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No snow yet in the South West....
- 07 Jan 2022 - 6 commentsI keep seeing beautiful pictures of snow from everyone's blogs, but no snow here, nor likely to be, according to the weather forecasters. There again, they have been known to be wrong. I found some wonderful snowy pictures of when we did have some but it
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I was spoiled rotten on my birthday ....
- 13 Jan 2022 - 3 commentsWell another year older - I'm getting too old for these things called birthdays. I think I'll start going backwards instead of forwards!!!! I was spoiled rotten by everyone. It all started on Monday 10th (day before the big day) when Tony, my son, came
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Poor Mickey isn't too well at the moment....
- 22 Jan 2022 - 8 commentsHiya folks, just a quickie to explain why Mickey hasn't been on here for a while. His back decided to start complaining a few weeks ago, and he just couldn't get his breath from the pain. To the end- he couldn't cook for himself, or really he didn't feel
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I've had some happy accidents with my resin....
- 22 Jan 2022 - 11 commentsIn case you were wondering what I mean by the title - I'll explain. As you are well aware I'm keeping myself occupied by making resin jewellry, I have made so many and I do intend to sell them eventually, I just look at the pile of bags full to bursting
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Mandi has snow in Turkey - I have none!!!!
- 25 Jan 2022 - 10 commentsMandi told me yesterday that there is snow in Bodrum!!! Now only a few days ago, she and Dogan were sitting outside on the patio in temperatures of 22C, and suddenly there is snow. It's such an oddball thing to happen that the tv stations were all talking
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I've lost my wonderful Pippin....
- 23 Feb 2022 - 16 commentsLast week I noticed Pippin was behaving strangely - not able to jump up and his back legs were a bit "odd". I felt along his spine and around his back legs, but he didn't object nor flinch and he purred when I stroked him. Well over the week, he lost the
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Very sad news - our Mickey has passed away.
- 04 Mar 2022 - 13 commentsI heard the dreadful news this morning, when his daughter, Ellen, called me to tell me that he had passed at 4.10am today. I hadn't written about his illness here before, because I wasn't sure how long he had. He suffered from pancreatic cancer,
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I actually walked outside to see my spring flowers
- 15 Mar 2022 - 5 commentsWell today it was a mild day and with a bit of sun. My neighbour came round yesterday and told me that as he walked down my driveway, he saw all the lovely primroses were out. That decided it - I said that as soon as it was dry and sunny-ish, I was going
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I've been doing more jewellry - what's new eh?
- 15 Mar 2022 - 4 commentsI'm still in the throes of making jewellry and I must admit it's keeping me sane (well sort of....) because I'm busy all the time and therefore not too concerned about being on my own all the time. Emily hasn't been for two weeks, because she wore herself
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Some more boring pendants - sorry. I've not been out.
- 19 Mar 2022 - 7 commentsI decided to experiment with a new way of colouring the moulds with a liquid colour instead of the powder colours. I'm pleasantly pleased with the outcome, and it also doesn't use as much resin as the other types. I had purchased some stars moulds, which
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It was lovely and warm today..............
- 26 Mar 2022 - 5 commentsIt was a gorgeous sunny day - warm with a little wind. I walked outside the kitchen and just stopped and I couldn't hear anything - just the odd little bird song, but otherwise - silence. I decided to come into my lounge and actually open the window -
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What a difference a couple of days make!!!
- 31 Mar 2022 - 4 commentsLast time I wrote on here, it was lovely and warm - I'd even been able to have the lounge window open to let in fresh air. Now today the temperature had dropped to 6C - ridiculous, what's going on? Mandi said that their weather in Turkey wasn't much
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Blue sky and blossom
- 09 Apr 2022 - 4 commentsWell today I awoke to blue skies!!! What a difference it makes.You really want to get up and seize the day! Just outside my bedroom window is the cherry tree - and this is what I could see!! I couldn't believe it - the winter had seemed to stay around
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It's so cold - and it's Easter this weekend!!!!
- 11 Apr 2022 - 10 commentsWell it's going to be Easter this weekend, a time when the Spring is supposed to be half way through and the temperatures warm - what's happened this year, is that the temperatures have plummited and is crawling along in the 40F's or should I say 6C!!!!
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The blossom is almost out, and there is a new cat on the block!!!!!
- 18 Apr 2022 - 5 commentsWell I've noticed a little black cat who seems to think it's his garden now - and comes up most days and just relaxes. Apparently he belongs to one of my other neighbours, and he has two other siblings to play with, but he seems to be a loner, and comes
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Hey had a visit from Tony today!!!!
- 21 Apr 2022 - 9 commentsIt was a wonderful surprise when Tony called me and told me he was coming up to see me. He'll come up to see Mandi when she's back, but he just wanted to come up to see me, as it'd been a long time since he'd been up. Well it was wonderful seeing him and
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Mandi is coming over!!!
- 29 Apr 2022 - 17 commentsI am getting so excited, my daughter, Mandi, who I haven't see in person for almost 3 years is at last coming over to see me.!!!! I can hardly believe it. She feels the same and says that she can't wait to have a "mummy" hug!!!! The last time I saw her
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Mandi's just gone back - I'll really miss her....
- 13 May 2022 - 8 commentsWell Mandi went back to Turkey about 2 hours ago and I will miss her so much. We've had a wonderful time with her here. I've been spoiled by her cooking me all the meals and getting me coffee regularly. So now I have to do the cooking myself and remember
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Well I do believe it's getting warmer!!!!
- 21 May 2022 - 7 commentsI must admit that it is definitely getting warmer over here - not the kind of high temps that other parts of Europe seem to be getting. Our temps are around 17C (63F) which aren't that great compared to the late 30'sF (100F) that some of you have been
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I had the window open today - yay!!!!
- 28 May 2022 - 4 commentsWell the temperatures have risen a little - it's now 16C which is way so much cooler than a lot of other places, but we were warmer in the winter than others, so I suppose we have to be thankful for small mercies. It was lovely with a bright blue sky and
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I do believe it's getting warmer!!!!
- 16 Jun 2022 - 5 commentsNot a lot to say really - apart from the fact that the lounge window is open until I go to bed and the window is open in my bedroom too!!! All the time. It's lovely having fresh air to breathe in while I go to sleep. It's 7.30pm and it's still 22C which
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New designs for my jewellry
- 29 Jun 2022 - 8 commentsI thought I'd explain why there are some strange pieces on today's blog. I had some really lovely colours for decorations, and some tiny metal items to add to the design. I hadn't realised that women now like decorating their nails nowadays, and so there
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Oh dear it's that time of year again!!!!!
- 09 Jul 2022 - 6 commentsI opened the back door this morning to hear something walking across my porch roof - it was a baby seagull. There wasn't anyone last year because the neighbours had erected this amazing net over the chimneys to stop the seagulls nesting there. Well they
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You'll never guess what!!!!!
- 12 Jul 2022 - 5 commentsYep - stupid gull chick No.2 has come down onto the porch roof now!!! The third (bigger chick apparently) is still up there on the main roof. Hopefully it'll stay there. So now I have two baby chicks walking all around on the porch roof in their mess!!!!
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I've managed new designs
- 26 Jul 2022 - 6 commentsHiya folks, well I've not got a lot to say really - apart from the fact that I've hurt my ring finger on my right hand, so it makes typing quite difficult. I have asked my next door neighbour if his wife could pop in and have a look at it - she's a nurse.
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Went out to the seaside at West Appledore
- 08 Aug 2022 - 6 commentsMy son came up to see me and it was a gloriously sunny day. After we talked a lot to catch up on things which had gone on since we last saw each other - mostly all about the Disneyworld, Paris where they had gone for a week. Wow you'd need at least a week
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My Oriental lily has flowered again....
- 13 Aug 2022 - 4 commentsI honestly thought my lily had died, and so I put it in, in its pot, in the back porch, to await a time that Emily could put it on the compost heap!!! Well other things were more important so it was left in my porch. Then I was so surprised to see some
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Emily is leaving!!!!
- 30 Aug 2022 - 7 commentsHiya folks, yes my dear friend and helper, Emily - is leaving to go to a permanent job in a Nursing Home. I don't blame her, because the price of petrol has risen so much, she is finding all the travelling from one place to another to do her cleaning etc,
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Our Queen Elizabeth has died
- 08 Sep 2022 - 6 commentsI'm sure that you all have heard that our Queen Elizabeth has just died. I remember when she was crowned and the whole country celebrated. I was 5 and had great fun celebrating her coronation - but was too young to know why!!!! My mum made me this outfit
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Emily is coming back!!!!!!!
- 14 Sep 2022 - 8 commentsOh this evening, I had a wonderful surprise, Emily sent me a message, to ask if she could come back. Apparently her new job was so awful (she started today) that she gave in her notice immediately. She'll tell me all about it on Tuesday when she comes to
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Not a lot has been going on really - but......
- 18 Oct 2022 - 4 commentsI've just realised that it's been a while since I last wrote a blog. Then I thought - well what's happened since then? Not a lot was the answer!!! Well apart from the fact that poor Emily fell down some steps in her garden two weeks ago and it just
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Lovely sunny day today.....
- 20 Oct 2022 - 6 commentsA friend of mine said that she loved to see the plants in my home and around the garden. Well there's not much colour in my garden - and the mombretia didn't even flower this year because of the drought, so I just took some pictures of the view over the
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Sewing a baby seal for the new addition....
- 27 Oct 2022 - 9 commentsMy neighbours' have a new addition to their family - a lovely little girl called Merryn. I'm so grateful for all the help they give me, that I wanted to give them something for their granddaughter. I haven't made any soft toys for over a year, and I soon
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Winter is on its way - no it's already arrived!!!
- 19 Nov 2022 - 7 commentsThe temperatures have really dropped these last couple of days. It's already 7C and it's not 8pm yet. By the middle of the night, I just don't know what it'll be. I'm trying to save on electricity, but not to the point that I'm freezing. As you know my
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Wow - it's going to be a cold winter methinks
- 29 Nov 2022 - 8 commentsWell the situation with the roof and ceiling has certainly pulled me down a bit. I have noticed that nowadays certain situations are quite overwhelming for me. I had been warned about this from the doctors, but until now things were ticking along okay. I
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The electricity Gods are after me!!!!
- 10 Dec 2022 - 4 commentsWell hello folks, I do hope you are all well and coping with this sudden influx of bl**dy cold weather!!! We had our first snow this morning..... I know the weathermen had threatened us with snow etc even for the South West, but they were actually right
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Okay folks - things have been up and down!!!
- 17 Dec 2022 - 6 commentsHiya folks, remember me mentioning the situation I had in my last blog about the electricity going off - twice? Well when I attempted to get myself up on the bottom rung of the steps so I wouldn't have to disturb Peter again, I felt myself going, so I
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Happy Christmas everyone....
- 24 Dec 2022 - 6 commentsMay I please wish all my friends on here (or everyone really) a very merry Christmas. Let's be honest, after the year we've all had, we really need to have at least one day where we can relax and have fun. If you are on your own - try and enjoy the day -
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It's that time of year folks......
- 30 Dec 2022 - 8 commentsWell the old year is virtually gone now - just another day and we can start praying that 2023 will be much kinder to us all than 2022 was. This time last year, we didn't know that a lovely country called Ukraine would be pulverised by Russia's troups
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