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A very Happy New Year to you all
- 01 Jan 2017 - 7 commentsI just wanted to say happy New Year to you all and let's hope this year will be a peaceful one and that will be kind to us. I've poured a glass of brandy and ginger wine which I forgot to drink last night! So I'll have a drink to toast the new year in.
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Thank you all for my birthday wishes. .......
- 12 Jan 2017 - 8 commentsFirst of all I want to say a massive thanks for your birthday wishes, it's a normal day as far as I'm concerned, because neither of my children could celebrate it with me so it was just business as usual! I was really blown away by the number of people
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Hiya folks - its me again!
- 20 Jan 2017 - 4 commentsWell I've been quite busy doing some hand sewing, which is why I've not been on here for a while. However today dawned a beautiful day. Deep blue skies and some very welcome Sun. As it's this time of the year, there's hardly any heat in it, but it did
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My new soft toy
- 23 Jan 2017 - 6 commentsWell I've finally finished my toy and it's on its way to its new home. Yvonne came up this afternoon for a chat and I was able to give the toy to her? It's for her soon-to-be- born grandson. This is it....... Originally it had a smaller trunk, which
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I've started another toy..........
- 27 Jan 2017 - 10 commentsYvonne really liked the elephant and apparently the baby has to be born by caesarian section so Yvonne will have advanced warning when her second grandchild will be born. There's already a youngster who's about to meet his baby brother and I thought that
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I've finally finished the new toy.......
- 01 Feb 2017 - 13 commentsI've been quite busy doing this new toy. Because I used fleece, it did mean it had to be hand sewn (too thick for my machine ). I also used an actual pattern!!!! I was happy when I finished it, but not completely satisfied. As you can see,
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Hiya folks, the computer has been repaired!!!!
- 08 Feb 2017 - 8 commentsHiya, well the computer has come back having been repaired by a local Computer repair shop. They are really good and very helpful, but they didn't have to keep on about the fact that I have a very BASIC laptop!!!!!!!!!!! Hence I only need the BASIC
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Finished another giraffe and started another toy
- 16 Feb 2017 - 5 commentsHi folks, sorry I've not been on here much lately but I've been very busy doing another giraffe for my neighbour Richard. I know he's going on 52, but he had expressed interest in the giraffe I'd made for Yvonne's grandson, and then said that giraffes
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Great news
- 19 Feb 2017 - 7 commentsMandi is coming home for 17 days from Thursday! I'm so happy and excited. It also means I've got to finish the toy by Thursday for her. I think I might just make it, but it'll be tight! I've almost finished the head, it's pretty plain sailing to do
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The bull is finished. .............
- 22 Feb 2017 - 4 commentsWell she's coming home! I can't wait to see her. Because she's coming earlier than I expected, I've had to pull out all stops to finish the cow/bull for her before she gets here. She has no clue what it is. I was so relieved to see that I HAD put the
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It may be desolate in the garden.......
- 27 Feb 2017 - 10 commentsWell Spring has yet to ring the bell, announcing its arrival - well at least in my garden, so there is lots of green but no colour as of yet. I noticed that the bluebells should be out soon so hopefully that will be a lovely blue carpet. Meanwhile, I
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Oh my amaryllis is really opening up........
- 04 Mar 2017 - 12 commentsAt last my amaryllis is starting to open up and show me its beauty. This one is an all red one, compared to the white and red one of last year. I've been crafty by using the flash which means the kitchen is in the dark, just as well really, I needed
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Ooooh it was a tad rough at Westward Ho! today......
- 08 Mar 2017 - 7 commentsMandi and I decided to brave the weather {which has been like it since she arrived two weeks ago!!} and go to Westward Ho! and we found the tide was in but the wind was blowing a hooley. It was so bitterly cold there, so I found a place to shelter from
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The amaryllis has four heads.....
- 16 Mar 2017 - 2 commentsI thought amaryllis' only had two blooms, well my new one has four!!! I love the colour, lovely and rich, my amaryllis last year was a two tone white and red, it had two blooms. I've noticed though that the bloom is getting - tireder - if that's a
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My driveway is showing me that Spring is on its way..
- 16 Mar 2017 - 12 commentsI went out on Tuesday to go to the doctors to make an appointment but mainly to give the car a run. I'm finding it harder and harder walking up the driveway nowadays, my back tends to go into spasms, but the main excuse is the giddiness. The extreme
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I went out again!!!! I'm going for it!! LOL
- 22 Mar 2017 - 10 commentsWell yesterday I went out again - again to the doctors!! I didn't mention that when I went on Monday, I'd got the day wrong!!! I thought it was Monday at 4.40, but it was in fact Tuesday at 4.20!!! Does this sort of thing happen often as we get older? I
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Spring must be here - I was sitting on a bench at the beach!!
- 26 Mar 2017 - 9 commentsYes you heard right - I was sitting on a bench at the beach yesterday afternoon. I would have done the same today too, but it was pretty busy yesterday and being Sunday and Mothering Sunday too, I imagined it would be heaving even more today. It was hard
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Went to West Appledore....
- 31 Mar 2017 - 6 commentsI had to arrange for my car to have its annual MOT and rather than phoning the garage up, I thought I'd drive down there to give the car a run out. The rain had stopped and the sun was trying its best to come out, it sort of succeeded on odd occasions,
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Just in case we are closed down......
- 31 Mar 2017 - 8 commentsI just wanted to say that I've met some wonderful people on here, that I would certainly call my friends. I do hope we don't close, because I will really miss not seeing them on here. Seeing their photos etc and knowing what they're doing is so lovely
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Managed a sunset at last.......
- 03 Apr 2017 - 12 commentsI went out last night - it looked as if it would be a good sunset and as I hadn't been out for a sunset for ages, I decided to go for it! I drove down to the same place in West Appledore as I'd been the other day. I would be facing the sunset and it was
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Those damn seagulls. ....
- 12 Apr 2017 - 12 commentsSome of you might remember that I have a family of seagulls who nest on my roof in amongst my four chimneys. Well last year they cleaned out their old nest which meant all sorts of things came down, plastic bags, twigs and old grass etc. I say all came
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Oh I just love this time of year...........
- 18 Apr 2017 - 10 commentsI thought you'd like to see how Spring has started to change the garden. I just love this time of year.... The lilacs have started to flower and the white lilac, especially, has the most gorgeous scent..... The laburnham is also starting to show
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Went to the Burrows and made new friends........
- 20 Apr 2017 - 12 commentsYesterday the weather was glorious, it was cool but beautiful blue skies. I thought it would be a nice thing to go and see the sea. I was going to go to West Appledore again, but I remembered that at this time of year, it's free to go onto the Burrows (a
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Oh boy have we been lucky with the weather lately......
- 23 Apr 2017 - 6 commentsWhile parts of the UK have had rain and even snow in some parts, I've been so lucky down here, with blue skies most of the days. Okay the wind has been less than charitable, I think it's come down straight from the arctic! It's been way too cold for you
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I've been making soft toys again!!
- 05 May 2017 - 2 commentsI missed making soft toys, having finished the last one a month ago, so I trawled my patterns and came up with this..... It's a frog. It was supposed to be green all over, but that was boring, so I gave it a white face as well as a little red tongue
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Boy has it been blowing a hooley today!!!!!
- 05 May 2017 - 12 commentsToday it's still cold, but boy is it windy!!! I've been watching my trees vying to be the one who can bend the most! So far the apple tree is the winner in my eyes, which is just as well that it's not the 40ft sycamore which frightens me. There is quite a
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It may be cold for this time of year, but.....
- 11 May 2017 - 5 commentsYes it's certainly cold for this time of year, but this last month has seen less amount of rain than normally expected and therefore more blue skies! This in turn has meant the wild flowers have gone mad! I honestly can't remember so many wild flowers
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Not been out much lately...........
- 20 May 2017 - 2 commentsHiya folks, sorry I haven't been on here lately but I haven't been out much and somehow time seems to have whizzed past - I'm starting to make more soft toys, for Christmas this time, and I'm also deciding on what pattern I'm going to make the next quilt
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The honeysuckle is amazing in the evenings.....
- 20 May 2017 - 12 commentsThis is the amazing honeysuckle that is growing on the rowan tree next door. As you can imagine, the scent is wonderfully strong, especially in the evenings. It's just outside my kitchen door and for a couple of evenings I've had the back door open and
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Poor little bird came a cropper....
- 22 May 2017 - 5 commentsYesterday I was sitting in my lounge cutting out some material for my next soft toy, when I heard a thump on the window. Now I'm sort of getting used to hearing things go bump in this house, because I really need to get the outside painted and of course
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I had my new kitchen scissors delivered today...
- 22 May 2017 - 10 commentsI'd ordered a new pair of kitchen scissors and they arrived today - I don't normally read instructions because let's face it - I know how to use a pair of scissors... Anyway the instructions gave me a good giggle .... I haven't cut any hard fook for a
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I just popped out for a while to soak up the sun.....
- 28 May 2017 - 12 commentsThe other day, it was unusually warm, considering how cold it's been these last few weeks. It had gone from 15C (around 59F) to 24C (about 78F) - so no thermal vests for this girl, in fact I had to scrabble around for a t-shirt!!!! I thought it would be
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Richard only popped round to trim my hedge!!!!
- 30 May 2017 - 2 commentsLast year Richard trimmed my hedge which divides our homes. There's a wall between us which is covered by the hedge. Not having been trimmed for a very long time, it had grown to over 10ft high and it was blocking a lot of the sun for both of us. So while
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My hoya has flowered again after 3 years....
- 30 May 2017 - 12 commentsWhen Mickey last came down, about 3 years ago, he helped me to re-pot my hoya. Now this plant had been in a smallish pot in my bedroom for years - about 15 - and it was very good and flowering quite copiously. Well Mickey helped me to get it out of the
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What a delightful surprise today
- 31 May 2017 - 14 commentsThe postman brought me a wonderful surprise today, a card made by my granddaughter. No particular reason for it, just sent!!!! She's made it so well. .....This is the front of the card Isn't this gorgeous? Lovely words too. Hope it won't be too
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The wonderful wild flowers at the wedding....
- 06 Jun 2017 - 8 commentsMy neighbour's son got married on Saturday and it was a lovely affair apparently. They both wanted a simple wedding do, and it was gorgeous being simple. They had the ceremony in a little church just up the road.... They were really lucky with the
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Happy birthday to my best mate - our Mickey
- 16 Jun 2017 - 9 commentsI wanted to wish Mickey a wonderful birthday today. He is by far my very best friend who has seen me through some horrific times and listens patiently to my woes - I'm am so very honoured that he has chosen me to be his friend. So Mickey - Happy Happy
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Sorry I haven't been on here much, but I've managed to catch a chill
- 19 Jun 2017 - 10 commentsHiya folks, how are you all? I hope the weather where you are is as glorious as it is here in my part of the world. Today we were 30C which was hotter than Spain and Greece!!! The problem is we rarely have temperatures this high, so we're not used to it.
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Done another little toy.........
- 28 Jun 2017 - 8 commentsI still seem to be under the effects of the damn cold, but on the whole, I am feeling so much better than before. Well our summer lasted just over a week, we had wonderful temps, apart from when it reached 30C (86F), which is way too high for this part
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Stupid Cupid is still here!!!!!
- 07 Jul 2017 - 7 commentsI've called this year's drop-out from the nest on the roof - Cupid. Now some of you will remember the song "Stupid Cupid" - I think it was a Connie Francis hit. Well I called him Stupid from when he first landed on my porch roof, but as I've got to know
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Found a new place for photographs.....
- 08 Jul 2017 - 8 commentsYesterday I took a deep breath and went out!!! I'm afraid I've become quite complacent in my home. I do love it here, and to be honest I hate all the holiday makers descending here, parking is a nightmare and I can't get to any of the places I like to
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John is back home at last.......
- 10 Jul 2017 - 5 commentsJust a quickie to let you know that John aka Stormlizard, is at last home from the hospital. His sheer determination has worked and a doctor listened to him and agreed with what John had been saying for 4 months - his treatment wasn't right. Now it's so
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Stupid has finally flown the nest (or should I say - the roof)
- 15 Jul 2017 - 11 commentsI did exactly what everyone told me to do - not fed the bird. It was very difficult because Stupid Cupid keep looking at me through the kitchen window and uttering that mournful cry (high pitched screech) but I kept myself from giving him any food in the
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Mandi is fine - just rather shaken up..
- 22 Jul 2017 - 9 commentsFor those of you who know that my daughter lives near Bodrum and will have heard that there was a large 6.9 earthquake about 10 miles into the bay from Bodrum might have wondered how she is. Well she skyped me immediately after the first shake which had
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It was quite busy on the river.....
- 08 Aug 2017 - 12 commentsI just felt like getting out the other day but not wanting to go too far, I decided to just visit the river, which is about 2 miles from the main beach and a mile from the beach I go to watch the dogs. In fact you can make out the beach in the
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I am so blessed with my neighbours.....
- 13 Aug 2017 - 7 commentsRichard from next door popped over this afternoon and brought his hedge trimmer with him and proceeded to attack the hedges and the branches which had overgrown tremendously over the past few weeks. I think it was just an excuse to see my new lawn mower
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Went back to the river
- 14 Aug 2017 - 8 commentsThe other day I fancied visiting the river again. I wanted to get out, but didn't fancy having to brave going where there are loads of holiday makers around, so another visit to the river was the answer. So off I went, there was a lot of traffic about,
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Just a little foray into the big wide world.....
- 25 Aug 2017 - 3 commentsOr in my case - a quick trip to Atlantic Village at the top of town to have my 3 year scan...... Apparently because I turn 70 in January - I'm not automatically invited for a scan, I have to ask for one if I want one. I suppose when those rules were
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Just a quickie - this damn cricket.....
- 25 Aug 2017 - 7 commentsI have had a cricket wandering around my room for over a week now - I've put it out several times, Pippin had decided it's not worth chasing it, so just carries on sleeping and not giving a jot that it's hopped all over his fur!!! It's scared me a couple
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Pippin in the sun and me choosing new colours....
- 27 Aug 2017 - 8 commentsWell the weather has certainly changed for the better and I only wish I felt good enough to get out and enjoy it more. Mind you - it is Bank Holiday and wherever I go, it's going to be heaving with people, which I don't really enjoy. I've opened my
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A God forsaken time of day and he's back!!!!
- 02 Sep 2017 - 9 commentsDon't ask me why - but I woke up very early today - I have a feeling it was probably due to me needing to visit another room in my house!!! On my way back to my bed, I realised the sky was a gorgeous pink - you know that time just before the sun appears -
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Great news - at long last
- 15 Sep 2017 - 10 commentsHiya folks So sorry I've not been on here for a while, but I've been juggling my time for some obscure reason lately and I just don't seem to have had time to write any blogs etc. Well yesterday was a very special day - Thursday 14th September 2017 I
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Sorry not been on here lately......
- 24 Sep 2017 - 12 commentsHiya folks So sorry I've not been on here for a few days, but my internet decided to break down and so I couldn't contact anyone. I've been without a landline for over 2 years now, but I'd got used to not having one. I had a mobile and that was fine.
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One of the reasons I've not been on here much.....
- 30 Sep 2017 - 10 commentsWell apart from the fun of the internet or lack thereof ........ I've been so busy doing my Xmas pressie for one of my neighbours. I can tell you now - and you have my permission to shoot me (not literally though please) if I even show that I may do this
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Almost finished......
- 05 Oct 2017 - 6 commentsWell the table runner is finished, now I'm half way to finishing the place mats. I'm already planning what else I've got to make for other Xmas pressies. All of them are something I've not made before, so it should be quite exciting to do them. Here is
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Simon has just uploaded a new video.........
- 06 Oct 2017 - 6 commentsI really do like Simon's cat - I can relate to the ways of the cat at various times because Pippin does the same. I was sent a new one this afternoon.... I hope you enjoy it because I'm scared of spiders and I'm afrain I've been exactly the same.
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This is fascinating.......
- 07 Oct 2017 - 6 commentsThis is what the sound of crickets is like, if slowed down - unbelievable... youtu.be/UqU5OMNL-7I I will listen to them with a bit more respect to this amazing sound
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It's finished......
- 08 Oct 2017 - 6 commentsAt long last - this Christmas present is finished. I am so glad that I did this pattern for this because I had thought of doing a quilt instead!!!! I got so stressed doing this design in a small amount of the runner and place mats, that can you imagine
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Pippin was enjoying the sun
- 17 Oct 2017 - 9 commentsI was sitting in my lounge, starting on sewing the footballer, Josh wants for Christmas. It's quite difficult because I haven't found a pattern I can use. So after rifling around in my pattern box, I found a pattern for a doll called Raggedy Ann - so I
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I ventured out for a sunset......
- 28 Oct 2017 - 16 commentsIt seems ages since I last ventured out for a sunset, but last night I thought - I'm off!!! As I drove towards Westward Ho! I was trying to work out the best place to be able to see the sun go down over the horizon and the nearer I got to Westward Ho! I
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Heard from our friend John today.
- 04 Nov 2017 - 9 commentsHi folks, I had a lovely surprise today, our friend John, rang me to,tell me that he's getting much better and it won't be long before he's back with us. Apparently his leg is getting much better and he hopes it won't be long before he's out and about in
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I do have a reason for not being on here........
- 13 Nov 2017 - 16 commentsHiya folks, I am so sorry not to have been on here for a while, but I do have good reasons for my absence. Mainly I have been worried sick about my daughter Mandi - a couple of weeks ago she had some tests and found out that she has Stage 3 Cancer. She
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She's come through the op okay.....
- 15 Nov 2017 - 22 commentsJust a quickie to say that I heard from Mandi this afternoon. She's had the operation but it wasn't as bad as she'd feared. They had to take some intestines out too, but nothing near the colon and no lymph nodes touched. She's had the whole lot taken away
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She's home!!!!!!
- 17 Nov 2017 - 12 commentsWow they certainly move fast in Turkey. Mandi had that major operation on Tuesday and she's already home today!!!! She sent me this picture to show me how much better she feels. I've already drummed it into her about taking things very slowly to allow
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Sorry for being away - good explanation.......!!!!
- 02 Dec 2017 - 10 commentsSo sorry for being away from here folks, but I'm just not very good at juggling my time. I don't know about you - but Christmas is galloping its way towards me and I have done precious little in getting ready for it. Apart from the worry about Mandi -
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Ronaldo and the pony are finished at last.....
- 03 Dec 2017 - 10 commentsJust a quickie to tell you that I've managed to finally finish both of the soft toys. For Ronaldo, I've given him his socks and even his earrings in both ears as he has in reality. I'm still not completely happy with his face - but I just don't know how
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Got out and it wasn't raining!!!!!!!!!
- 05 Dec 2017 - 13 commentsI had to go to the doctor's surgery Monday morning to have my dressings changed. Usually it's either Anne or Yvonne who drive me, but on Monday both were away and so I drove myself. Oh it was good being able to do what I wanted. Well I had the dressings
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Pippin made a new friend and brought him in out of the cold...
- 12 Dec 2017 - 8 commentsLast night was one of the coldest this year - well anything with a minus before the figures makes it cold in my books!!!! I noticed that Pippin was sitting in the hallway which was very cold - I thought he was being silly, especially when the lounge is
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Went to see a sunset - oh boy!!!!
- 13 Dec 2017 - 12 commentsWell yesterday afternoon I had to go to my doctor's surgery to have my leg redressed and it was a lovely sunny day. As I came out of the surgery quite lateish, I thought it would be a good idea to pop down to the beach/Burrows to get a sunset. So off I
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Complete blackout and my pony has had a pony!!!
- 17 Dec 2017 - 9 commentsYesterday was just one of those days. For some reason my electricity decided to switch off and leave my house!!!! Nothing at all worked - and unfortunately I'm an all electric house. It also happened to be an extremely cold day. Luckily I pay for a
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Poor Mandi has had a bad experience....
- 30 Dec 2017 - 11 commentsJust when Mandi was starting to feel better, Alfie one of her cats, disappeared. She was very worried as you can imagine - he would only explore around his house and gardens, so for him to disappear completely got her really worried. Mandi and
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