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This rocking chair has always been in my life.

Dad stripped the wood, and varnished it 40ish year ago (I know historians would not be happy) ... Mum re-caned the back of it, and made a tapestry seat .


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I live in a 3 story house ... and am a hoarder.

So this is my "plate wall" that is on the way up stairs to my bedroom, so its BETWEEN floors ...

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Earlier in the year we were warned that there were going to be long-term roadworks here ... now we have a new board with the COUNTDOWN to the completion date

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I am beginning to catch up.

Last Christmas my friend made me this Christmas decoration ... that was packed away safely and is now back on the tree.  She has an amazing talent for HAND-MADE things

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I usually take a specific photo for each challenge, but this time I am posting one from 5 years ago.

Many people have heard of Greyfriar's Bobby ... the dog that sat by his Master's grave for years. Well, he is buried near his owner, and near the man who looked after him ( Read more... )

When I was a kid I learnt to read using Ladybird books 1 - 5, and then reading lots of the stories etc.  There are some great history ones, and I still love reading about history.  Anyway ... here is 5A & 5B  (And, yes, the child in the icon is me!)

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Although i am a bit behind, yesterday I did a walk round my city and took these 3 photos -


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Still a bit behind, but here are 3 of the missing

BODY PART
These are human bones ... I trained to be an osteopath, starting back in 1979, and we bought a part skeleton at the time ... so this is a foot resting on a hand

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I do love my books ... I also love London.  As you can see here, there are about half of them.  When I go in November I try to find new things to see.  However, if you look at the middle book ... it's a book of LISTS

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