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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grand
I’m keeping with the autumnal theme this week for the Weekly Photo Challenge, presenting a Grand Old Oak Tree
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A real Seagull Souper
We thankfully don’t get the greeny-yellow sulphur and soot laden fogs that inspired the naming of London Fogs as ‘Pea Soupers’ any more. Today’s fog that didn’t really lift really was pretty heavy and...
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Weekly Pet Challenge (and post number 300!)
There are lots of very sandy places around here, and in wet weather we tend to bring Wilson to sandy places to avoid the mud. Sometimes we wonder which is worse!! Thank you to Michelle for the Weekly...
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Weekly Photo Challenge; Community
I was very excited turning on our Christmas Decorations this week at home, but once I found this house I think my house looks a little bit under-dressed! Christmas Decorations in our Community What do...
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge; Alone
Around here black swans are nearly always loners. There was one on the river at Twickenham for ages, and then we had one for a while at Walton Bridge. I found this one at Black Pond in Esher Common....
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Weekly Pet Challenge
For this week’s Weekly Pet Challenge here’s a picture of Myrtle when she was a few months old! I don’t think she would fit in that lid any more, and I don’t think Lilly would get as close these days!
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Weekly Photo Challenge; One
In Hinduism, the lotus (Sanskrit & Tibetan: padma) primarily represents beauty and non-attachment. The lotus is rooted in the mud but floats on the water without becoming wet or muddy. This...
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Travel Theme; Winter
To see other entries to this weeks Travel Theme, hop over to ‘Where’s My Backpack?
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Happy Christmas!
Our family after our traditional Christmas morning swim in Hampton Open air Pool The best way to start Christmas! I hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas Day xxx
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Flood Alert & Wilson’s Christmas Swim
Yesterday Wilson didn’t get to come swimming with us in Hampton Open Air Pool as they don’t allow dogs, even Water Spaniels. Today, despite grey foreboding clouds we decided to take Wilson for a long...
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Weekly Pet Challenge
Very heavy rains are not good news if you live too close to a river, but if you are a Wilson, they spell heaven! Today we took him to Brooklands which is usually a huge area of grass around a …...
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My Best Photo of the Week
I was taking some pictures of the receding flood waters on the river Wey and I like this one particularly. The houses in the foreground are new, but the church in the background was built in 1848. The...
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Weekly Photo Challenge; Joy
Today was sunny so we decided to go to the sea! More water for Wilson Joy!
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Weekly Photo Challenge; Beginning
This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Beginning. Here is my favourite one The beginning of our married life together
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Grannymar’s Sunday One Liners
“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger” Buddha One of my favourites for Grannymar’s Sunday One Liners
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River Levels Rising!
Our horrible wet weather is continuing (except mine & Peter’s weather will definitely improve from Tuesday!) There are flood warnings all over the country, and today there are 10 around the area of...
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The River Thames in Flood; Weybridge & Walton, January 9th 2014
Today the sun shone so I took Wilson out and we took some photos of the floods. The water is nearly as high as it was in 2003! This is how high the water came in Weybridge. The river started …...
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Weekly Pet Challenge
With all the flooding I have been a bit remiss about posting for my other favourite challenges! For Michelle’s Weekly Pet Challenge, here is a starfish that Wilson found. To help with describing its...
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Weekly Photo Challenge; Window
A photo of a window in Santorini I took while there at our friends Neil & Jo’s wedding in 2008. We are off to see them & their little family in Perth next Tuesday Thank you for bringing us...
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Weekly Pet Challenge
We went for a big long cycle yesterday along the coast, wonderful views, but a bit of a shock to our lazy legs! We went for a quick swim in the evening, though it was a bit quicker than planned! …...
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