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Wandering off the track
Another churchyard railing with another waterfall of blooms – this time delving back in history to the early years of this century and the magnificent Wisteria at St Giles Church. This church was a regular sight to me as it was on the route between my old flat and the city centre. Now, however, I… Continue reading
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Toucan’t
I miss my bikes. I forget how much I miss them until I see happy cyclists out on the road and I wish I wasn’t trudging along on the footpath. However, I have the consolation of carrying my little pouch with the bicycle print every time I leave the flat. I bought this pouch on… Continue reading
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Green ink and the apocalypse
Over the weekend I finally finished my re-read of Greg Bear’s “The Forge of God”. I spent several weeks ambling through the first two-fifths of this novel and then raced through the larger part in two days flat. Sometimes you re-read a novel and you wonder what you saw in it the first time round,… Continue reading
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Stitches and steps
Actual knitting progress has been slow, but I’ve been going great guns on thinking about knitting which is the same thing. Okay, no it isn’t, but we’ll just grab our positivity where we can find it. As I mentioned on Wednesday, I’ve made a start on the leg of my sock and I’m watching with… Continue reading
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Shake it all about
I’ve noticed a pronounced drop in the number of spam comments since updating the blog, which is a welcome relief as these had been rocketing over the past few months. I’d noticed that the comments were usually on my older posts so as part of my update I’m closing all posts for comments after seven… Continue reading
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Six socks again
On Sunday morning I found out that there are cattle grazing on the meadow close to my flat and I was able to capture a quick snap as they pottered about. This might give you an entirely inaccurate impression of my lifestyle. I am very much the town mouse and I can honestly say I… Continue reading
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