Tag Archives: weekend theme

Contrasts

Posted on 26/05/2012 by

Sidey’s weekend theme is contrasts. Today I have been in the garden, admiring the contrasting leaf textures, light effects and …. well relaxing and then working! Today’s work entailed, amongst other things the deconstruction of an over grown shrub – … Continue reading →

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Of the earth

Posted on 31/03/2012 by

The round patio at the bottom of the garden has been the platform for the trampoline… (14′ across and about the same in height) which has over the years provided hours and hours of entertainment for a whole generation of … Continue reading →

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The decision: NO gardening today

Posted on 24/03/2012 by

I have been very lazy. After a whole morning in bed – (and no, not ill, but editing and fiddling with a piece ready for a reading next week, which was a luxury!) lunch in the garden for the first … Continue reading →

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Let them eat cheesecake

Posted on 11/03/2012 by

Last night’s meal for six was an experiment. I had a Jamie Oliver cookbook and wanted to try out the dishes and the timing: the book is called ’30 minute meals’ and there is a website dedicated to it. I … Continue reading →

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First

Posted on 28/02/2012 by

My heart sank last night as I saw a mound of what looked like the internal organs of a not so smallish mammal lying on the mat by the front door. Pippi-Long-Stocking, our recently spayed, rather lively tabby-and-white kitten, has … Continue reading →

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Shattered illusions

Posted on 26/02/2012 by

It has been the weekend of the annual re-union. It all started on Thursday night with a meal and general gigglyness, and a sleepover at my house, which led onto more general gigglyness and the visiting of old Oxford haunts, … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s Concrete Cows

Posted on 08/01/2012 by

A trip to a large shopping centre is not necessarily my choice of how to spend a Saturday, but with a dying freezer (the bottom part of our fridge-freezer is no longer taking anything below -6c) we had to come … Continue reading →

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A picture is worth a thousand words

Posted on 20/11/2011 by

There was a time when it was, “Keep up chaps.” But now they are WAY ahead and it’s, “Keep up Ma and Pa.” A picture is worth a thousand words, Sidey.

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Perfect Remembrance Sunday?

Posted on 13/11/2011 by

The light this morning when I got up was soft, burning through a light mist and so beautiful on the Autumnal landscape. After a lazy start we went for a walk in woodlands and parklands near by. light though trees … Continue reading →

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Wet footprints

Posted on 02/10/2011 by

  after your shower your wet footprints mark the floor bigger than mine, now It never ceases to amaze me how big my children have become. For Sidey’s Weekend Theme ‘Footprints’

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