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Powerless
Thinking about anyone who reads this who was left without power on Christmas Day, as a result of the storms, that must have been grim. Here in Château Holmes we have lost the power, temporarily I am sure, to upload photos to BTW, not that any of my Christmas ones turned out as intended, but…
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Christmas Eve
It is blowing a gale out there and I am not happy, too many memories of high winds and damage done. I know full well that being powerless to do anything about it, beyond chaining down the buckets, is what freaks me out most about it. Who Has Seen the Wind? by Christina Rossetti …
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Christmas Eve Eve
Yesterday I could not log in, so I sent this out, but with a different picture. Grand day yesterday with old chums Diana, Caroline, Nigel, Emily & Julia. Lots of scones. A Poem There’s something up with banthewasp My website does not know me It’s quoting Errors, turns its back And says I’m not a…
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Brrr
Actually, not brrr so much, although I have not set foot over the door yet this morning – I have been wrapping gifts since 05:30, lest ye suspect any yuletide slacking off. Chum in Cowdenbeath reports that there was a thunderstorm last night but we slept right through it. There is a little snow on…
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Winter
Glorious day here on Sunday, which happily meant a walk on the beach in Aberdour. Hooray for that and for other better news.
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Triskaidekaphobia
…which will be blindingly clear if you have watched the Dr Who 50th anniversary episode. So, I was talking about the Kelpies and did I not find this beautiful picture on the Twitters, chap in Tullibody is a keen photographer, as evidenced. Elsewhere, we played another gig for the Mincers last night. On the…
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Statuesque
Back to Northumberland we tootled, this time to Slaley Hall, to swoon once more at the autumn colours, and spend a lot of time talking. Noted redwing and song thrush feeding voraciously in the rowan tree outside our bedroom window. On the Wednesday we went our separate ways, Paul to a star camp in Galloway…
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On the Road
Just a brief update, back from our weekend in Beadnell with Team Discovery and although none of us have our woes to seek, it was a very pleasant time spent together. Due to a fractional split in the space time continuum coinciding with a wormhole, the men won the quiz. But the women were runners…
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in the bowl of night
I do not know what is going on just now, but I have been waking up at stupid o’clock; this morning it was 03:38 and do you think I can go back to sleep? Can I buffalo. So, I have now worked out how to upload pictures from my phone (use the cable for Paul’s…
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Frittered away**
Every day, gentle readers*, I empty this site of spam. There has been a particularly concerted effort lately on the part of someone who seems to believe, and believe strongly, that my life is incomplete because I do not possess an Hermès handbag, specifically a Birkin. I know what that is, heck, I even know…