When SHE was Good…Nah. Bored with THAT!!!

GB : 11th August 2019 STAY PUNK and Go Forth & Multiply all U GOODY 2 SHOES. Yawn ! You don’t drink, don’t smoke…What do you do? SUBTLE INNUENDOS etc etc etc Feeling GRAND today R Me,Myself,I :o)

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Accents : Slavic/Scottish

If you’ve watched the video just posted about Baba Anujka (Grandmother Annie…I CANNOT make this up ! ) you might’ve noticed how easy it is for a Scot to pronounce Slavic names/words. Is there a link thereabouts? I’m very sad that my Scottish accent was ridiculed/mocked/bullied out of me by the time I was 8 […]

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Is There Another Story?

I knew she was amazing from the very first time I watched… …then she starts talking about Arthur Rackham art ? ? ? I all but swooned. Sigh. Yup. My figs and cherries have gone crazy. And if she wants sycamores…I’m pulling up at least 50 seedlings a day. Little barstewards are sprouting EVERYWHERE! P.S. […]

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Ophelia’s Garden

I’m planting in memory of Ophelia. A part of my garden will be dominated by Rosemary. Pansies are so very gorgeous. Sigh. Fennel I can take or leave as food – but the foliage is amazing. Columbine is my favourite name but I grew up calling them Granny’s Bonnet. Now they are Aquilegia. Whatever. Gorgeous. […]

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When the Student is Ready

Yep. I’ve found a teacher. This summer I will be taking time out. I have 2 acres of Mother Earth to regenerate and food to grow for my family. Strawberries and new potatoes seem to be the most popular, right now. Go figure! Being a “fair-weather” gardener and this being the UK…I’ll pop back inside […]

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Shrooms : 30th Nov 2019

30th November was my Nan’s – Anne – birthday. I’m (2nd) named after her. As was my Mum and my brother’s daughter. GB : 30th Nov 2019…Mushrooms

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OMG. A yt Pie in the Sky Episode.

Pie in the Sky-the Best of Both Worlds-First Episode I LOVE this series. EVERY Single episode is a GEM. Especially when he plays Elgar to his chickens :o)

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Eddi Reader Live Newcastle : The Wanting Kind

If you are a Spotify member you can listen to this amazing live recording of the above song. I’m NOT so I can’t share a link. But I DO have it downloaded. In the meantime. Via yt – Eddi Reader : The Wanting Kind. This song is about someone who has EVERYTHING that they want […]

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Graylingwell, Chichester

I’ve talked about Scouse/JJ before. When we first met, in Chichester, he and his beautiful first wife, Angie, were our next door neighbours. Angie – a fellow Scouse – was also a nurse. But in Chichester, she left the NHS to go into private nursing and ended up nursing at Graylingwell Mental Asylum. Some of […]

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Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin

Or simply Enya. Sister of Moya. I seem to’ve been on a bit of an Irish vibe today. Especially as all my builders could OUT CRAP Basil’s O’Reilly. I’ve got piles of bricks too! Oh. Yes. Music. Enya Only Time. MY Garden : 4th May 2009

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SAVE THE CHILDREN

NSPCC/Childline/Band Aid/Live Aid/Children in Need/Comic Relief/Pudsey Bear/European Court of Human Rights….and on and on. Pick a Name. When those NoNames who set up all the FAF above can let THIS happen ! ! ! That frightened child. Screaming like that. MY DISGUST KNOWS NO BOUNDS WTF? WAKE UP, for the love of pity and empathy […]

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