one tomorrow - this time I really do hope I'll finish it for Christmas - I mean I have almost 2 months don't I? Should

I've got loads of different colours in my treasure chest of materials, but I just couldn't see the colours I wantd for my neighbour's quilt I'm going to do for her. I've visited her home several times and I know the colour scheme she has in various

Okay I tried very hard not to light my coal fire until November, but to be totally honest, it's so damn cold here that I felt I was only a day off so what the hell................... I must admit it is nice sitting here with cosy flames next to me and

Well my tv has decided that enough was enough and finally closed his eyes but not his mouth!!!!!!!!!! So I went into the other lounge and thought that it was a good thing that I'd got this other tv from Mandi, albeit it was in the wheelbarrow (some of you

Further to yesterday's blog ......................... Mandi came up today and commiserated with my woes about my old tv giving up the ghost, and blanched somewhat when I told her she could have the other tv back - I think the idea of having to lift it

Well I gave up trying to get my new tv to work last night, got really upset because I couldn't get my satellite channels on my borrowed tv, my back ached from shopping and I was still miffed because of not being able to use my credit card to buy the tv in

look what I saw!!!!!!!!!!! Two strange people having a bonfire on my driveway!!!!!!!!!! LOL No seriously Peter & Ann decided that as it was a quiet day maybe they could give me a bonfire for 5th November!! They didn't bring any fireworks though,

Peter from next door rang up this afternoon, and said he and his friend Chris would be round to collect the old tv's and take them to the recycling plant for me! So half an hour later, they duly arrived and without too much huffing and puffing took the

I went out this morning to have a look at what has been done by Peter and Ann as I couldn't really see it last night. It looks amazing. The difference is so huge................ I can understand why they left that pot with the ornamental grasses in,

“Fifty Shades of Grey Hair” The missus bought a paperback Down Dymocks, Saturday, I had a look in her bag; T’was “fifty shades of grey”. Well I just left her to it, At ten I went to bed. An hour later she appeared; The sight filled me with

The novel “Fifty Shades Of Grey” has seduced women – and baffled blokes. Now a spoof, Fifty Sheds Of Grey, offers a treat for the men. The book has author Colin Grey recounting his love encounters at the bottom of the garden. Here are some extracts...

My Dear husband: I'm writing this letter to tell you that I'm leaving you. I've been a good wife to you for the last 20 years & I have nothing to show for it and the last 2 weeks have been hell. Your boss called to tell me that you left your job

This is a beautiful video - I know it's old stuff, but it still makes you go awwwwwwwwww inside. www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9hnbmml8fO Y&hd=1

My volunteer gardener, Fred, came this morning after his 3 week holiday in Spain. He wasn't terribly brown, despite the fact that it was lovely and warm over there!!!! Anyway he came early this morning and proceeded to chop down my elder tree just

Had this sent to me in an e-mail and it's a definite "oh sh*t" moment. www.youtube.com/user/video20071966

I took these pictures last year when I put up my Christmas tree. I just loved the warm glow of the lights. As you can see Roxy, bless him, used to really like being by the tree.................. The glow went into the glass

Well as you may already know - my garden is just full of trees - in fact I'm surrounded by trees which is wonderful. Some of them blossom which is beautiful - creating colour in the air............. This is my gorgeous laburnham tree,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Oh well you asked for it.............. Since my illness I've changed quite a bit - it's called age and weight in other terms!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL So here are my contributions to today's theme............ This was taken when I was on holiday this year - I

I don't often take photos of insects so I really had to delve into the depths of my pictures!! Here are some of them.................. Now before smartie pants come on here and say - this isn't an insect .................I know it's a spider and not an

I've been trawling my photos and looked at them with different eyes and found these patterns......... The patterns on the cliffs made from the upheaval over time............... The ebbing tide made this lovely pattern on the harbour sand............

Just seen this - it's really quite funny........... youtu.be/h4E-uiaIxNc Simon is brilliant doing these quick animations - he must spend hours and hours watching his cats to know what they do. Hope you enjoy..............

Poor Pippin was so totally unaware of what was going to happen today when he woke up!!! There he was snoozing quietly on my bed, having a lovely dream. He came downstairs when he heard me put his food bowl down. He stretched and flexed his claws, then

Well I wasn't too keen to take a photo of my own veins for you, that's because they're virtually hidden under skin!!!! I have been fortunate in not having varicose veins, but I did have a blocked artery a couple of years back, and I had to have an

I know the UK is flooded in many places, but my daughter was coming for a visit today and I had no idea of the state of the roads. Had I known I'd have told her to stay home. A journey which normally takes about an hour and a half took her over two and

For those of you who know me, I think you will agree with me - I have controlled myself with today's theme, as I have thousands of photos of views, which I have taken over the years. These are some of my favourite views, although if I start to think

Just seen this video and it's hilarious....................... How on earth did they train their dog to do this???? <object><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="movie"

Not a terribly interesting theme, but I've done the best I can. These are various bulbs I've got around the house. Some of my lamps need screw in bulbs, some small candle bulbs - another one requires a reflection bulb and my other ones are fitted

These aren't so much implements as essentials to my kitchen............. My Halogen oven - what on earth would I do without this?????????? I cook nearly all my meals in this - from meat to sweet. I love it. It's perfect for me as I'm only cooking for

Pippin isn't usually hanging around me during the day - he's off out and about in the gardens, looking for mice or the occasional moggie who tries to get it's way into my kitchen to eat Pippin's food. But the weather has turned really cold and Pippin

This is a brilliant advert we've got over here in the UK, so I thought you'd like to see it. www.youtube.com/embed/auSo1MyWf8g?rel=0 <