Upon the fire
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The block upon the fire is put
To sanction customs old desires
& many a faggots bands are cut
For the old farmers Christmas fires
Where loud-tongued Gladne...
December
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Autumn blessed us with unusually warm weather in spite of days when clouds
or rain prevailed. Online weather forecasts predicted frost on several
nigh...
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:
...
Good times, rolling
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After a couple of quiet weeks, I went over the water (this is North
Queensferry) to Dundee, to meet up with Mr L's cousin (he has a selection
of these)...
Happy Christmas
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Eleven years ago, I loaned out our ex-racehorse, Chancer, to a lady called
Nicky, complete with a loan agreement that had more dotted i's and crossed
t's...
Not quite there yet…
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Another work-in-progress today. I seem to have a lot of those, but there
really isn’t any way of getting round the process with oil paints, and the
pain...
Through the Garden Gate November
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The leave have all fallen off the grapevine and we have had a mixture of
weather this month. Last week, we had snow for the first time this year.
Being...
rights of passage - England's Footpath Network
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Posted on November 25, 2024
Since the start of writing my *Life in the English Cotswolds* blog, now
over fifteen years ago, overseas readers have repeated...
BACK AFTER A RATHER LONG BREAK
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It's been over 4 Months since I last posted on the blog.
Since Tom died things have taken a little getting used to and I've had my
ups and downs.
Sadly...
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.
6 comments:
Merry Christmas and I hope your will have better weather on Christmas Day than what I have been reading about.
cheers, parsnip
Merry Christmas! Hope that your bit of the world isn't affected by the flooding..
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Love from Mum
xx
Merry Christmas to you!
And the same to you. May 2013 be a kind year for us all.
Have missed you - happy new year!
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