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Holiday: 5
Today is going to be expensive. Zane, the van, is on for its first major service, and I am in a rainy Chelmsford until 5. I feel there will be much coffee consumed between now and then. I am also...
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Finally
After what seems like years of delays, we are assured the boat is on its way. Leaving the Czech Republic Wednesday, it will be in the water at the end of the week: in time for half term. I will of...
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October Holiday: 1
A half term is a short and easy to manage challenge, 7 posts in 7 days. It is a challenge I shall relish. With the boat due in the water Monday , there maybe an overtly nautical/maritime theme. Only...
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October Holiday: 3a
I envisage a series of micro posts today. It’s 8.38, we’re at the marina. The guys are preparing for the boat launch. It’s getting exciting
View Article2017 – the year I almost blogged
It’s been a busy year, life wise. Blog wise, it’s been appalling. I had such high hopes in January. A post a week on a wide range of topics. It never happened. I could blame moving house. The upheaval,...
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The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread 27/01
For my cats, my cardigan is the best thing since sliced bread. It provides comfort from the harshness of the sofa, a place to rest a nose and forget the troubles of a busy life. For me, the camera in...
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The unbearable Slowness of Sunday
Is the word for today. The Internet, computer, brain; all fail to meet expectation. My spyware scan is the worst. That’s beyond slow. Bordering on painful. Not even at the half way mark. A marathon...
View ArticleThe unbearable Slowness of Sunday
Is the word for today. The Internet, computer, brain; all fail to meet expectation. My spyware scan is the worst. That’s beyond slow. Bordering on painful. Not even at the half way mark. A marathon...
View ArticleAfter Banana
I will admit its been a struggle to find something to write about in the last week or so. Where could I go after Google and the banana bread? I couldn’t, could I? I threw myself into my writing. Got...
View ArticleMarina Bird Mystery
It’s hotting up on the marina. Bill Hates Youuu is back and I remain none the wiser as to what the cause of Bill’s vitriol is, though, I do have two theories. The pair of cuckoos seem to have had a...
View ArticleFacepalm
Not to self, switch on oven not grill. Twit. Boat now boiling hot and smelling of burnt fat
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Oh Christmas Tree
This is the first year in 4 that we’ve been to my parents. Covid kept us away last year, OH beung a retail pixie account for the others. Being home is bittersweet. My parents are in their twilight...
View ArticleWhat Will 2020 2 Be?
A year of change. That is for certain. I’m not sure it’s all going to be for the good. Nor that all will bring happiness. But after last year, I’ve learned that happiness is in the small things. Like...
View ArticleOde to Tired
Leave the hamlet of A Little Bit Tired and walk slowly till you reach the village of Tired. If the dog is available (and not called Tim Johnson) scratch ears and limp on towards the small town of...
View ArticleMarina Geese
I’ve learned a lot about geese in the last year. They’re good parents, they’re fiercely protective but oist of all they’re foul, potty mouthed birds. When not crying ‘murder’ every five seconds during...
View ArticleDear Mum
I don’t know where to begin. I miss you. Your light, laughter wisdom. Your ability to reign dad’s neck in. Having had enough, you left me with Dad. That was not the agreement. Or at least, not as I...
View ArticleGrief
On the 2nd December 2022, my mum died. She was 89. It was a mercifully short illness, but it left me reeling. The fourth out of five important deaths, in just over 2 years, mum left a huge hole. My...
View ArticleA win without realising
Today, I took Dad, the dogs, the Overlord, and the kittens back to Wales. It was gruelling. He was needy; the weather was interesting. As for the journey? It was… challenging. OH ( in the Fox) got...
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