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When my mother came to visit us late week she bought me this beautiful, hand-carved owl as a gift ( Read more... )

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1914 - 1918

The War To End Wars

11th November, 1918 - Armistice DayThe eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month guns fell silent; peace was declared the war the end wars was over ( Read more... )

Things That Make Me Happy - Day 24

CHOOSING PRESENTS FOR FAMILY & FRIENDSI may not be able to actually get out to buy presents, but I still enjoy shopping for them and give daily thanks for the Internet and how easy shopping is and what a wide variety of things you can get ( Read more... )

Well the hoped for nice, enjoyable, relaxed afternoon didn't happen ( Read more... )

I didn't get to watch much tennis yesterday due to 'invasion' by my parents, Godmother and her daughter. It was a lovely visit, so good to see them both again, however, it was, as these things always are, utterly exhausting. Thus, I intend to do very little on-line today and instead watch Rafa and Murray ( Read more... )

Today has officially been wiped out as far as doing anything as Grandma has to go back to the doctors to see a doctor in order to get a prescription for her forgotten medication. And as she is quietly reading and duly apologising for being such a nuisance (her term, not mine) I'm here for a bit.  So I thought I'd promote this.

( NCIS Awards 2009 nomination are now open )

I always find it interesting to get non-fannish views on how we fans see characters and relationships. One reason for my interest is that the non-fan tends not have quite the same investment as we do, thus in some ways their views might be considered to be more objective than ours.

Mother popped over to see us today and we were talking about NCIS ( Read more... )

Spring is upon us ( Read more... )