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Recently..............
Well, it's the start of the second Bank Holiday of May, and it's pouring with rain, cold (a measly 7 degrees!) and there's a robin in the bird-bath......... is it REALLY May ? I went out food-shopping this morning in the wet but I'm not stepping out again today if I can help it ! The first Bank Holiday of the month the lovely Ricardo (aka bazanges) was ( Read more... ) -
Italian Holiday - the start
What's that bright thing outside ? ...my goodness it's the sun !! I've been very brave and watered the garden and all the pots as everything was so dry, but with so much frost recently it didn't seem a good idea before now........ quite a few of the bulbs in the pots seem a bit slow or stunted, I'm sure it's a mix of cold and dry, so there, I've ( Read more... ) -
Death......
Old-fashioned I know, but I was always brought up to not speak ill of the dead. Margaret Thatcher died today and of course lots of people are delighted, and not afraid to say so in the lowest terms...... a number of people have already, and quite honestly I would have hoped for, or dare I say expected a bit more reserve from them. I guess now it's ( Read more... ) -
A belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!
to susandennis , hope you had a great time !
Sorry it's late, we were living-it-large in Italy !
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Surprise !
What a lovely surprise when Franco (london1967) came home from work last night !! Thank you so much !!
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HOME SWEET HOME
Yesterday morning we left Ravenna under a blanket of heavy rain which had started the evening before and carried on non-stop all the way to Bologna airport (including a little mosaic stop-off!). It seems it was a wet day all over Italy. It very rarely happens, but we arrived back in the UK (at Heathrow) to brilliant sunshine and blue sky, albeit it ( Read more... ) -
A Memorial
Whilst we were watching the 10 o'clock BBC News last night we saw someone being interviewed (about today's Budget - yawn) and I spotted this memorial in the background. A couple of weeks ago I'd walked from the Museum to meet Franco in Leicester Square, and as it was one of the first "light" evenings I passed through Victoria Tower Gardens at the ( Read more... )
