(I'm just about getting in under the wire here...)

Sir Edward is here to serenade you on your birthday. I hope you'll be as impressed with his fine rendition of "Happy Birthday" as Lieutenant Eccleston is!


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Happy Birthday my dear! I'm sorry this greeting will reach you rather late. I can barely keep up with all the birthdays in February :} I'll be popping a little parcel in the post tomorrow, but in the meantime, I hope you'll enjoy this little reminder of your trip to Glasgow. A x


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According to the fabulously entertaining, if somewhat idiosyncratic, height chart that nodbear got daughter for Christmas, esmerelda_t meets the minimum height requirement for a Royal Marine. I had no idea they were so petite! She is also one cm shorter than Queen Victoria. Meanwhile I am as big as Red Rum (to the withers) and daughter is as big as a Chimpanzee, ( Read more... )

Bring me that horizon...


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...for my lovely New Year gift! It arrived earlier in the week, but I have been travelling for work for the last few days, to my thanks are rather delayed. Everything is so beautifully packaged and the arare are delicious! I have tried plain savoury arare before, but never sweet ones. I've been nibbling them with my morning coffee and I have to ( Read more... )

Dear Amaraal, sorry, I'm a little behind with your birthday greeting :}


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The Lieutenants have come to wish you many happy returns!

(They will be on hand to ensure you have a splendid day :)


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I'm sure you are all the very epitome of sobriety and propriety, but just in case any of you did overindulge over the festive season, you might want to consider this stern warning published by the National Temperance League in 1890. This painfully worthy example of high Victorian doggerel was posted on the British Library's wonderful Untold Lives ( Read more... )

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Thank you for the lovely cards and little gifts you sent :) They both arrived in the same post on Hogmanay! What's the chances of that?!


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