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Category Archives: Nostalgia
Ways to make the new year happy.
At the start of each day be glad you woke up. It’s an opportunity. If you have a window, look out of it, if you can see that means your eyes are working. If the sky above your bit of … Continue reading
Ladybirds.
I am not a great fan of some garden creepy crawlies. At this time of year when I’m clearing out old compost from pots I’m not thrilled to discover minute snails, hoping to over-winter in a cosy pot to be … Continue reading
Hurry up and wait.
I have been spending time in hospital waiting rooms and doctor’s waiting rooms recently, on my own behalf and for the purpose of waiting with others. If you have been to one lately you may have noticed that the magazines … Continue reading
Look!
This morning when I got up I simply couldn’t get my eyeballs working. I have a horrible feeling it’s one of those things that sneaks up on you with age, supposing you had working eyeballs in the first place. I … Continue reading
48th scale inspiration.
I have recommenced modelling more 48th scale bits and pieces. In real life I am still stuck in the bathroom a bit, which is quite contrary of me because in miniature I’m stuck in the kitchen. Having completed a range … Continue reading
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Tagged Butterflies, the kitchen sink, washing coppers
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Passed…
If you are old enough to answer this question, tell me, what have you done with the last 40 years? If you don’t have that many years under your belt, what will you do with the next 40 years? Following … Continue reading
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Tagged 40 years ago, old girls, prediction, reunion, Sunderland High School
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We bring you live pictures.
The web manager has corrected the set up problems and I, having little choice of activities, still suffering car crash injuries, have been quietly painting. First here are the pictures you couldn’t see before. This is my father at 91, … Continue reading
Art and the doing of it.
Here’s a very arty picture of reconstruction work on the Clifton suspension bridge. Here’s another sadly art farty photos are the nearest I’m getting to painting at present because of painting. The fence, as you ask. I am within a … Continue reading
The tale of the Swiss Miss and the pair from Leamington Spa.
Thirty years ago my parents gave us the money for a much needed holiday. The other half had been hard at work staring down a microscope, wrestling with a major disease and his mother was very ill. When not teaching, … Continue reading
Birds in spring.
With the air traffic problem caused by volcanic ash, it’s remarkable how quiet it is outside. What can mainly be heard are the birds. There’s a family of robins somewhere, I can hear them squeaking at each other; a robin’s … Continue reading