HGS

Greta Brookes 1 second ago Dear HGS, I have a very old copy of Steiner’s book Colour. It might be a F1RST edition. I’ll have to check. I might be “in the money” :o) Thank you

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REF : Previous Explomo Video

No disrespect intended but WHY did they concentrate so hard on the Asian Influences in this 12th c Chateau and miss EVERY Nordic Influence? Scandinavian Interiors – a subject that I’ve studied and lived for many a year :o) The Nordic stove/clock/colours. At the risk of sounding INFLATED As….I’d be quite good/brilliant at Urbex (?)

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Depeche Mode

I’ve loved this band from the first time I heard them – about a million years ago. Some people think that their music is dreary and boring and LOW vibe. M’eh. I love their lyrics. ‘Specially in THIS song…….Reach out and touch faith :o) P.S. Go away Freddie and your Barcelona vibe!

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I’ve Just Given Birth in a Gutter

And they called Sarah Bernhardt melodramatic. Pish :o) We inherited several of the original Victorian Cast Iron gutters with the house. They were a little rusty and no good as gutters and abandoned in the garden. I’ve lost count of the times that “workmen” have offered to take them away for free (!!??) I’m using […]

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Why Does IT Always Rain On ME ?

Today – I’m grateful for the rain. Cool air blowing through open windows. Seeds being watered by someone else other than me. D’ya know what would make this day perfect? A glorious, massive thunderstorm. Please & Thank You :o)

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The Slack Bladder

OK. Someone caught outta the aether MY family’s running joke about ME – (pun intended) I can usually get of the bottom of the drive and say…..STOP, I need a wee! But….BUT….I can impress everyone around me with the UNDENIABLE FACT that I have travelled from here, to Paris (over 10 hours in the car) […]

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Strange Blooms

In seventeenth-century Britain, a new breed of ‘curious’ gardeners were pushing at the frontiers of knowledge and new plants were stealing into Europe from East and West. John Tradescant and his son were at the vanguard of this change – as gardeners, as collectors and above all as exemplars of an age that began in […]

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Fran Healy

I am gobsmacked! I’ve loved Travis tunes for many a long year but…it’s only recently that I’ve looked into the band. I had NO idea that they were Glaswegian. I had NO idea that the lead singer with the amazing voice was called Francis Healy. I had NO idea. As each day passes – I’m […]

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Why Is Holly Johnson Still Alive ?

“Mr Johnson, 33, discovered he was HIV positive only a few days before the death last year of Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the rock band Queen. He is the second celebrity this week to reveal that he has the virus. On Sunday, Kenny Everett, a DJ on Capital Gold radio in London, revealed that […]

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