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Notice posted on James's bedroom door:
0-6 years - keep out!
6-7 years - password: tell a joke
30+ years - keep out unless told from 5 to 9pm weekdays and 5 to 9.30pm weekends!
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Just about to fly out the door for the evening (in the strawberry of course!) but wanted to get down James's little nuggets from the past few days. As ever time spent in the car is time spent contemplating the meaning of life...
-After seeing a balloon floating skywards:
"It's a shame about balloons isn't it? Do you think it's the helium?
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After two months I once again have a washing machine!
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Weird weather this afternoon. One minute I was planting lavender under the front window in brilliant sunshine, next it's hailing, then sunny again. Weird.
Have spent most of the day in the garden (tis a bank holiday after all!) trying to sort it out - can't believe quite how much the weeds had taken hold. Planted lemon thyme, lavender, bay and ( Read more... ) -
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James, yesterday after finding out what being homesick means: "Well, I'm usually mummy-sick when I'm away."
And out of the blue on Friday: "You and daddy are really different. Daddy's very sporty and you're very calm... you're the calmest person I know - and the cleverest."
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Home is now functional again. Yay! A very helpful plumber came in early this morning to reconnect the cooker and also put the heavy items of furniture back - am beginning to appreciate this pared down existence. We really don't need that much and I've decided to leave most stuff in the garage while I sort through and purge.
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Returned home tonight after a fortnight of relying on the hospitality of friends. The ground floor has been screeded - got a call early Tuesday morning telling me the builders were on the way! - and is as new. It's completely empty down there - all the furniture I have left is crammed into the garage - and walking in tonight it was almost like ( Read more... ) -
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James today, out of the blue as ever:
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Slough by John Betjeman
Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!
It isn't fit for humans now,
There isn't grass to graze a cow.
Swarm over, Death!
Come, bombs and blow to smithereens
Those air -conditioned, bright canteens,
Tinned fruit, tinned meat, tinned milk, tinned beans,
Tinned minds, tinned breath.
Mess up the mess they call a town-
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