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By the lake
One of the things I enjoy about my long walk to and from school is the walk by the park. There is something really dreamy and soothing about walking past a lake. If I am coming home after about 7, I...
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Don't you step on my blue suede shoes!
Firstly, I would like to know if all those hats belong to her? Or is she in a hat boutique? And is that a horse hoof in the background? Why is there a horse in the room? Anyway, onto the main affair....
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On the Trains
This is a little bit overdue, but here's the frantic last-minute card I made for my Dad for Father's day. All recycled apart from the black base card. The train card was the back of a Cath Kidston...
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What is it? #5
Another one of these cloud pictures but it's a particularly fine one!!!! CBC picked me up from the station when I spied this! I asked him to wait a moment and ran down the road to take a picture!!As...
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Take me sailing
When I wore this last week at school, one of my children commented that I had worn trains, cars, bicycles and now boats to school on her rehearsal days in the past couple of weeks. I laughed and...
View ArticleAlcohol and me
Alcohol!!! It's a staple of many lives and provides a whole industry and employment base. It causes enjoyment, fun and at the same time, can devastate lives. It divides many people in different...
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Cards from Africa
Every so often I find an organisation who do something brilliant that I want to share. Or an awesome shop or product. Or a brilliant method of recycling. Or something wonderful and fair-trade.Well,...
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Pink rose hat
I really do think you find lovely things in charity shops (I know I'm preaching to the converted...) - I was so chuffed to find this Dorothy Perkins floral dress in the charity shop a few weeks ago for...
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What is it? #6 Bad dreams?!
I had a weird dream a couple of nights ago- I dreamt that I kept seeing amazing shaped clouds and really wanted to snap them for my blog but couldn't get to my camera! It's bad if you dream about...
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Snippety snip!
Despite Ang's not being able to imagine me without my long swinging locks as part of my style, I went for the snip on Wednesday afternoon. Alas, I chickened out of the chin-length flapper bob that I...
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The man he lopped off part of the 3rd largest channel islands
I love those joker rounds at Quiz nights where you have to find out the name of tube stations from Cryptic clues. Being a saddo, I made up my own clues the first time I came across these for a future...
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What is it #7
The skies have been extraordinary this summer- I have seen so many amazing clouds. Once more, I spotted one which reminded me of something. So here's a glorious red sky with a cloud masquerading as...
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SIA French lady in electric blue
In the last Style imitating art with Salazar at 14 shades of grey, we were looking at Egon Schiele’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer”:My first thoughts were that I loved the line drawing and simple...
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July Photo Scavenger Hunt: scenes of beauty in far-off places
Here we have another fun installment of Greenthumb's photo scavenger hunt. I got started early with this but as usual, there were still some that I ended up doing at the last minuteJuly's List:C is...
View ArticleMiranda's questions
Miranda at Little Gold Pocket watch chose me as one of the 10 people to pass on the Liebster tag onto, so I am thanking Miranda (who is very sweet and pretty) and answering her questions.1) What is...
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Camping snapshots
Camping is one of the joys I enjoy pretty much every summer. Last year I missed it due to getting marriedso it was doubly wonderful to get back there this year after a 2 year break (aside from the odd...
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Sunset in the Arboretum
One of my favourite places at camp is the Arboretum- it is a beautiful quiet haven where you can go and lie, read, sit. The leaves rustle gently, the sunlight streams through branches, you hear the...
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Searching for treasure: the joy of geocaching!
Our first full day in Northumberland began not so well as I had an awful headache which had carried on over a full 24 hours from the previous day. We stayed in bed quite late until WOMOTM gave me a...
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Jump, Neon-girl, jump!
Sometimes, it is hideously fun to act childlike. Bushes in funny shapes make me think of mazes and Alice in Wonderland! I bought a wonderful book a while back called the Amazing book of mazes that...
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My ivy heart
At my annual summer music camp last week, we had a fun fete which we put together ourselves to emulate the usual village fete that we attend. For some reason, this year, it was not held on the usual...
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