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Now that April’s here
Well, it’s been here for a while really…We’ve had a couple of warm days, but mainly it’s been quite cold, still. But then, it is only April. I have, at last, been to B&Q today and bought some plants. I … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Garden, Outings
Tagged April, B&Q, British Museum, bus, exhibition, flowers, heathers, Ice Age Art, lions, London, plants, rainbows
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Trains, pie and resolutions
The old year lingers into the new in the form of a horrid cold-that-is-now-a-cough that we caught from Mr C’s sister (who valiantly soldiered on to make us an amazing Christmas dinner!). Fortunately, it didn’t attack us until the end … Continue reading
Visitation
My mum, my aunt who’s visiting from Australia, and possibly my dad are coming to visit this afternoon, so I’m not sure I will have time to write anything later. I have most of the afternoon off work, and I’m … Continue reading
Another scarf
I finished this scarf yesterday. The pattern is Montana Scarf by Craig Rosenfeld. It’s going to be a Christmas present for my granddad. It’s quite long, and nice and warm as well, I hope. Apologies for the bad photo taken … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Knitting, NaBloPoMo
Tagged Craig Rosenfeld, granddad, Montana, NaBloPoMo, Scarf
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A week in the country
Last week, Mr C and I went to visit his family (or rather our family) in the wilds of Nottinghamshire. On the way, we stopped off at my parents’ house and managed to see a variety of my relatives. It … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Outings
Tagged book exchange, Nottinghamshire, phone box, socialising, village
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Cinematic Canterbury
Yesterday, I went to a showing of old amateur ciné films of Canterbury. It was very interesting to see the city as it was in the 30s-70s, and the changes it’s been through over the years. The greatest changes were … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film, Outings
Tagged amateur filmmaking, Canterbury, cinefilm, cinematography, history, Kent, Whitstable
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PhotoHunt: Gather
Well, here it is, my last post of the year. I’m cheating with this theme a bit…Here’s a gathering of photos from various gatherings over Christmas: The ones near the end are of the Lego Christmas tree at St Pancras … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Family, Photo Hunt, Photos
Tagged baubles, berries, candle, cat, Christmas, Christmas tree, dogs, fields, holly, Lego, Photo Hunt, postaday2011, St Pancras railway station
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Christmas days
I hope you’re all having a good Christmas. We’ve had quite a nice time so far, doing all the usual Christmassy things we tend to do – visiting family, exchanging presents and eating too much food. My brother and his … Continue reading
Weekly photo challenge: Celebration
This was taken at my mother-in-law’s 60th birthday dinner in February this year. My mother-in-law is in the background, preparing to blow out the candles! For the WordPress Daily Post weekly photo challenge.
Posted in Family, Travels
Tagged birthday, cake, candles, Malaysia, mother-in-law, postaday2011
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Checklist
So, did I manage to do everything I planned to do in my week off? Let’s see: Sort out some things and take some stuff to the charity shop Yes, I did this. Stuff (mainly clothes) has been taken to … Continue reading