Monkey see, monkey do!
These are not very good quality shots but I love the chain of events unfolding before my eyes.
Ready........
Steady........
....... Oh!
Oops! ....... If you look very closely you'll see Teddy Polar Bear
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Getting off your Face!
@ 2009-02-17 – 09:11:58
Yesterday Subs did an interesting post entitled "One very good reason to abandon Facebook". Although I'm not a Facebook member I've heard about it and thought I should learn more.
First of all I read all the bloggers' comments on Subs' posting and then I "googled" Facebook to read that:
Facebook has met with some controversy over the past few years. It has been blocked intermittently in several countries including Syria and Iran. It has also been banned at many places of work to increase productivity. Privacy has also been an issue, and it has been compromised several times. It is also facing several lawsuits from a number of Zuckerberg's former classmates, who claim that Facebook had stolen their source code and other intellectual property.
So what, if any, are the merits of Facebook?
Am I missing out on something? or should I be glad I'm not a part off it?
I'd be interested in hearing your general views.
Thank you.
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Misleading Headlines
@ 2009-02-15 – 08:16:13
OK so I've been guilty of using one or two misleading titles to some of my posts. Such as:
"I've been at it"
"Knockers"
"Red Hot Mamma"
"A Dirty Weekend"
You get the idea. Even the French are at it - no that's not another title (but it should have been!) With the romance surrounding Valentine's Day I came across a catching headline which, even with my limited grasp of the language, I understood.
Boum son coeur fait toujours boum
Immediately that silly Peter Sellers/Sophia Loren duet came to mind
Her: Oh doctor, I'm in trouble.
Him: Well, goodness gracious me.
Her: For every time a certain man
Is standing next to me.
Him: Mmm?
Her: A flush comes to my face
And my pulse begins to race,
It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom,
Him: Oh!
Her: Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Him: Well, goodness gracious me.Thinking that it might be an interesting article on l'amour which might help me learn some useful phrases I clicked on the title and was surprised to find an article on football!
WELL GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME!
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Best Kept Loo Award
@ 2009-02-14 – 08:40:22
Yesterday Queenemab posted about visiting loos and we all exchanged comments about our nightmare experiences. It got me wondering where have I found a decent loo? The one at this café gets my nomination for "Best Kept Loo"
It was spotless and beautifully fitted out to a high standard and the owners went in and wiped down all the surfaces between users. I was so impressed that I made a point of expressing my delight to a suprised proprietor, but that might have been due to my poor command of the French language.
My nomination for "Most Unusual Decor" must go to this one
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I've been at it......
@ 2009-02-12 – 16:32:15
...all afternoon and I'm exhausted
but satisfied 
My bush is now nicely trimmed
my cherry, pear, plum and apple trees have been pruned to within an inch of their lives and I've brought some more logs in. Tomorrow, if the weather stays the same, I will have to gather up all the debris and try and find somewhere to have a bonfire.But for now I'm going to light a fire, run myself a bath and pour a glass of wine.
I may be gone for quite a while.
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Go on ........
@ 2009-02-11 – 19:02:49
..........Usky has shown us his
and now I'll show you mine 
So go on then - what are you waiting for? - show us yours
Your desktop images of course!
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Chablis
@ 2009-02-11 – 16:21:08
Yesterday I decided to really push the boat out and paid €6.90 for a bottle of wine instead of my typical €3.90. Last night my daughter and I shared the aforementioned bottle of Chablis and it was really, really lovely and well worth every Eurocent.
I also bought a similarly priced bottle of Provencial rosé called "Rosé à la Rose" and am rather tempted to open it tonight. Mmmmm perhaps I'll save it for St Valentine's Day instead?
Now what should I make to go with it?
*Reads the label*:-
Parfois nos vignes donnent ce vin précieux rose pale, d'une transparence rare, au délicat parfum, tel une rose fraichement épanouie dans un jardin de provence.
Oh yes - St Valentine's Night it is then!
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A steaming holiday!
@ 2009-02-08 – 08:52:00
QueeneMab's posting about her holiday memories set me thinking and I remembered a very unusual holiday in Scotland.
We were a big family (I am one of five children) and I can only recall us going away for two holidays. One was via bus to Whitby where we stayed in a holiday flat and the other was via train to Scotland for one of these holidays.
Camping coach sites were operated by British Railways in the 1950's and 1960's and we stayed in what was literally a railway siding in a converted railway coach. Looking back the holiday had an Enid Blyton feel to it and we were just like "The Famous Five"
Happy days!
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Beach Trees!
@ 2009-02-08 – 08:27:59
Yesterday I posted some picture of my afternoon trip to the seaside. Tom aka Seasideman said that he wasn't used to seeing trees so close to the beach. Here's a few more shots of the pine trees.
