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Magpie as Metaphor
A week ago I decided I had to investigate the noises in the chimney-breast.
Some years before I moved into this house, builders removed the fireplaces, blocked up the hearths, and plastered and papered over the area. There used to be a hideously gaudy electric fire in front of the chimney-breast, but I managed to dump that in a skip when we moved ( Read more... ) -
Waiting for another gutter to fall
It's been a bit chilly here recently. And in the absence of anything humorous occurring to me, I thought I'd keep my pretence of journal-keeping alive by whinging and showing some of my photographs. As this may not be to the taste of all three of my regular readers, I'm going to use my first ever LiveJournal cut. Get the full story after the break ( Read more... ) -
In which I lose patience...
...with a survey that keeps asking me what I think about aspects of Strictly Come Dancing, even though I've told it several times already that I've never watched the programme.
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Hollywood glamour
Saw this a couple of days ago. How the town celebrated the Oscars success of Reading-born Kate Winslet...
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Season's Bleatings
The post of 2nd August brought with it an RSPB catalogue. And what was the first thing the RSPB offered me?
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