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I’ll just wait right here …
In case more bird food gets thrown out the window. Said Mr Flowers. Or that ripe tomato that someone forgot was ready, falls in my direction. Sighs Mr Flowers (the scourge of tomato plants everywhere). Though he professes innocence. Jude is watching Tima carefully in case she decides to climb the fence. Tima is remarkably…
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It was New Years Eve
“New Years Eve is a kind of witching hour. Like a time within a time. The in-between. The moments between flashes. The pause between seconds”. (I began to write this post last night – I was waxing lyrical). “It is eve of a new year. 2024 is coming. I am half way through a bottle…
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Start your Success List Today
I am still thinking about and listing all the things I got right and am proud of in 2023. It is a fun exercise in this curious lull. But the mud. This is not on my Nice List. The mud just keeps getting worse. No cats are allowed inside until they have cleaned their feet…
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An Experiment with Movement while Over-Tired
Not that I was terribly tired of course. But people like me try to pack in all the things on all the days. And yesterday was one of those days. I thought I had done ok but when I got home last night – my evening Take Ten video had been published to the list…
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Bright and Shiny Sun
Hospital Day today. Not urgent. But the hospitals are miles away when one lives down in the country. We will be gone all day. Which means a picture day for you! Because I need to hurry through chores then get going. The sun came out yesterday afternoon. After days of gloom. I was doing house-keeping…
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How to Train a Peacock
I have had enough of this big beautiful poopy peacock hanging out on the West verandah, dropping his big wet peacock droppings. And Him Indoors tromping it inside on the shoes he refuses to take off before walking over my clean floors. Mr Flowers. My beautiful peaceful peacock. So I am training him to the…
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