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Schnozz, p94 & Woo-nderful news

Posted in Christmas, Countryside, Family, Friends, Happiness, Niceness, Three Chimneys, Travel on November 12, 2009 | 6 Comments »

..so the BB brought Barty home last night, rolled into a shivering ball in his arms, feeling icky-poo from the anaesthetic and sneezing rather less than he had been. Apparently, he has the bitch and pups of a sinus infection and they’ve drained something and poked something else; whatever they did, it made his eyes [...]

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I’ve got buns in the oven

Posted in Beading, Countryside, Craft, Family, Food, Friends, Happiness, Home, My PF, Niceness, Presents, Three Chimneys, Weather on November 8, 2009 | 8 Comments »

Nooo, not the metaphorical type; literal buns! In fact, bread, and shortly chocolate chip cookies, if I don’t eat all the dough.
It’s a grey, dank and cold day here at Three Chimneys. I went out running with the dog this morning at 8am alongside the river, which was roaring and churning, the ducks prudently staying [...]

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Galloping towards Christmas….

Posted in ...everything else!, Christmas, Countryside, Craft, Family, Garden, Happiness, Home, My PF, Quality!, Three Chimneys on October 14, 2009 | 8 Comments »

Again, whole weeks gone and nothing bloggish to show for it.
It’s amazing to me how we drop into a sort of busy neutral; the world flows past us or we whizz past thr world and don’t make contact much along the way. Time to slow down and think of 10 lovely or striking things that happened [...]

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Pop Pop, Bang Bang

Posted in Countryside, Family, Friends, Garden, Happiness, Lurking, My PF, Three Chimneys on September 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »

…and so to Three Chimneys, for a wonderful weekend of digging, garden fettling, bulb planting and skip filling. Things continue apace and the house, which Ro dourly prognosticates to be ’falling down’, is now rising, phoenix-like, out of the ashes. It has been sorely neglected, it is true. The previous owners did all sorts of unnamably evil things to the [...]

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Things I Loved About my Weekend in Cornwall…

Posted in ...everything else!, Countryside, Family, Friends, Remembrance on September 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Seeing my family. There’s nothing quite like the seaside for inspiring a little bit of giddy irresponsibility, as seen by my brother’s eyebrows taking on a life of their own…
 The wonderful weather. No rain, no wind to speak of, sunshine, warmth, sweet breezes and heavy dew. The scenery was amazing, all the nostalgia of my [...]

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This is what we need….

Posted in Countryside, Happiness, My PF, Weather on September 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »

If only the weather could be like this for the whole of Autumn and Winter, I’d be happy.  The PF and I got up betimes on Sunday and took off along the river for an extended amble. It was so early the sun was barely up, and as it rose the mist came up off [...]

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Has it really been that long?

Posted in ...everything else!, Countryside, Depression, Family, Friends, Garden, Happiness on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A whole month seems to have passed since I last wrote but really, how did it go so fast? The calendar assures me I’m right – here we are at the 10th August, halfway to the Autumn. Actually, one of my favourite times of year in coming now, Harvest through to Christmas. A really special, rejuvenative time. [...]

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The Sap is Rising

Posted in Countryside, Happiness, Weather on April 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Coming back from a meeting across the county, this lunchtime, I was struck by the hazy air – the result of the greenness of trees shakin’ it loose and breathing into the air once again.
It’s really spring – birds nesting, friends nesting, all of us obeying some long-forgotten biological imperative that’s doubly strong at this [...]

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Blissikins

Posted in ...everything else!, Countryside, Friends, Happiness, Home, Lurking, Reading, Sleep on March 14, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Lurking – the only word to describe my morning’s activity thus far. My relaxing morning actually began at 8.30pm last night; sitting on the sofa watching Police Interceptors (you’re f***ing nicked, shut it! Right my lad, Nee-Nar Nee-Nar etc, etc) with half of one eye while trying to read The Handbook of Business Security and eat [...]

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Friday Again??!

Posted in ...everything else!, Car, Countryside, Food, Happiness, Home, Lurking, Niceness, Sleep on January 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Ridiculous, the way that time just slips by. Here we are at the weekend, the majority of the way through the longest month of the year, and the preceding week has been amazing. Despite the fact that I seem to have got from Monday to Friday with no days passing, I’ve got loads done:
I ordered [...]

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