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Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:01:46 -0800

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Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:59:23 -0700

We have a new family member - he's called Rebel and he's a four year old retired greyhound. It's early days yet, but so far he and Phoebe, our Leonberger, seem to be getting on fine :-)

Many thanks to Fen Bank Greyhound Sanctuary for letting him come to live with us.

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Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:03:11 -0700

I've just visited here and realised I haven't posted anything for ages! I'm also a bit confused by all the changes to the layout, friends and things since I was last here.

Still can't find anything to post so, to keep things ticking over, here's a snail from my garden, enjoying the soggy summer we've just had:

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Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:09:28 -0800

Happy Mothering Sunday

I've had a lovely day. My daughter gave me this sweet little teddy and my son made pancakes for breakfast. We've spent some time in the garden and even went out for lunch. Now I just have to persuade my son to clean the kitchen after his pancake making!

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Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:16:13 -0800

The earth moved!

I was woken up a few minutes ago by what I can only assume was an earth tremor - the whole house was being shaken.

This is nothing compared to what some of you experience in other parts of the world, but it's way out of the ordinary for me!

I've just put the news on and apparently it measured 4.7 on the Richter Scale and the epicentre was in Lincolnshire, about 15 mile NE of Lincoln... just a few miles from where I live - so no wonder I felt it!

Update: The scale has been upped to 5.2, which is the biggest one in Britain since one of 5.4 in North Wales in 1984.

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Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:52:44 -0800

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Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:47:14 -0700

Spring snowflakes!

Snowflakes in my garden this morning. The first snow to settle this winter (spring?).

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Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:23:01 -0800

A splash of soft bright colour in the continuing soggy gloom

Crocus (one of mine on Flickr)

Spring flowers are well and truly here now. Somehow the crocuses are surviving the battering by the persistent rain and are adding their cheerful gaudy colours to gardens and verges.

Unfortunately at the moment I'm feeling about as grotty as the weather, so not much happening here on my page.

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Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:59:54 -0800

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Black-headed Gull, Larus ridibundus, Gibraltar Point (Pic by me - my first non-blurry bird!)

This week is our Half Term break from school. My Mum and Aunt are visiting for a few days - so I've dragged them with us to a couple of nature reserves. Yesterday we spent a happy day over at Gibraltar Point, which sounds rather exotic but is in fact located just to the south of Skegness on Lincolnshire's bleak and bracing coast. It's a wonderful place, although during the week the tranquility is frequently shattered by RAF planes using the Wash ranges. Far more welcome are the calls of curlews - this is a great place to them too. Unfortunately, the tide was out whilst we were there so I wasn't able to see many birds at close quarters and had to rely on binoculars (and even then couldn't distinguish between the various small brownish waders well enough to put names to them).

Next to one of the bird observation huts I noticed a wonderfully shabby small concrete shelter that I'd peviously overlooked, with peeling, weathered, blue and green paint. In the concrete, over the door, were the words "Skegness Cast Stone Works Tel 31". How long has it been since two-digit phone numbers? Google didn't instantly come up with any information about the stone works company, but I think I'll rummage a bit more and see what I can uncover.

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:13:22 -0800

Snowdrops in our garden this afternoon