Lucy on June 14th, 2009

The sun’s had his hat on this weekend. And my flowers, veggies and weeds are growing at a rate of knots. So I’m glad to see after the past week or so of cool, wet weather, that the bees are back in town.
Among the plants that are starting to resemble towering spires amongst the borders [...]

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Lucy on April 21st, 2009

I just wanted to start this post by saying thank you to everybody that left me comments after my last post. I do take the time to read them, and although I may not always reply individually, I am so thankful that there are people out there that take the time to say kind, thoughtful [...]

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Lucy on January 5th, 2009

Well!
Birthday was nice but quiet. We spent the evening over at Mum’s playing trivial pursuit (I forced everyone because I love that game), eating Cadbury’s Roses, followed by a Chinese takeaway. Healthy! Generally though I had a really nice, relaxed evening. I was spoiled rotten by everyone, received lots of excellent presents including new spotty [...]

Continue reading about 2009 - Resolutions and a Smack in the Face

The photo - yes. That’s me decked out so I don’t swallow a lungful of dust from ripping an old manky ivy down. Or swallow spiders as big as my hands that were emerging from it. The photo sequence audio goes something like this:- Photo 1 - dealing with ivy, Photo 2 - “Rich? [...]

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