Mine are helping too. It's part of their job to inspect all boxes before anything gets packed away in them. And sometimes to steal a ribbon or a bauble in the process....
This box is a great source of play and fascination. It held a reading lamp and has layers of cardboard inside with lots of interesting holes. A catnip mouse is down one of the holes.......
Doris Day (2)
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It is most fitting that Julie and I should go to visit Lady Doris of
Janesmoor in a full blown storm, just like the night I discovered her seven
years ag...
Old ivyied oaks
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Where the old ivyied Oaks rude mossy arms
Hangs oer the pond in Pictur[e]sque decay
Where full of life the flaggy water swarms
There would I sit and loiter...
More than blardy DAMNATION being said here today!
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I've jut gone to get some sausages out of the small freezer for Danny at
lunchtime, to find everything floating around in blackberry juice - the
entire ...
CHECKING FOR A GUN
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Penny (daughter) took Tom's passing badly and to try to get some comfort
has resorted to mediums.
Personally I would't bother but if it helps her then I...
A Change in Direction in 2025
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After much thought I have decided not to do a monthly ' Through the Garden
Gate' in 2025. Due to lack of time over the last few years my blog has
mainly ...
Weather Report and A [Lengthy] Quilt Update
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I woke at half past 5 this morning, rearranged pillows, nudged a cat or two
from the place where my feet wanted to be. Another hour of sleep crept up
...
The Herefordshire Oak in 2024.
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I thought again this year I would do a post showing photos of the
Herefordshire Oak from March until November last year.
mid March
mid April
end...
Sketches
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I was lucky at Christmas and got two new pens. The Lumos Pro and a Sailor
Fude.
The Lumos is from a Dorset firm, www.tomsstudio.com - the pen has
int...
A little trip
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We took ourselves off for a little outing to Dunfermline on Thursday on the
bus, over the bridge to Fife. (Buses are free to the over-60s.) We'd heard
...
Cramond Island
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We had a lovely walk from Silverknowes to Cramond today, taking in the
farm fields at the Lauriston Farm Agro-ecology project. The photo below
shows Cra...
2024: A Year in Review - part 1
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As we enter the new year it’s always a good time to reflect on the past
twelve months as well as to look forward to what 2025 may bring. For me,
2024 has b...
Autumn Into Winter
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As I have mentioned here in the past, each day I read a poem in the morning
and a poem in the evening. This was today's morning poem:
...
Final
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Dear Blog friends far and near,
After goodness knows how many years of doing this blog I have finally
decided to call it a day. As you know I am on 'E...
Just a quick post...
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Last time I posted, I said the tiny human could arrive any day... the due
date was 1st August but I was sure I'd go a good few days past that... I
re...
Whitaker Wright and the Peasants
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I recently read *Ultimate Folly: The Rises and Falls of Whitaker Wright the
World's Most Shameless Swindler* (Macrory, Henry, Biteback Publishing,
London, ...
A Different Day
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This morning we headed for the cliffs as the sky was clearer than it had
been and it looked as if the day was going to stay that way. Once again a
thick ...
Blog Reader
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It's been a hard year, with mum dying suddenly in January, leaving my
forgetful father constantly asking where she is, but showing little or no
emotion...
So late.
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It's so late and I've been struggling with sleep so long that I wonder if
I'm becoming nocturnal! Why do words flow into my head just at the time
when I de...
FOOT STICKING - MAY
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[image: New honeysuckle growth and golden elderberry leaf]
Honeysuckle beside golden elderberry leaf. Here's a post where I place my
feet somewhere and w...
Smouldering
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One of the loveliest mountains in the north west Highlands is on fire. A
wild fire started last week and a large area between Lochinver and Suilven
went ...
VICTORY FOR VAN !
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This is a picture of my dear friend VAN. I have chosen her for this post
not just for her name but also for her VICTORY. This photo was taken in
June ...
It's so long since I have posted !!
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*"Deeper then ever plummet sounded"My celebration of Shakespeare's
finalspeech in 'The Tempest'*All my supportive and lovely readers may
wonder what has...
Waiting
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For me August has always been a month of waiting - waiting for the first
small signs of autumn. It is the crown of the agricultural year but still
it is ...
Moving to Facebook
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As I mentioned a while ago, I am finding blog writing, especially
downloading, resizing and attaching photos, very time consuming and I am
sharing more o...
Frugal Queen is moving
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Hello Dear Reader,
Blogger has completely tested my patience. You can only leave a comment on
Google+ and I really thank those of you have taken ...
My adventures in Incense
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Witch Hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena')
Those of you who have followed me for a while will know that I am obsessed
with plants, and particularly th...
Rock & Roll Car Show 66
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*"Pin-Up**" -* Villeneuve St Georges - Val de Marne - Septembre 2015
*"Pin-Up**" -* Villeneuve St Georges - Val de Marne - Septembre 2015
More Lampshades
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Once again I've neglected this blog. I could blame the amount of work
that's being going on... life's happenings in general.... visitors...
housework....an...
Motorsport fun
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One of our sons works
on the Bentley Motorsport team and last week he arranged for us to go to
Silverstone to see them race.
We were treated very well and i...
Art therapy
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I think it was in 2012, perhaps before, that I accidentally stumbled across Tammy's
Daisy Yellow blog about art journals.
www.daisyyellowart.com
I'd alw...
TEMPORARY RADIO SILENCE
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Hello everybody. Last Friday, on my birthday, my mum took a turn for the
worse and has been in hospital ever since. I think a lot of it is related
to th...
Cat Walk
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It took years, but finally I found a publisher with the heart to publish
Cat Walk. This is a love story to Pembrokeshire and to cats.
It can be bought from ...
New Blog Address
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I've just finished updating my website. This re-design includes an
integrated blog so everything is together. I'll be blogging over there
from now on. I...
Barn Owls
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I have visited a site of a pair of local Barn Owls a few times recently,
sometimes drawn a blank more often than not seen them in flight at a
distance. On ...
Living in the beautiful New Forest, I am married, a recently retired teacher and the mother of grown up boys who have flown the nest. I share my days with cats, dogs, ponies and the wildlife all around us. Starting this blog is a chance to explore woods, fields, lanes and heath with my camera. A chance to share the simple pleasures of my country life.
3 comments:
Very handsome boys! And, what would we do without the help of our cats?
Mine are helping too. It's part of their job to inspect all boxes before anything gets packed away in them. And sometimes to steal a ribbon or a bauble in the process....
This box is a great source of play and fascination. It held a reading lamp and has layers of cardboard inside with lots of interesting holes. A catnip mouse is down one of the holes.......
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