tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436470835813256712024-03-06T02:08:00.324+00:00Notes from Summer Wood...MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-72224893545494316742010-11-04T10:16:00.001+00:002010-11-04T10:19:03.290+00:00Saw it...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOw97BAhR1P3d7ULSPyjFHOu7nWBq7MNHzry8r-zn63M_qJOoZdFMrZXv5dRWJ36OlHLYRQf2sYhqt6aOvTWUD6FlRi9__mX9Qqw6vk0Y1bxhTtY3HCj_FRGZWV3ywZId5UJRF0RdlQ/s1600/100_1738.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOw97BAhR1P3d7ULSPyjFHOu7nWBq7MNHzry8r-zn63M_qJOoZdFMrZXv5dRWJ36OlHLYRQf2sYhqt6aOvTWUD6FlRi9__mX9Qqw6vk0Y1bxhTtY3HCj_FRGZWV3ywZId5UJRF0RdlQ/s320/100_1738.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Saw it - wanted it - threw a tantrum- got it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">My mad fluffy flower brooch made by the lovely lovely Tess at <a href="http://driftwoodblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #c27ba0;">Driftwood</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love it love it love it!! It's now on my jacket ready for going shopping</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you so much Jx </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWU-aIwpQzja7JgVGUqGeFrX_shqHlaWS77JYfX2L5JLqDHl7-CTO6itpkE-mPTgf8fiU1TsXkBWyzmtqaqH_GIv_knmyx9ZFTjzpPULjBUDyKWOkXurVIwPi2e5oNGj1tK8KZu2D3g/s1600/100_1721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWU-aIwpQzja7JgVGUqGeFrX_shqHlaWS77JYfX2L5JLqDHl7-CTO6itpkE-mPTgf8fiU1TsXkBWyzmtqaqH_GIv_knmyx9ZFTjzpPULjBUDyKWOkXurVIwPi2e5oNGj1tK8KZu2D3g/s320/100_1721.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">My 1st of November photo of the <a href="http://thelemonandraspberrymuffin.blogspot.com/2010/10/another-love-story.html"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #a64d79;">view from the living room</span></a>- amazing how it changes in just 1 month since we moved in...</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Have a beautiful (and safe) weekend- off to Chatsworth on Saturday night for the fireworks - oooohhhh! aaaahhhh!</div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-20504594926647783432010-10-28T10:43:00.000+01:002010-10-28T10:43:58.703+01:00Early ChristmasYes I'm sorry I said the C word- but it has come early with our presents to each other - I bought MrP an Ella...<br />
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They are looking a bit odd as they were sheared before I collected them- they look much much better with their lovely curly locks<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ella means 'pretty little elf/fairy' suits her doesn't it?</td></tr>
</tbody></table> He bought me a Dotty- Dotty was bottle fed and follows me everywhere like a little puppy<br />
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</tbody></table> They are pedigree Angora goats- I have wanted one for sooooo long. They have a purpose too they are organic strimmers and will hopefully eat the long grass and weeds off the field that the horses won't eat- at the moment though they are concentrating on the ivy on the old barn- plus when they are next sheared in the spring I can have the wool spun and knit something made from my own angora<br />
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</tbody></table>I decided to break you in gently with the before pictures at the farmhouse- this is the garden from the back door (which for convenience is located right next to the front door) I'm hoping at some point next year this will be a beautiful cottage garden- one of the Belfast sink planters was in great condition so now has pride of place in my kitchen- it is almost half finished (pictures to follow)<br />
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Remember though a goat is for life not just for Christmas...MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-9833509692152530642010-10-11T10:40:00.006+01:002010-10-12T09:45:47.920+01:00Another love story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"></span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">Yes we have finally moved. Not to the long anticipated cottage- that got complicated with a messy divorce involved and the ex-wife living next door to it and no deeds!! So we cut and run.</span></div></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #666666;"></span><br />
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</tbody></table> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYq8Psi9Rj96HxZUC_u5aRZaobeOZLE2DySwYRJGXrUuPsW2H7DDcwIX-Owes3dhy87mnRbRXP0e2xp3RMqsgKS7m_xCra599Ztw2FmfYlkQUpD9TIptdF4s_MhhMVoABQhIXSGsZ6FA/s1600/100_1678.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"></span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">Not even to cottage number 2 the Old Post Office, it just wasn't doing it for me, I can't say why, it just didn't speak to me.</span></div></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">No, our new home is more reminiscent of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKEoND-gW4Y&feature=related"><span style="color: magenta;">Follyfoot</span></a> Farm. That is what eventually made me fall in love.</span></div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">I am a romantic and am therefore willing to overlook the fact that there is no kitchen, that the roof leaks above the spare room, that there are weeds growing between the cobbles in the yard and that there are spiders the size of small dogs. I now love that to cross the landing you first walk down hill then up hill (this could save a fortune in wine as you feel drunk most of the time anyway) and I'm thrilled that under the laminate floor we have discovered the original quarry tiles in the kitchen and under the green carpet and 1973 newspaper in the hallway the original stone flag floor looks all intact and fabulous. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">After much research, I get to go goat shopping too. I may even get to have my absolute favourite- angora goats!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New;">And I finally get to be Dora of Follyfoot as I dreamed of many many years ago...</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-5499566474093570072010-07-13T12:33:00.001+01:002010-07-13T12:35:29.826+01:00A star is born...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello everyone! I'm back!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just wanted to share my latest news with you all...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have fallen in love!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's okay MrP knows- he has fallen in love too...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May I introduce you to the object of all this affection?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meet Summerwood Dragonfly Moonshine (Rowan for short...don't ask its a long long story!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Born at 10am on Sunday 11th July.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was over the moon to actually be there when he was born!! What a privilege! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I have some quite graphic photos but decided to spare you so this is Rowan at 2 minutes old)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is very advanced for his age and was soon up on his shaky legs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It wasn't all plain sailing - no one had explained to him about gravity and balance</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I knew this little man was going to be special before he was born...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is half brother to Promise (Moon Shadow is the proud daddy of them both)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And mix a bit of Moon Shadow with a bit of Pebble (the prettiest pony in the world) and you get a bit of a superstar!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He ain't heavy- he's my brother...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Promise looks huge next to Rowan even though he is only 5 weeks old! I can't wait to see them playing together...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So on Sunday morning little Rowan trotted into my heart and there he will stay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May I apologise for a little self indulgence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the home front- My little project is coming along nicely- I am reading your blogs while I'm projecting but not finding much time to comment (must try harder) sorry!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Sorry about the photos in this post they seem to have got a bit distorted)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back soon with more news but for now I have a new love in my life and a project on the go and need an extra 48 hours in every day. Jx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span id="goog_1321607075"></span><span id="goog_1321607076"></span>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-3795625181201840362010-06-24T14:56:00.001+01:002010-06-24T15:00:05.666+01:00Where did June go...<div style="text-align: center;">I have no idea where June went... but we went to Marrakech for a few days...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjTWcgmUkYr0Shm-FlMJwISBlKfohxYcfLbJhEIk1CFH8nkRnsixIvADWlo_C0SObzZA4hSOgyzyEIdsW6JvphHasH54zzKuwCYf_hM4Gbgape2_dJnBuvGdbzw5h4JGRSFef9SUUUg/s1600/100_1157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjTWcgmUkYr0Shm-FlMJwISBlKfohxYcfLbJhEIk1CFH8nkRnsixIvADWlo_C0SObzZA4hSOgyzyEIdsW6JvphHasH54zzKuwCYf_hM4Gbgape2_dJnBuvGdbzw5h4JGRSFef9SUUUg/s320/100_1157.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favourite place on earth- the first time I went I felt I had at last found home</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkSvbvGQKs0m2ItDG6fBfdy7m-utRjgJmBspyILgo4nTKFk_0nxNRMvr42AmHC4HFUGXWr0XlxexZx2Ch91PbIcn_UvyE_93BFeJJjSSKvsEcGxsSc7hM14IUI0X58FQ91rWF1zdreA/s1600/100_1112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkSvbvGQKs0m2ItDG6fBfdy7m-utRjgJmBspyILgo4nTKFk_0nxNRMvr42AmHC4HFUGXWr0XlxexZx2Ch91PbIcn_UvyE_93BFeJJjSSKvsEcGxsSc7hM14IUI0X58FQ91rWF1zdreA/s320/100_1112.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We walked...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzHzO8dTYZGPkze400Pk3JD1IGO93nKt9IcL7zn8sWKBuMktUh_vXAPRSZvtZbsh9Qav7zuEcqkFn-4kDKkbIZQO1Z4nKbhL6_1IjBxrl9ZBdxRUlkq14w0shYn2i1yXfLHTkilbfLg/s1600/100_1145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzHzO8dTYZGPkze400Pk3JD1IGO93nKt9IcL7zn8sWKBuMktUh_vXAPRSZvtZbsh9Qav7zuEcqkFn-4kDKkbIZQO1Z4nKbhL6_1IjBxrl9ZBdxRUlkq14w0shYn2i1yXfLHTkilbfLg/s320/100_1145.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We walked some more...</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAZKCk0oQmpKDfg7JJhl8PBr89BIgNdZ749GpPSz7yMbSjbi_fFJGiykrIH-j7dqXM7b36H_cME7QcEBpAdJvzpdSxcaRWUTmiKtikFvmqlJ1HG_DgyiGY8sm2UPZO77eX6K67Xb0kg/s1600/100_1123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAZKCk0oQmpKDfg7JJhl8PBr89BIgNdZ749GpPSz7yMbSjbi_fFJGiykrIH-j7dqXM7b36H_cME7QcEBpAdJvzpdSxcaRWUTmiKtikFvmqlJ1HG_DgyiGY8sm2UPZO77eX6K67Xb0kg/s320/100_1123.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">we talked about the storks that live on the rampart walls...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAlBqhQCzTofav_S-F53B9bF8pJ1uxsmI5pkxdCzCuYijiPlADN1XbFK8e3GX_9a7H6I5N5FUc3r4CuYBZh9WpOpCbirOY3AypW-BtXUMzBT3I1BtKrx55faLnQtuL9p2BgDIXckQmQ/s1600/100_1094.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAlBqhQCzTofav_S-F53B9bF8pJ1uxsmI5pkxdCzCuYijiPlADN1XbFK8e3GX_9a7H6I5N5FUc3r4CuYBZh9WpOpCbirOY3AypW-BtXUMzBT3I1BtKrx55faLnQtuL9p2BgDIXckQmQ/s320/100_1094.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">we went to the Djemma el fna at night and ate tajines at the street stalls and roasted almonds from the carts...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQk9WMBVcX_qm81hUjcmToUQTfYxCgHeb3_UrFehEUE2UDcU-Miz_Y47aMqS6M2TJw7jgbd2wlknU5ZWseDzG4hxM73ddJ428DQhPAInvj0qogYrs-4_0ya0kAWm9nxLDjgBjNonZWQ/s1600/100_1141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQk9WMBVcX_qm81hUjcmToUQTfYxCgHeb3_UrFehEUE2UDcU-Miz_Y47aMqS6M2TJw7jgbd2wlknU5ZWseDzG4hxM73ddJ428DQhPAInvj0qogYrs-4_0ya0kAWm9nxLDjgBjNonZWQ/s320/100_1141.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We saw fabulous Berbers in their bright blue clothes...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDu7oeayPSzvNkY5sOMH4nVLlcwnJXBwIC11UpWEDKMM197or7fjRLeRjnZz_8TgXFLdLd6FerWctGz_IhtIuQRN3ZTT3Q55hLPU7AOhN38ScjGrdojDcdSViR0M-ENLtNiKOkyPHZA/s1600/100_1144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDu7oeayPSzvNkY5sOMH4nVLlcwnJXBwIC11UpWEDKMM197or7fjRLeRjnZz_8TgXFLdLd6FerWctGz_IhtIuQRN3ZTT3Q55hLPU7AOhN38ScjGrdojDcdSViR0M-ENLtNiKOkyPHZA/s320/100_1144.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and we didn't get too close to the snake charmers...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FYRyQd5bqv5V5TlPgrzP8tIigJ8Bd3aXO6BmzwQh7hLZRe10Y1Bbt0_JZfxyl3kGefNUV4tvKi22nj0GqVJYZlHaWzxNSrdS0ggL9_Q1igj9Xbsi3vBRg3EkmRrm-MTFbiBxdIaWUg/s1600/les-jardins-de-la-medina-924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FYRyQd5bqv5V5TlPgrzP8tIigJ8Bd3aXO6BmzwQh7hLZRe10Y1Bbt0_JZfxyl3kGefNUV4tvKi22nj0GqVJYZlHaWzxNSrdS0ggL9_Q1igj9Xbsi3vBRg3EkmRrm-MTFbiBxdIaWUg/s320/les-jardins-de-la-medina-924.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We ate here... absolute heaven on earth! Then before we knew it we were on our way home, tired, relaxed, happy...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-lJRjyM0vPwuuk4gnQqz0rH3gnKAQmyUivofcHfwNtoXckLVX0ywatGx84CRm5YDNm8kA9YjxiQuZi3YyQibLcQEER-b6QWb_ZbRhl6jZy8xLn5lfjDkqKNEQNT_thHUXiU53WP8XQ/s1600/Picture+024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-lJRjyM0vPwuuk4gnQqz0rH3gnKAQmyUivofcHfwNtoXckLVX0ywatGx84CRm5YDNm8kA9YjxiQuZi3YyQibLcQEER-b6QWb_ZbRhl6jZy8xLn5lfjDkqKNEQNT_thHUXiU53WP8XQ/s320/Picture+024.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Back at home I got a parcel... which contained lots of little parcels all beautifully wrapped...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAwCquEht9JVrwN8efq16ecZVkHyKIELte9xxj72bHxtWOqDX_YBGAJw_viVAJgfPHCeHh7wjtb6283DP690yBDMPE7P3aB4F_Qe9KnW9yH-8k6QPY7hCSQ7081jndKK41swHMN3Cnw/s1600/Picture+025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAwCquEht9JVrwN8efq16ecZVkHyKIELte9xxj72bHxtWOqDX_YBGAJw_viVAJgfPHCeHh7wjtb6283DP690yBDMPE7P3aB4F_Qe9KnW9yH-8k6QPY7hCSQ7081jndKK41swHMN3Cnw/s320/Picture+025.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">It was my boudoir swap from Jackie! Lots of lovely, lovely girly things! all smelling gorgeous! Thank you so much Jackie x</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">So, sorry I haven't been about- but June has gone by in a blur!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I am going to take a short blogging break to work on a little project, I will tell more as soon as I can- promise! I will try to pop by as often as I can.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't forget me while I am gone... Jxx</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-43633986577678287842010-06-07T11:05:00.000+01:002010-06-07T11:05:15.016+01:00Leaps and bounds...<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Promise this morning finding his feet...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Over the weekend the circle of his world has got gradually bigger </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">on Friday and Saturday he stayed very close to mum and took things quite slowly</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">It's hard to have control of brand new legs</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">...and really much more tiring than you might expect</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Close to mummy is the very best place</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">But today he is coming on leaps and bounds- still close to mummy but the circle is getting bigger</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">"Mummy what are you doing? You are going to get all muddy!"</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">"Right, I'm off to practice showjumping..."</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just so long as mummy is close to hand if I need her- that chambermaid human creature isn't that bad either but I can't get any milk out of the teat in the middle of her face</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">On the home front the rain has done the grass a power of good</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and I'm very excited about my latest bargain- maybe I will be able to sew on this one- if not it is nice to look at for 99p!!</div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-79617110119275577002010-06-04T09:43:00.001+01:002010-06-04T09:46:00.424+01:00A love story...<div style="text-align: center;">Once upon a time there was a lovely boy called Moon Shadow.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshbQ5jzvMXCeVmkuXlkh-jCTCLiFGOW_RxeWhnF5u6ucSHZB5XYgRsYEiSiSFIsUmVstMEpWx-TivA_VJJoBLr-IcWAy0JuuNxxT4LgnsMVVHrQQKA3044NXdQ8X75kr0UDy_c2mHNQ/s1600/Moon+Shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshbQ5jzvMXCeVmkuXlkh-jCTCLiFGOW_RxeWhnF5u6ucSHZB5XYgRsYEiSiSFIsUmVstMEpWx-TivA_VJJoBLr-IcWAy0JuuNxxT4LgnsMVVHrQQKA3044NXdQ8X75kr0UDy_c2mHNQ/s320/Moon+Shadow.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">He was a lovely cuddly handsom boy and he loved his wives, even if they didn't always love him. He was gentle and patient with them, liking to bring a little romance into what some stallions may have thought of as a chore...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYGOub9Wwjn1nQoZ3j4pXYCzW6dVJYSycnfBUoSdQ2U230DMDZKXhQJGjcNanQR1nZqAsEyL24PAk7Wp-JbiqHAw8MUeu7DjOe5XjmLpTN9cYWlh4Q0bZusLnQoXZG4xHyf_ixpruaw/s1600/shadow2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYGOub9Wwjn1nQoZ3j4pXYCzW6dVJYSycnfBUoSdQ2U230DMDZKXhQJGjcNanQR1nZqAsEyL24PAk7Wp-JbiqHAw8MUeu7DjOe5XjmLpTN9cYWlh4Q0bZusLnQoXZG4xHyf_ixpruaw/s320/shadow2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">And once the huffing and puffing was over with he liked a handful of pony nuts and a pat and a little snooze cuddled up to his human.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizR7BJSo_LNNDKbg6pR045whJz-bCDNjPFx29_IXbvNez1P-vmAn-4sJBf0YAulC1koWOVeqF3koNFP2xfq-Eu1DEQcS9Jx1EotEdW_W7dprGP6sdKb853WnnnTU95_hbhSqGl43r8-A/s1600/2005_0101moonshadow0116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizR7BJSo_LNNDKbg6pR045whJz-bCDNjPFx29_IXbvNez1P-vmAn-4sJBf0YAulC1koWOVeqF3koNFP2xfq-Eu1DEQcS9Jx1EotEdW_W7dprGP6sdKb853WnnnTU95_hbhSqGl43r8-A/s320/2005_0101moonshadow0116.JPG" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">One day a new girl came along called Poppy. Shadow was besotted. Unfortunately Poppy wasn't- oh dear!<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Just thought you would like to see the new addition to our happy ever after family... Jx</div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-60007259534712026822010-06-01T14:09:00.001+01:002010-06-01T14:15:39.237+01:00Getting there.... slowly<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6HyPTiPPZevU7MYhyphenhyphen9cK20Qaf9ONuUt6WHxj6YDkcQLoEbbMwlmHMZ9SX5TFcb9UKhtl0Y1v0622ca4qDW9n9byN9cQK95FoIF_PUMH0-VqcfwIYv3MqSNy4VI1jOjQDGRuqx9uMsA/s1600/100_0755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6HyPTiPPZevU7MYhyphenhyphen9cK20Qaf9ONuUt6WHxj6YDkcQLoEbbMwlmHMZ9SX5TFcb9UKhtl0Y1v0622ca4qDW9n9byN9cQK95FoIF_PUMH0-VqcfwIYv3MqSNy4VI1jOjQDGRuqx9uMsA/s320/100_0755.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Poppy is still refusing to pop!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8IfgjOXJ-XeIexbo-Nk3I7xmoC7sFj8wZZhIq5IvnSgvdNfnC7lOvOHvvjeWcYT42YFL7lG_Nl4mZYw2F03LD9HWlOGnTQsWOfjnjIfIBK0Nhm25QNAGb1B7lmmQGwbUHE94NW9u0w/s1600/100_0773.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8IfgjOXJ-XeIexbo-Nk3I7xmoC7sFj8wZZhIq5IvnSgvdNfnC7lOvOHvvjeWcYT42YFL7lG_Nl4mZYw2F03LD9HWlOGnTQsWOfjnjIfIBK0Nhm25QNAGb1B7lmmQGwbUHE94NW9u0w/s200/100_0773.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObOZ3zq1sefJX1Zirt98VGeJTvUA9vACFzedNis2bH27ifTkJGyFaY-AoMtl4Hs-c5x0o3du-I_VNiUm5fVojWOZLgSEq7GQAumCMU2kfHL1-1tBUYTGm3ydbxn9Gv_MdhTXvoo2Hvw/s1600/100_0772.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObOZ3zq1sefJX1Zirt98VGeJTvUA9vACFzedNis2bH27ifTkJGyFaY-AoMtl4Hs-c5x0o3du-I_VNiUm5fVojWOZLgSEq7GQAumCMU2kfHL1-1tBUYTGm3ydbxn9Gv_MdhTXvoo2Hvw/s200/100_0772.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QAkRwo-AdbgMRIbEMJ4uWSNsMDZWae3pYE-jIUCKFtWR6k4iPON0MSTDFopzWcpRHcSJvjhLboMEXeCsA50duYVPc1eKpVRn1A7R5rPjBjG3dUQsA-TI0kGOq48EVjp_X-Rm4wWEgw/s1600/100_0771.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QAkRwo-AdbgMRIbEMJ4uWSNsMDZWae3pYE-jIUCKFtWR6k4iPON0MSTDFopzWcpRHcSJvjhLboMEXeCsA50duYVPc1eKpVRn1A7R5rPjBjG3dUQsA-TI0kGOq48EVjp_X-Rm4wWEgw/s200/100_0771.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">even the biggest magnolia fan can get a bit fed up of it- but at least everywhere is beginning to look neat and clean- here's one I started earlier- if by the way you have a teenage daughter who is begging for Happy Purple on her bedroom wall- don't do it! It is the worst colour ever to cover!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-UELFpnSmOKqQrwET3PGvibeKa-g5G7M1_gdo_MtGTEn7WbC6PCQVIvJAKm0Vdm5uWZcREmEqjAIwrB7XDeKxezKtfycc_PQAEOQt4tjPiBlVvjOTbN3QNHs6PPshmhmQwGSK0zT0Q/s1600/100_0774.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-UELFpnSmOKqQrwET3PGvibeKa-g5G7M1_gdo_MtGTEn7WbC6PCQVIvJAKm0Vdm5uWZcREmEqjAIwrB7XDeKxezKtfycc_PQAEOQt4tjPiBlVvjOTbN3QNHs6PPshmhmQwGSK0zT0Q/s320/100_0774.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I agree with you about the lawn it is very sad and brown but at least this rain we are getting today is good for something - the garden is now flat and boring and newly seeded where it needs to be- MrP assures me that prospective buyers will look at it and think "easy to maintain"- I on the other hand look at it and think where are all the plants??</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">the pond filter has been cleaned and new plants put in, which the fish are trying their hardest to destroy!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYeRgeSjU9fk0sHbKQAteqku_RMzvwpkAONIweeKtTwDitCyUPyGp8yZbOzctqjZRnXIldmef9eT7J0XlrYAtk41ZnERXTEBxWwwu5xzE065B5cOpy27gzoTBz23zADPuTroexadLGw/s1600/100_0777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYeRgeSjU9fk0sHbKQAteqku_RMzvwpkAONIweeKtTwDitCyUPyGp8yZbOzctqjZRnXIldmef9eT7J0XlrYAtk41ZnERXTEBxWwwu5xzE065B5cOpy27gzoTBz23zADPuTroexadLGw/s320/100_0777.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">all the decking is scrubbed clean and lovely pots of flowers and herbs set out- the gaps in the lavender hedge have been filled with new plants</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOn7EOXsOpnrAjSaqANWleiDet-d5Mo-cgqi1_e6MUIZx7ampLu8SSom9GJcO-dz-DQ-Uzs12K603xOUXcqUIuCHRomCxsbBeYt0QSXwLzaEFFwGHyHUEYaUSLk90WnpBEesZNFK1ICQ/s1600/100_0778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOn7EOXsOpnrAjSaqANWleiDet-d5Mo-cgqi1_e6MUIZx7ampLu8SSom9GJcO-dz-DQ-Uzs12K603xOUXcqUIuCHRomCxsbBeYt0QSXwLzaEFFwGHyHUEYaUSLk90WnpBEesZNFK1ICQ/s200/100_0778.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We just now need someone to buy it...</div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-17496226138155232972010-05-28T13:04:00.002+01:002010-05-28T15:33:50.033+01:00Mowing, magnolia and mayflowers...<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyNx27sKo3ImyyTbB9anlLsSd-zfVV_6ZLkhAwCFPf72sQNtRPg0jKl69O_9YciW4_ehiauttqPGloQjrpHDRlMkld_cmJsyMGOsoREBjaE3elXPMG5UWMUpIO_Uep15JYkxVeEY3wg/s1600/100_0722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyNx27sKo3ImyyTbB9anlLsSd-zfVV_6ZLkhAwCFPf72sQNtRPg0jKl69O_9YciW4_ehiauttqPGloQjrpHDRlMkld_cmJsyMGOsoREBjaE3elXPMG5UWMUpIO_Uep15JYkxVeEY3wg/s320/100_0722.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(rough winds do shake the darling buds of May and summers lease has all to short a date... for me the most perfect flowers in the world. I never tire of them and they are with us such a short time - already the field looks like there has been a wedding with the scattered confetti petals.)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3YM30Cyb6vBuITNlfMu8rx71NxEG55QIvPvlSlUZ8fDPvuWXrTgIfxMI9gOObtryMTBiQL8sfBQHpXuGH_JAbWHeZcjb1BO3pc-udbRM-H8q4hLzVW0A0p898wTMxWgnoE8vk8iQng/s1600/100_0725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3YM30Cyb6vBuITNlfMu8rx71NxEG55QIvPvlSlUZ8fDPvuWXrTgIfxMI9gOObtryMTBiQL8sfBQHpXuGH_JAbWHeZcjb1BO3pc-udbRM-H8q4hLzVW0A0p898wTMxWgnoE8vk8iQng/s320/100_0725.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Since the move back to the old house we haven't stopped... there was moving - on the hottest weekend ever!! Which at several points I thought was actually going to kill me. To be honest it all went pretty smoothly. The old suite has gone- hurray! Donated to my sister for her new house because it will go with her decour. However the new one hasn't arrived yet so we are sofaless. Not that we would get chance to sit on them anyway. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwI3w6P9GuWg775Nt4BYjPCXYTzblHo38ohBrhz8Wvi762MzNDksRWDuBZnKfiWkgPUx6_PTUOkBpp2YESggX06yxGH85_cKFS9BiLf0eophiDaP1imy3OqCtj7a3csFTaGErjr5j2MQ/s1600/100_0737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwI3w6P9GuWg775Nt4BYjPCXYTzblHo38ohBrhz8Wvi762MzNDksRWDuBZnKfiWkgPUx6_PTUOkBpp2YESggX06yxGH85_cKFS9BiLf0eophiDaP1imy3OqCtj7a3csFTaGErjr5j2MQ/s320/100_0737.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(there are curtains you understand they are down for decorating)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE68IpHEs8CGR0NUzA9soDJvSrEy9tup9ZO3DRCfbgd8-IKmLLj_jhZCnW0OCk2-wvOIF80HxNYC7fIhP6Qrdzxu4317dPtkRThdjcALAYoVKI97oDCkPSOALQz0OyozzAqYy_64RoGw/s1600/100_0744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE68IpHEs8CGR0NUzA9soDJvSrEy9tup9ZO3DRCfbgd8-IKmLLj_jhZCnW0OCk2-wvOIF80HxNYC7fIhP6Qrdzxu4317dPtkRThdjcALAYoVKI97oDCkPSOALQz0OyozzAqYy_64RoGw/s200/100_0744.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The jungle is almost tamed- I'm not sure that MrPs bowling green lawn ever will be again though but I have scattered on aftercut and prayed for a light sprinkling of rain which mother nature provided for me through the night. I have weeded like a mad woman and put down weed control fabric and bark in the front garden (I have mentioned before my aversion to front garden gardening) so it is neat at least - if a little uninspiring- you can't have everything.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdjRjEjoA0zQMtbCm3bpc0IuTh5cqNZuKOsTMquKugTToFTQWGuJlfHz9BADWlo8qO7n48zw4SaqDbTN1Sk5oZIoh_0Ulmh26g4ZEFWQ-r9LKM5z-c12SRk2kig91B4OUu0wIXOyycw/s1600/100_0732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdjRjEjoA0zQMtbCm3bpc0IuTh5cqNZuKOsTMquKugTToFTQWGuJlfHz9BADWlo8qO7n48zw4SaqDbTN1Sk5oZIoh_0Ulmh26g4ZEFWQ-r9LKM5z-c12SRk2kig91B4OUu0wIXOyycw/s320/100_0732.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It has been decided for the purposes of selling that the veg garden is to be done away with (that's okay, I can live with that, so long as I have the greenhouse and my herb pots) and replaced with lawn. So there is more weeding and digging and raking to be done...</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">they can't eat because Cairo ate all their food last night while we were at the stables- he says it wasn't him, it was Saffi, but I am pretty sure it was him and it is Cairo who keeps chewing grass this morning so I think my boy may have belly ache- serves him right!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Then there is the painting. I'm not sure that there is much I can say about painting, especially painting in magnolia in a House Doctor style attempt to neutralize and depersonalise the house. Apart from one "feature wall" which I have done in a nice soft green.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp46ZV0GnarwNSug4wrK1P31agtoCBtTnUfV9S7CV1f8kL_93iLCEEi6rivtnIdzwmMtDKECTdRG1ZYikCzcXjZfbswsRqDrYE9dC_Io_nlBeo_vh4IbZqX3hNI9D6geDEGfNIIKGPSQ/s1600/100_0738.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp46ZV0GnarwNSug4wrK1P31agtoCBtTnUfV9S7CV1f8kL_93iLCEEi6rivtnIdzwmMtDKECTdRG1ZYikCzcXjZfbswsRqDrYE9dC_Io_nlBeo_vh4IbZqX3hNI9D6geDEGfNIIKGPSQ/s320/100_0738.jpg" /></a></div>I don't find it a personal house anyway, in fact I find it pretty soul-less. I'm a cottage girl, I'm beams and nooks and crannies, low ceilings and lower doors, not a straight wall in the place and sloping floors that make you feel drunk, wood-burners, mullioned windows, countryside, scrubbed pine and patchwork quilts, cottage gardens with veg growing between the flowers, tile floors and bread in the oven...<br />
So a 1980s semi (especially a 4 bedroom one! which is way too big for just MrP and me) on a nice enough estate with a neat lawned garden, double glazing and modern fittings is my idea of hell- sorry if it's your idea of heaven I'm just talking about me and I'm a bit strange... but this is what we have to work with and it needs to be sold so that we can move to our happily ever after cottage in the country- and PDQ too! The vendor won't keep it off the market forever for us. <br />
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So I am sorry I am quiet and not getting back to as many people as I would like but there are walls that need magnolia-ing<br />
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Normal service will be resumed ASAP<br />
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</div>Have a good weekend all- not too many sausages on the barbeque and put your factor 100 on it's going to be a hot one! (Ooooohhh look I've gone all Rob Thomas now and started humming Smooth... go Carlos play your guitar...) <br />
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I'll be back next week if we are spared!MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-74191680797626141192010-05-21T08:45:00.000+01:002010-05-21T08:45:35.503+01:00Award time...Thank you so much <a href="http://athomewithames.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><strong>Amy</strong></span></a> for my award- I will polish it daily I promise.<br />
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Okay I said that I wasn't going to do this until I had moved but I really need another coffee to kick start me this morning so here we go <br />
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10 things about me... <br />
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1. I ride horses <br />
2. My 2 little section A welsh ponies are expecting foals soon <br />
3. I love mashed potato sandwiches- yum! <br />
4. I love watching the dawn break somewhere beautiful <br />
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6. When I worked I was a computer analyst but now have no idea how they work... <br />
7. My real passion is baking <br />
8. I would love to write a book <br />
9. My vocal cords are paralysed and have been cut at the back to allow me to breathe so people always think I have a really sore throat <br />
10. I'm dreading moving back to the old house <br />
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5 things I don't like... <br />
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1 Moths!!!!!!!! <br />
2 Avocados <br />
3 Mowing the lawn <br />
4 Ironing <br />
5 Moving house <br />
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Passing this award onto <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Karen (The English Writer),</span> <span style="color: #f6b26b;">Pebbledash</span>, <span style="color: #ffd966;">Driftwood,</span> <span style="color: #93c47d;">Dragonfly,</span> <span style="color: #76a5af;">Suie Juantit</span>, <span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Miss Pickering</span>,</span> <span style="color: #c27ba0;">The Hound,</span> <span style="color: #e06666;">Poppy Cottage,</span> <span style="color: #e69138;">Heart of Devon</span> <span style="font-size: small;">and</span> <span style="color: #674ea7;">Indigo Shirl</span></span> <br />
who else can't wait to hear the hound's likes and dislikes...?MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-86904849645883879312010-05-18T10:14:00.007+01:002010-05-18T16:10:07.379+01:00Moving...This week we have the keys back to the old house- we have given ourselves 2 weeks to move stuff back there- we hadn't counted on MrP being soooooo busy at work that it looks like with the exception of the huge stuff like dressers and sofas I'm a one girl removal team. I started yesterday with plants (my little tomato seedlings so needed the sunlight of the greenhouse instead of the half light of a barn conversion windowsill)<br />
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The out-going tenant looks like lawn mowing wasn't her forté (I'm estimating 12 inches long) - or weeding- or watering (and yes that is a dead fish at the side of the pond but MrP will have to move that!! The pond deck is raised by about 6 inches by the way and the right hand photo is what used to be my beloved veg garden!!) or keeping greasy kiddy fingers off walls - it's no wonder it's not selling!! I have my work cut out over the next few weeks to get it back to where it was... oh well it keeps me out of mischief I guess!<br />
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On a brighter note we had a glorious weekend (well after MrP had finished work on Saturday afternoon we had a glorious weekend) I had popped into Tesco on my way back from getting horse and chicken food and there was my favourite wine (normally about £9 a bottle) as part of their finest meal deal (2 eat in for £9) so basically you buy a bottle of wine and get a free meal- so I did! I don't normally do ready meals as I love cooking but this was lovely and it felt like a night off. We also took the dogs for a walk in the woods near the cottage- bluebells are so beautiful aren't they? I managed to pick some wild garlic too, so when I get 5 minutes I can make some wild garlic and walnut pesto...<br />
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We had a fab day browsing stalls, getting bored with dressage, people getting carted off to hospital in show jumping and MrP getting scared out of his wits on the CC course, when we were looking at a very ordinary looking (quite inviting) log jump (not the one on the left)- then I pointed out that it had been positioned so that to the horse and rider it looked like they were jumping into thin air and it would take a heck of a lot of trust from the horse to go for it. We walked it as though we were walking the course and MrP used some very naughty language to describe his awe for the people doing it, then the competitors were flying past on 17hh horses at a flat out gallop and I don't think he has ever been close up to anything quite like it!! The camera batteries died so I only have a couple of photos- grrr I could have got some brill ones too! Oh saw Ian Stark!!! The hero of my youth, he was one of the course builders and was doing an interview. I also saw Mary King warming up in the collecting ring. Sausage and bean toasties for breakfast and Chatsworth pasties for lunch, yummy! We walked absolutely miles following the cross country. MrP's favourite bit was the Pony Club mounted games with fearless kids on even more fearless ponies galloping everywhere but where they were supposed to like a complicated Thelwell jigsaw...We did a bit of shopping and I got the limited edition print I have wanted for ages directly from the artist (it's for my birthday so I wasn't being spoiled MrsC!!) <a href="http://www.lydiakiernan.co.uk/index.html">http://www.lydiakiernan.co.uk/index.html</a>. We got home exhausted and had homemade scones with clotted cream then went for a ride on Darcy and home again to just about manage homemade lasagne before we fell asleep.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgszCY4zpaVgMMmpeDxSa-ioTBvFkLpAF73VaVlNw_YlE9Az3L6jXb37oaxC_zLxA3p1kwbwJGKuY2KiYem-DeAJgm6L40CNTQUxPwAIxwTvEIzpDgtGhgXb1gBGLoQtGmZeJYLe6X3fA/s1600/100_0702crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgszCY4zpaVgMMmpeDxSa-ioTBvFkLpAF73VaVlNw_YlE9Az3L6jXb37oaxC_zLxA3p1kwbwJGKuY2KiYem-DeAJgm6L40CNTQUxPwAIxwTvEIzpDgtGhgXb1gBGLoQtGmZeJYLe6X3fA/s200/100_0702crop.jpg" width="200" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtWWSe-G1W0NH2Cf-ZLRKTKnpmsa4ref-sPapcP1mW7q7HoGhfNbTqKdahXnl5Pu4lxF9BgxXHB2kZZRHGdqsvR0zpkBVK-zIFr3AX8uHzQHtk3DS5vPyI8ubLfltXPCPeayQusiCOg/s1600/Picture+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtWWSe-G1W0NH2Cf-ZLRKTKnpmsa4ref-sPapcP1mW7q7HoGhfNbTqKdahXnl5Pu4lxF9BgxXHB2kZZRHGdqsvR0zpkBVK-zIFr3AX8uHzQHtk3DS5vPyI8ubLfltXPCPeayQusiCOg/s320/Picture+007.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-24002954859175452052010-05-13T13:01:00.001+01:002010-05-13T13:02:45.901+01:00Cuckoo...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzBfaLTZYZ6BaV6n0CdmGyQWYuil3S3rpIz-rz-9V3g6EkblEMpirA3M7fpTEfjIVG3hgedWQIkN1snwp3x8iULxU8UG8DpCOWokiLMkMSc-LfcXuKy3XTJlzo2Ol0e-wrXPgKF2UgTQ/s1600/barn_swallow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzBfaLTZYZ6BaV6n0CdmGyQWYuil3S3rpIz-rz-9V3g6EkblEMpirA3M7fpTEfjIVG3hgedWQIkN1snwp3x8iULxU8UG8DpCOWokiLMkMSc-LfcXuKy3XTJlzo2Ol0e-wrXPgKF2UgTQ/s200/barn_swallow.jpg" width="200" wt="true" /></a>I heard a cuckoo this morning in the woods at the bottom of the field! The last time I heard one was that amazingly hot summer in the 70s (was it 76 or 77? I can never remember? Anyway it was the year Elvis died...) so maybe, just maybe it's a good omen for a hot summer. I did actually hear it the other night but couldn't quite believe that I had so waited to hear it again to confirm to myself it was there. The swallows have also returned to their nest in the eves of the stables where they raised two lots of chicks last year. They make a bit of a mess but are so beautiful that I'm honored to provide them with board and lodgings for the summer and our beautiful Jenny Wren was spotted in the hedge last week too. Mr Robin hasn't yet left us so with all these the black birds, chaffinches, blue and great tits, wood pidgeons and pheasants we have quite a full house bird wise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cRb1X5lO3i8ZiZFyVCnv-DEdNPU-fbwm9KmUhhJUL38jayJnxsDKAUbsAp2s-3eXsrmbL49tUAz7ECu54FumSRdojZ6yxWhcNjc01GXyZ5WufdzJMLd8XiyWFORUS2JAeXbHR-NtSA/s1600/bird-sightings-wren.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cRb1X5lO3i8ZiZFyVCnv-DEdNPU-fbwm9KmUhhJUL38jayJnxsDKAUbsAp2s-3eXsrmbL49tUAz7ECu54FumSRdojZ6yxWhcNjc01GXyZ5WufdzJMLd8XiyWFORUS2JAeXbHR-NtSA/s200/bird-sightings-wren.jpg" width="200" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Daisy and Bluebell are providing us with daily eggs but Sweetpea seems to have other things on her mind and hasn't laid for a couple of weeks- despite having her wings clipped she is frequently to be found on the stables roof- I was asked how she was doing it and last night while I was riding she gave me a demo... there is an upturned plantpot in the run she hops from there onto the fence top then onto the henhouse roof- a good flap gives her just enough lift to get to the top of the feed shed door - then onto the feed shed roof and onto the stables roof- and they say chickens are stupid!! My worries include that she may be laying up there and we are going to find piles of eggs in the gutter- I have moved the upturned plant pot- lets see if that stops her!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVkB-3TJULpfNmoMa6WMGPKJ5_0HrlcRQacGIKh4Rq40Ob1_J5BdHSXD8F0tPcO6C3cIeKuYyh4UMh6M6CJVuhdv6WGedpZXb2_wP6R2hxRP71s8ZIv4IXAINJmwFszed2w-nYIBgSw/s1600/white+star.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVkB-3TJULpfNmoMa6WMGPKJ5_0HrlcRQacGIKh4Rq40Ob1_J5BdHSXD8F0tPcO6C3cIeKuYyh4UMh6M6CJVuhdv6WGedpZXb2_wP6R2hxRP71s8ZIv4IXAINJmwFszed2w-nYIBgSw/s200/white+star.jpg" width="200" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">No news from the expectant mint imperial...</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCV37rZLTIYTMxXj-WBjTgivMBmP6kXtmiHZ1zX2TUhrqVjc-0LVDky3XPidJg9VFrytRwhHepxtUFhqlKG3vB4_j4gBWBnKrGcQWJB6NWa5wzTG_aQssVKL9f1Pkag9BcJjLL9VYDQ/s1600/100_0685.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCV37rZLTIYTMxXj-WBjTgivMBmP6kXtmiHZ1zX2TUhrqVjc-0LVDky3XPidJg9VFrytRwhHepxtUFhqlKG3vB4_j4gBWBnKrGcQWJB6NWa5wzTG_aQssVKL9f1Pkag9BcJjLL9VYDQ/s320/100_0685.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Its a beautiful day so I'm off to walk the dogs and start potting up the plants ready to move house</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div>We flew home and ate under-cooked jacket potatoes and goulash, I made a flask while MrP got the camera and video camera together and checked the batteries and within 10 minutes of getting home we were back in the car armed with flask, chocolate, biscuits and an ancient book I have about foaling (oh and with just a touch of indigestion).</div><br />
<div>Back at the stable we set about laying a thick soft straw bed and making sure she had everything she could possibly need - we sat huddled in the back stable so as not to disturb her but to be there if needed, outside it poured with rain. I am going to state the blatently obvious now and suggest that reading a 30 year old book about all the things that can go wrong with foaling when you think your precious little mare is in labour is not the best idea.</div><br />
<div>Anyway at about 8:45pm after a huge groan and much more tail <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAv9IWUCh1VSMvBLKrKSMz1mm4gzA5sox_QmA7D0d2LUFJwYI5MALsoDCEA4sZKX0jJjoLNQgqGfUtUlZzVffPqFpyB7l9xBFMDmd3M5Jc8RtXCNiV3uRAZXgYJIN2gxm_f9hXS_X5g/s1600/100_0525.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470317989311188914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAv9IWUCh1VSMvBLKrKSMz1mm4gzA5sox_QmA7D0d2LUFJwYI5MALsoDCEA4sZKX0jJjoLNQgqGfUtUlZzVffPqFpyB7l9xBFMDmd3M5Jc8RtXCNiV3uRAZXgYJIN2gxm_f9hXS_X5g/s200/100_0525.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a>swishing she broke wind, then her head dropped and she went off to sleep. So it appears that she just had a bit of indigestion too.</div><br />
<div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I didn't sleep well last night- could be worrying about Poppy, could be undercooked jacket spud... but I was at the stable at the crack of dawn this morning (which came as a bit of a shock to the horses) fully expecting to see a wibbly wobbly baby stood with Poppy. But no she still looks like a furry mint imperial on legs and went on to demonstrate how not in labour she is by galloping about the field and rolling (mucky madam!). All the signs are there though so watch this space...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKm-FR5ExKapqbFhr4B_cLmSV1voi3SR42uc8_07URu66VnlX17sOUA9dn_ZaCzxztfWrbaJxnZtFsbOesjJDFsUPAadKoDe9oxxa-uWWtVAm16FKn1YCgGKan9bIUOJm3aQUfih4wYA/s1600/100_0686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKm-FR5ExKapqbFhr4B_cLmSV1voi3SR42uc8_07URu66VnlX17sOUA9dn_ZaCzxztfWrbaJxnZtFsbOesjJDFsUPAadKoDe9oxxa-uWWtVAm16FKn1YCgGKan9bIUOJm3aQUfih4wYA/s320/100_0686.jpg" wt="true" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQ3Gueuy2E4y5FWHylUGtDNkTONfuK_Y6AdVKNIFiELlUIzpYE6nHwPr_uJf3hypwQMcm9t416F4giZ3qiU8lQr9AtcUGptgTIUWPa5TU6D1gXedlQC3gFEvzkOlEj4ovG9H4Jh3cwg/s1600/100_0687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQ3Gueuy2E4y5FWHylUGtDNkTONfuK_Y6AdVKNIFiELlUIzpYE6nHwPr_uJf3hypwQMcm9t416F4giZ3qiU8lQr9AtcUGptgTIUWPa5TU6D1gXedlQC3gFEvzkOlEj4ovG9H4Jh3cwg/s320/100_0687.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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It was quite a shock though to find that I'm not only long sighted but short sighted too, how does that work? So basically I'm blind?!?! I need some for reading and close work, well I had gathered that, and another pair for driving (I'm still within the legal limits without but...) and watching tv. So I went to pick them up and invested in a new teapot at the same time (no, not from the optitions, just while I was in town.) <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div>I returned to find one of those depressing red cards from the royal mail saying that they were<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSO85Nm7IZFMCb1NE3xSc5Judw-Q-6dEVz1ikL4JkXOCT6ycNEdQZHMzkNZ4OoVsFGEQ476n3pZjJT2FPr2Bq2Eunj_0_JsaJatQLdIHm8YqMQXPvsg69C5x4FGgvr6g214reAg6nAw/s1600/100_0667.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 191px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 140px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468832920725784418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSO85Nm7IZFMCb1NE3xSc5Judw-Q-6dEVz1ikL4JkXOCT6ycNEdQZHMzkNZ4OoVsFGEQ476n3pZjJT2FPr2Bq2Eunj_0_JsaJatQLdIHm8YqMQXPvsg69C5x4FGgvr6g214reAg6nAw/s200/100_0667.jpg" /></a> holding my parcel hostage as it wouldn't fit through the letter box and I had dared to leave the house. There is nowhere to park near the sorting office and they have started opening at odd times (7am-11am on a Saturday??) - anyway that was worth the trip this morning as it <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM8k6vIKXNaRvxekKATQG6ceDvz6__rbTYQA4Czs_vBBHh5PN2kdQbM9du_0fqa2r4_kSsTghyU9eQJQZ6maGazRCVDX2DLOgIxMKSmLs9h_g_v6hFYc-kD_U0qwP4p2PwATxGOfXZ7A/s1600/100_0649.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468833246535296690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM8k6vIKXNaRvxekKATQG6ceDvz6__rbTYQA4Czs_vBBHh5PN2kdQbM9du_0fqa2r4_kSsTghyU9eQJQZ6maGazRCVDX2DLOgIxMKSmLs9h_g_v6hFYc-kD_U0qwP4p2PwATxGOfXZ7A/s200/100_0649.jpg" /></a>was my new sewing box, not that I had an old sewing box but I couldn't resist this one- now I just need to learn to sew... I need help! I used to think people were kidding when they said they couldn't bake or couldn't cook- it's easy- just follow a recipe!! Then I tried to learn to sew. How hard can it be? You follow a pattern, you put two pieces of fabric together and sew... right?? I'm starting with a<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtvnZ6d0aAiLLwGa4VN2jytgKzeKn1qaEL4QJpggNMWpuHa7xhK1_cpD0-pjLT9ihQor_KG0nCjdRWNlQ2HEQlu21OHgAabZnfl2yRYyqJfkzi9hXnjOLVv6EL2jrgd_6wXi6lWncUg/s1600/100_0658.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 221px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 172px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468833559695766674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtvnZ6d0aAiLLwGa4VN2jytgKzeKn1qaEL4QJpggNMWpuHa7xhK1_cpD0-pjLT9ihQor_KG0nCjdRWNlQ2HEQlu21OHgAabZnfl2yRYyqJfkzi9hXnjOLVv6EL2jrgd_6wXi6lWncUg/s200/100_0658.jpg" /></a> peg bag- what could be simpler? Why then can't I do it? What on earth is going on here?? (this is the underside - the top looks fine- it sews for a few inches then snares up and grinds to a halt- sorry about the rubbish photo my macro setting isn't working properly- technology is just getting the better of me today!) I have tried altering the tension in both directions and it just gets worse! </div><br /><div align="center">This however was all made up for as I had a parcel that did fit through the letter box...</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 245px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468834245158189010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjAAr4jnnUyydNNl-CI0MH_DmrwFGKA63h8sGaqLg6GuDhd5jBlhmLIXcdmukThumquHAvkE9LNKPQ6KeZmYf7lpVWg6Aia5IOSsRdrObepCWfRSjP9bYaDoxpbRp4uY5LaA9qKw2Tg/s200/100_0661.jpg" /><br /><div align="center">What could it be?</div><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 296px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468834629740928290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGI8WyPfXpl2nA1pqEQy-L7FsLbLZmZ8AU09jQBd25B5r-Kg7_ussL8VZi9JaDoTww9jTF_b-FPLAYI8vjpogfzgR09hlXrGBED-Ee6y4lBKn_XOTmCyuvMhZSWjBBFzQF2SpwOergA/s320/100_0662.jpg" /><br /><div align="center">Oh yummy all beautifully wrapped in pink tissue</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468835342091875602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqum4gZUdx3H3MlI9lCGlbtPp_c0h99EqHbfrmN1lzRBIc2Bq7j7E5LRsXqaBDsWtHHxoeWLd9CDjHmYMCCfw_aW-dq4Zqi1pIh8n8gG-PkG8JTPzi8Kb820KtX7zYEULY9h-87IkByg/s320/100_0663.jpg" /><br /><div>Thank you so much Karen x (I love the postcards too! Very useful as book marks...) I know I said I was <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOfrMjjPcRth5OfUInedCyRdtmkymQGI40zxdH-4_MO1_uf5Caj-18Of_iOnleD4IoKzFqHsv_Dj0RxstajfqBShNbQYdjaU_K5X2bTeTt8-vOzrMNGRGQiM-1aB5qFuWIe0w-RRmNw/s1600/100_0666.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 171px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 118px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468836343243524226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOfrMjjPcRth5OfUInedCyRdtmkymQGI40zxdH-4_MO1_uf5Caj-18Of_iOnleD4IoKzFqHsv_Dj0RxstajfqBShNbQYdjaU_K5X2bTeTt8-vOzrMNGRGQiM-1aB5qFuWIe0w-RRmNw/s200/100_0666.jpg" /></a>going to save it for Marrakech next month but I couldn't resist (I am now in trouble for reading instead of paying attention to Dr Who on iplayer...) but it has softened the blow of having to wear specs.</div><br /><div>So, cheered up no end with my parcel - I made chicken <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1w55UWc6LFHyPRTEVegrLOlTCYWPBV6I3V03lixOigg8xlxbCNyV-bv5uY7BOY_napTtZXaClZhqgmmmjUtij71T3bMAw0yztjgxG7aYUDfcm_mzhD0j6zQtXnWqDxzqHjUlosFWauw/s1600/100_0644.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 183px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 125px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468838020093700274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1w55UWc6LFHyPRTEVegrLOlTCYWPBV6I3V03lixOigg8xlxbCNyV-bv5uY7BOY_napTtZXaClZhqgmmmjUtij71T3bMAw0yztjgxG7aYUDfcm_mzhD0j6zQtXnWqDxzqHjUlosFWauw/s200/100_0644.jpg" /></a>stuffed with mozzarella, basil and tomato with new potatoes and salad and a lemon drizzle cake for tea- and Mr P and myself put ourselves on the outside of a lovely bottle of red wine and I read while he watched Dr Who. Not such a bad day after all. What is your favourite good mood food? Have a good weekend!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-52833148420296587132010-05-06T10:54:00.010+01:002010-05-06T16:26:23.288+01:00Confidence and why you should never teach a loved one to ride a horse...I promise my posts are not all going to be horsey from now on but just wanted to share my feelings at the moment. I didn't realise how much the face thing (I had a wrong time wrong place accident with the boys just before Christmas that resulted in 36 stitches and an operation on my face) and recent events had knocked my confidence. Not until we started looking at new horses. I am determined to get my nerve back however so here is day one with Darcy.<br />I'm not saying its boring- heck no! Its just the little demons in my head keep asking when she is going to do something wrong- I feel her breaking into a trot and wonder is it a trot or is she going to buck or tank off with me never to be seen again. She is being very forgiving and happily walked around doing serpentines and changes of rein, bless her as though she knows.<br />Has anyone else been here and got through it? I need success stories- lots of them!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGeE4t20cjMNz9J3Qb0TkWyfsM18aILula6idk3tOGMZDnuEPS4O41xuYucNKQwvNv_ChJDGNleod60d5aSR1WVQlqDY6fIu49C1IStkuIrSI7XHg7ge90QseB7fBrGmjOqBHP-x4vw/s1600/100_0619.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 233px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 186px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468098315967223874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGeE4t20cjMNz9J3Qb0TkWyfsM18aILula6idk3tOGMZDnuEPS4O41xuYucNKQwvNv_ChJDGNleod60d5aSR1WVQlqDY6fIu49C1IStkuIrSI7XHg7ge90QseB7fBrGmjOqBHP-x4vw/s200/100_0619.jpg" /></a>I want to get to know her. I was saying this to MrP last night. I want to know what she does if something frightens her, I want to know if she puts in a mini buck when she goes into canter, I want to know what she does when she is on her toes, just so I can be prepared for it. I think I have ridden one too many naughty horses- we will gain each others trust and she will give me my confidence back I can feel it - then there will be no stopping us! Also I am riding in the brand new Barefoot saddle- which she has never been ridden in before and in the half hour that I rode her the girth straps had given that little bit and I could feel it wobbling- once I trust the saddle it will make a difference!! I'm really not making excuses here it wobbled - a lot! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbhr_GUTeQBGzDRjMqIInEQDCtYpblayMUuJX52xGvYG-5OfvgvzpTgLluY9Wf-08XcvspFll_Pc8G-e56ZmZVgxJA7SwhhBqCuGLrU-wSPFqMXpop-IYP37kw-1t7beS0ob_IHx8UA/s1600/100_0629.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 261px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468098898612167842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbhr_GUTeQBGzDRjMqIInEQDCtYpblayMUuJX52xGvYG-5OfvgvzpTgLluY9Wf-08XcvspFll_Pc8G-e56ZmZVgxJA7SwhhBqCuGLrU-wSPFqMXpop-IYP37kw-1t7beS0ob_IHx8UA/s200/100_0629.jpg" /></a><br /><br />She is lovely to ride though nicely forward going off a squeeze with your leg but not so much that you feel out of control- I really dont know what was going on with my hands- maybe a couple of lessons wouldn't do me any harm after all. MrP was saying "bring her head in like you did on Saturday and make her canter..." I could tell you what I said but...<br /><br />Then I got MrP up on her and led him round, he fidgeted, and grumbled that the saddle wasn't straight , then that his stirrups were too short, then not the same length, wriggle wriggle fidget fidget, then that his hip hurt! Darcy was an angel and just walked with me on a leadrein. I told him to pull himself together and that I would have noticed if the stirrups were odd... but sure enough they were a hole out (so much for experience!!) then we had the whole rigmarole of getting MrP off (Darcy could yet become the first ever horse to be sainted!) He says that having his legs in that position hurts his hips somehow (thank god men don't give birth then!) and that however far forward he leans he can't swing his leg over the back of the saddle and he doesn't <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_w9tAPg6Aamy1iF43eU8opARHdUckbj5dxn20SxyYF-a_pB9C59r7ckeO1bTik8hfJYUsspQl5pxXiwr7Xq-DGuwjeFHh2DQAJpKMRv0HJlOkdeluxEFQzvNrlTi8tKyT6C9fX3rHw/s1600/100_0636.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468099426959843554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_w9tAPg6Aamy1iF43eU8opARHdUckbj5dxn20SxyYF-a_pB9C59r7ckeO1bTik8hfJYUsspQl5pxXiwr7Xq-DGuwjeFHh2DQAJpKMRv0HJlOkdeluxEFQzvNrlTi8tKyT6C9fX3rHw/s320/100_0636.jpg" /></a>know what to do with his hands while he is leaning forward. I was tempted to say hold onto the reins to stop your horse wandering off, but being as he had done the whole thing just holding the pommel (Blackpool donkey style) and just the very end of the reins I thought it best to keep my sarcasm to myself (see I am growing as a person) So MrP scrambled off in a very undignified manner I think teaching him to ride could be a long process- at least he is trying and he's keen (but he better not spoil my horse in the process...)<br /><br />As for the fat broad that he took pictures of... I will be keeping a very close eye on her! I told him last night, it's not so much his having an affair that bothers me, as him letting her ride my horse!! ;O) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2weD8CUhZDQXO2T8AgtpBc_r2PSlgGCkeippvCuFyjLnrw3DjlyLx63Xa8fRy0SPhmVOJ-hHuf63iiKeFCK2RiAXz_bvu7QkA5y_V7Gk1RNEl2i68CWD7rmyZITx-eAn6QbsD3RPbA/s1600/100_0639.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 241px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 290px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468100199434864786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2weD8CUhZDQXO2T8AgtpBc_r2PSlgGCkeippvCuFyjLnrw3DjlyLx63Xa8fRy0SPhmVOJ-hHuf63iiKeFCK2RiAXz_bvu7QkA5y_V7Gk1RNEl2i68CWD7rmyZITx-eAn6QbsD3RPbA/s320/100_0639.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Poppy thought it all looked such fun she wanted a ride- and got her hat on ready- but I told her she's not allowed in her <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRDm2wottbZUQvbB-Gcdku6Z4LwYFjCPZCe_uvObt5pzyXT-g72bK7i1EZftj4y6xH9-0WZwJBwv1gtAv1LgLmhHN4-kgwkv4e3tac3sBBUCPwBRTpEqGgyroQlCTPhNkJG3XB_rzag/s1600/100_0600.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 238px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 186px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468100563345124498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRDm2wottbZUQvbB-Gcdku6Z4LwYFjCPZCe_uvObt5pzyXT-g72bK7i1EZftj4y6xH9-0WZwJBwv1gtAv1LgLmhHN4-kgwkv4e3tac3sBBUCPwBRTpEqGgyroQlCTPhNkJG3XB_rzag/s200/100_0600.jpg" /></a>3rd trimester<br /><br />Next post will return to baking and my early attempts to master a sewing machine and Cairo's 15 minutes of fame on <a href="http://shop-dog.blogspot.com/">ShopDogs</a> blog and how it went to his head- tch!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-60191266903626290382010-05-04T16:08:00.003+01:002010-05-04T16:17:08.389+01:00Growing up and letting go...I haven't put a new post on for a while.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFBd_d5YjKYxUXUp-K7ZkEps5wklV01vnpPi-njTtwwn3vlyA9Nzr_u2oaTYj1sN3yLOczBK5f97_DfOzfc4N-tKg2A95o2H2-7O9nwEKTLrVSIdoz5KgLBgrfDC_XTGdSkiisuVXrw/s1600/2005_0101moonshadow0102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFBd_d5YjKYxUXUp-K7ZkEps5wklV01vnpPi-njTtwwn3vlyA9Nzr_u2oaTYj1sN3yLOczBK5f97_DfOzfc4N-tKg2A95o2H2-7O9nwEKTLrVSIdoz5KgLBgrfDC_XTGdSkiisuVXrw/s200/2005_0101moonshadow0102.JPG" tt="true" width="200" /></a></div>I have been doing a lot of soul searching, my life is going through such a lot of changes- getting married- finding the happily ever after cottage- my old dog (Loulou) dying - selling our little foal Willow (she was much bigger than the photo you understand when she was sold...) and so many other minor things too. I always find that periods of change like these lead onto more and more change. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpkP1BTnG236IGzErzfaAaEazSIlMYnFYY0LftSpYtkVlkfO_QtwUGecHjJc5viKP9TTw5N4VXLfvrr-ZOqOjHdP10vaV7qQHs8h43HQwcfKDLYiY5TGbU_LfTAJz04fgxSmSG86Z-w/s1600/2005_0101webster0274.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpkP1BTnG236IGzErzfaAaEazSIlMYnFYY0LftSpYtkVlkfO_QtwUGecHjJc5viKP9TTw5N4VXLfvrr-ZOqOjHdP10vaV7qQHs8h43HQwcfKDLYiY5TGbU_LfTAJz04fgxSmSG86Z-w/s320/2005_0101webster0274.JPG" tt="true" width="320" /></a></div>It was this soul serching that made me look long and hard at the horses- I love them so much- especially Romeo whom I have owned since he was weaned from his dam and Riley has wormed his way into my heart with that cheeky freckled face and the ponies, what's not to love about the ponies?? (less than 4 weeks until Poppy's foal is due now)<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY93b9y3AmDu0typXYLJLEQMElaNZAQv0oUUk8kPeOgNBAzd3vRWvzqO0lHv449k_Wxb-lncvt8JHXlc_4p-xKBffbjdYiDOUhBJOkPBVsYLbQckaYs6ncM5AuJ17lQ7apjUTHarKBzw/s1600/2005_0101moonshadow0114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY93b9y3AmDu0typXYLJLEQMElaNZAQv0oUUk8kPeOgNBAzd3vRWvzqO0lHv449k_Wxb-lncvt8JHXlc_4p-xKBffbjdYiDOUhBJOkPBVsYLbQckaYs6ncM5AuJ17lQ7apjUTHarKBzw/s320/2005_0101moonshadow0114.JPG" tt="true" width="320" /></a>I, however, am no spring chicken and my love of horses over the years has taken its toll on my body with the odd break here and fracture there, stitch this bit back together, a week in hospital every now and again on drips and the wonders of old wounds aching at the slightest sign of rain or cold. So, when Riley decided to have an all out bucking bronco tantrum one evening when he objected to going through the gate (I stayed on in case you were wondering- by the power of sheer gritted determination I stuck in the saddle) I had an "I'm too old for this" moment.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZzrxcU4Ffz8bAIzQi2St1B5jkG4dU7VLp8TN1aQs0KK1CcHEPFCKrtuPBnBWhdy0xNCT1xRIKilLZav1CixU-dBdPs6b63nGMVCGpfg9GFrB5ISr0ve0Z72CM7pzG8GxrkQnU6t8Sw/s1600/2005_0101moonshadow0121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZzrxcU4Ffz8bAIzQi2St1B5jkG4dU7VLp8TN1aQs0KK1CcHEPFCKrtuPBnBWhdy0xNCT1xRIKilLZav1CixU-dBdPs6b63nGMVCGpfg9GFrB5ISr0ve0Z72CM7pzG8GxrkQnU6t8Sw/s320/2005_0101moonshadow0121.JPG" tt="true" width="320" /></a></div>"What riding? Horses?" MrP looked shocked. I say those words so often, especially when faced with a muddy winter ahead of me or 4 filthy stables to muck out, but I think he detected from the tone of my voice that it was different this time - I really meant it!! Not altogether you understand. I was just so fed up of everything being a struggle and a fight, 20 years ago I would have loved it but now all I want is a quiet life and to enjoy my horses.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">While the mood was upon me I drafted the adverts- having resisted "Two totally spoilt bratish Arab geldings" as an opening line and I put them online expecting it to take weeks to sell them. (the girls are not for sale) Within 3 days they were both sold and I was going about the exciting business of looking for a new sensible horse for gentle hacking about country lanes without being in fear of my life and going to the odd show and maybe even sensible enough for MrP to have lessons on. We looked at loads- we rejected even more without going to see them. There was one advert I kept on going back to - she looked so stunning! Too good to be true!! I'm not a big fan of mares nor of cobs for that matter but this one was glorious!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Yet another big change in my life, my two beautiful boys are gone to their new homes with younger fitter riders to adore them and have lots of fun with them, (it was the right decision for the boys too) and I have my black beauty- the sort of horse that little girls dream of. But for me this was about growing up and realising I can't do what I did when I was 20 and letting go of my boys for everyone's benefit...</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSdwe018rxlQLxewgeufK1jydQB7e5yJeOCUQRWaH93J_UPzRFdTjhFmtKvoIpGhFWq_jo7mzqVD1gGrqETKCpSHACozw-sGtwphMY4pdG88e6s0iENi-mOLmgUDfkyT1bhuTBRfRcg/s1600/100_0619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSdwe018rxlQLxewgeufK1jydQB7e5yJeOCUQRWaH93J_UPzRFdTjhFmtKvoIpGhFWq_jo7mzqVD1gGrqETKCpSHACozw-sGtwphMY4pdG88e6s0iENi-mOLmgUDfkyT1bhuTBRfRcg/s320/100_0619.jpg" tt="true" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkpwbZdFMJqY5ErIGcNQ2MQoS5m3mqJOvT04i10Flf_b7DncLxrrJSgVYdMjkwdub5su-OVwFIzP1dH3nb0wfcIB0qx9mNYylsfIfq-8JlLC-_IDHWw7opnlnH4KbxExaJNnae9rq7A/s1600/Darcy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkpwbZdFMJqY5ErIGcNQ2MQoS5m3mqJOvT04i10Flf_b7DncLxrrJSgVYdMjkwdub5su-OVwFIzP1dH3nb0wfcIB0qx9mNYylsfIfq-8JlLC-_IDHWw7opnlnH4KbxExaJNnae9rq7A/s200/Darcy.jpg" tt="true" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
So you see I have been a little busy with one thing and another- I got through selling my boys by adopting that plain vanilla beige numbness that I have found serves me well for getting through tough patches and now things seem to finally be slotting into place.</div><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">More soon- off to make some scones for later then get ready to go for a gentle ride on Darcy...</div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-38310554739557695172010-04-23T09:06:00.003+01:002010-04-23T09:27:01.596+01:00"Have you seen a black dog with a pink collar?"Suzie from<span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="http://itch2stitchdotcom.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">ItchtoStitch</span></a> told the lovely story of how she and George met- so I thought I would tell you how MrP and I first met too.<br />
We are going to be pitifully short of photos in this story unless I decide to pinch someone elses...<br />
First a brief history- MrP is my "third time lucky" husband- my first left me after 17 years (and 3 children) for his boss because I had got fat! My second was a huge mistake! An alcoholic who was very controlling- fortunately, I got out fast from that and vowed to forever be on my own- if that was the cost of a relationship, it wasn't worth it and I would much rather be alone and happy...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2dCZ6_7_7DmoJedolMcCogyMGEVEHOJK3GuxohS-ZqaTQ8UhIy6r5mtZrJ69MVTgXOUA7x7JRhe96mAb0uiYEYTmT_sbcutlWNKHl7DDN7KhrLfg73iS72GlzIrVCYdShPs0Wm_cQcw/s1600/2005_0101stables0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2dCZ6_7_7DmoJedolMcCogyMGEVEHOJK3GuxohS-ZqaTQ8UhIy6r5mtZrJ69MVTgXOUA7x7JRhe96mAb0uiYEYTmT_sbcutlWNKHl7DDN7KhrLfg73iS72GlzIrVCYdShPs0Wm_cQcw/s320/2005_0101stables0042.JPG" tt="true" /></a></div>And so I was- I had a good job, a pretty cottage looking over fields and woods, my kids, my gorgeous grandkids, my dogs, my horse Romeo, great friends, my Pekin bantams and my beloved allotment- life was very full and fabulous! "Who needs a man?" I would say.<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The only little reality check to my little life was that a year or so earlier I had a huge heart operation which unfortunately left me with paralysed vocal cords- I could still speak (very quietly) - it was breathing that was the problem, so I had a trachyostomy. I had problems with it from the start- me and the plastic tube in my neck just didn't get along- anyway around this time I had been talking to the surgeon about taking the trachy out and cutting my vocal cords to allow me to breathe- this would mean a deteriation in my voice quality but I was okay with that- operation done I was tube free (hurray!) and the surgeon had made a compromise between voice and breathing- in other words breathing is restricted and talking is quiet and hoarse, but I can do both, sometimes even at the same time!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPJuPYmx4fj_I5sMc2ZEeSF1S8bLnHmwodbmivf7CVgQRxM0lWK-3U2J2izRbYCKRli-T12MTKwQ5z010xeepXFvlNcr8CBXfsBM703q-8eEp2dUbu18gQ-pVhRqNWX_WePabZ37Tww/s1600/Filey91LQ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 220px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 155px;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPJuPYmx4fj_I5sMc2ZEeSF1S8bLnHmwodbmivf7CVgQRxM0lWK-3U2J2izRbYCKRli-T12MTKwQ5z010xeepXFvlNcr8CBXfsBM703q-8eEp2dUbu18gQ-pVhRqNWX_WePabZ37Tww/s200/Filey91LQ.jpg" tt="true" width="125" /></a>I was still recovering from this op when a good friend of mine from work was getting married- "Please come to my hen night- please" I explained that I didn't feel great and that I couldn't get a dog sitter- "Oh Jaz- bring them- we are renting a caravan they will be fine- please come" </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So, off I set for the North Yorkshire coast with my dogs and overnight bag. We had a great laugh- eating pizzas and drinking wine and generally being girls. Next day however when we all emerged at almost lunch time, we were all feeling our age and wondering just who had drunk all that wine- Coffee was the order of the day- coffee and toast! We took it in turns making toast and drinks and sitting on the veranda of the caravan in the sunshine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAQDBcf3k6x7S2OVc-fUckhM5MIdhs-hMebX15VZ1LaXEpCfkgmv5arj2rH19nEqryyl4gu0qDPwb6vGL1_Gl9-mxfzp3rTZhQykgIRpyVOmnGOesgnAkMlUTd4VhjWDP29sPhcttDA/s1600/100_0368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAQDBcf3k6x7S2OVc-fUckhM5MIdhs-hMebX15VZ1LaXEpCfkgmv5arj2rH19nEqryyl4gu0qDPwb6vGL1_Gl9-mxfzp3rTZhQykgIRpyVOmnGOesgnAkMlUTd4VhjWDP29sPhcttDA/s320/100_0368.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div>While I was taking my turn I heard a scream from one of the other girls- I ran out- Saffi had seen a rabbit- cleared the veranda fence and taken off thataway after the rabbit.<br />
The others safely indoors we all set off in search of Saffi- rows upon rows of caravans all looking pretty much the same, she would never find her way back! That awful pit of your stomach sicky feeling came over me and it wasn't hangover (in fact the hangover was completely gone! Not that I recommend losing your dog as a hangover cure you understand...) We spread out asking everyone we saw "Have you seen a black dog with a pink collar?" I could feel hot tears pricking at my eyes by the time I saw a guy sat on his veranda with a beer "Have you seen a black dog with a pink collar?" "Yes it went that way like a streak!- Do you want me to help look for it?"<br />
The guy walked the length and breadth of Filey with me- stopping patiently every few yards for me to catch my breath - then took me in his car to the police station and the golf club house - we walked the golf course, the beach, the nature reserve... the light was fading, the girls had gone home (work in the morning) , the other dogs were in my car, then this guy who I had never set eyes on before that day said "Look I'm going to have to go too- but here are the keys to my caravan stay as long as you need to- here is my phone number- I hope you find her."<br />
I sat in the strangers caravan and sobbed into my other dogs- with first light I phoned the police - no signs of her- I headed home feeling numb and heartbroken. As I walked through the door of my cottage the phone was ringing "Have you lost a dog?" Lucy - the kindest woman in the world- had found her exhausted, collapsed on the nature reserve, taken her home fed her, then taken her into work with her so I could go and pick her up- I never got around to thanking her properly I just managed "you're an angel thank you so much" when I picked Saffi up (so if you know someone called Lucy from Filey, thank her from the bottom of my heart) <br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gWuoH7HyQadilqgYsWp7Ivd904S9-6PYOMf2DDD8nqp2SZKYmopTX6r3MJjrZcfrLANBrp6j7lVEzrMSSsIRM6aNOtLSu4HevJEGYkhq7MR74W__q3fcX1Pez62p4hsQ2uK11vevZg/s1600/(26).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gWuoH7HyQadilqgYsWp7Ivd904S9-6PYOMf2DDD8nqp2SZKYmopTX6r3MJjrZcfrLANBrp6j7lVEzrMSSsIRM6aNOtLSu4HevJEGYkhq7MR74W__q3fcX1Pez62p4hsQ2uK11vevZg/s320/(26).JPG" tt="true" /></a>Anyway that evening the phone rang- it was the caravan guy (who as you have already guessed turned out to be MrP) We talked for 4 hours (not recommended when you have just had a throat operation by the way) - then he phoned the next night and the next- "Well I'm afraid you will have to see me again I want my caravan keys back..." </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It was my birthday that weekend - we had a beautiful weekend with fish and chips on the promenade and talking, lots of talking and laughing and eventually kissing... he took the throat thing in his stride.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMENV20rSuIrUamVyoD3t00Cv2bbH22bXvhkEarITOiWNxW3iOq9gPVRE0k5OKAGqSTS7ITx7YJjQDZXFmSS4ViFTTzgNeg_uU10VaLMvctzAbqGE8KPhhDAEr0RMyKNHZb7CaKWKEw/s1600/2005_0101moonshadow0123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMENV20rSuIrUamVyoD3t00Cv2bbH22bXvhkEarITOiWNxW3iOq9gPVRE0k5OKAGqSTS7ITx7YJjQDZXFmSS4ViFTTzgNeg_uU10VaLMvctzAbqGE8KPhhDAEr0RMyKNHZb7CaKWKEw/s200/2005_0101moonshadow0123.JPG" tt="true" width="150" /></a>4 weeks later I moved in with him (I know, fast mover...) and 18 months later we were married on a white sand beach in Africa (that was a whole 10 weeks ago now!) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I can't stand the word soulmate - but that is what he is- we love every minute we spend together- he dug up half of his immaculate garden so that I could still have my "allotment"- I bought him Riley for his birthday last year and he is learning to ride- we are loving life - together! My only regret is that I didn't meet him sooner so we could have had longer together...</div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-49732294856526835782010-04-20T14:57:00.001+01:002010-04-20T15:01:45.014+01:00Brownies and excusesI need a little help here...<br />
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I didn't make brownies on Saturday- MrP came home from work early and I wanted to show him the chickens then the migraine struck etc. So I made them today- well the ingredients were there and I needed to use up some eggs.<br />
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</div>I thought a little theraputic kitchen time may help get rid of the remains of the migraine<br />
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Thank you - by the way - to everyone who has sympathised about this migraine- I used to get the fluttery whizzy thing in front of my eyes and my vision would go and I would feel a bit odd and it would kinda lead to a headache - I would have a paracetamol and lie down and it would go- I used to think that people who took to their beds for days on end with them were wimps or drama queens- then this little baby arrived!! No appitite, nausea, strange dizziness, I feel like I have been wearing a hat 8 sizes too small for several days, whizzy fluttery thing, sunlight just hurt!, no energy whatsoever, ear ache, eye ache, pounding headache- the list goes on- I can't take migraine tablets as I take tablets that would be affected by them so I just have to stick it out- can I say if you are one of the people I have ever thought of as a wimp or drama queen I am so sorry from the bottom of my heart. I still have a headache today but that seems to be all it is now- thank goodness!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTyB_3ZVEvJBopqUsdMLUDQStnR-C-Xq9yEr9m-4zTiEL_r_vapU00jsary5Bujg8L_kMgL0I7AxMiknHVWNFUIl3iuKgQKHgDkhN-OCc_O-Y7Sk7djAqdkowmI5bsLqJOPNg_APZIQ/s1600/100_0564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTyB_3ZVEvJBopqUsdMLUDQStnR-C-Xq9yEr9m-4zTiEL_r_vapU00jsary5Bujg8L_kMgL0I7AxMiknHVWNFUIl3iuKgQKHgDkhN-OCc_O-Y7Sk7djAqdkowmI5bsLqJOPNg_APZIQ/s320/100_0564.jpg" wt="true" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrmnvDf-Gm2MvEb_qBfqIxtBp7FQWutRHLpm9rub-JJ25-k8934Gnk-n8qKh02GkJ-v2qfAqUTjemNeQ_hAvHoEMvXQ0tWL5k0qzwMJrHhzLB6CJ4U-Yf659BnslN9EoLnNBWl5aGCg/s1600/100_0563.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrmnvDf-Gm2MvEb_qBfqIxtBp7FQWutRHLpm9rub-JJ25-k8934Gnk-n8qKh02GkJ-v2qfAqUTjemNeQ_hAvHoEMvXQ0tWL5k0qzwMJrHhzLB6CJ4U-Yf659BnslN9EoLnNBWl5aGCg/s320/100_0563.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div>Anyway I digress- So I melted chocolate and butter - weighed and whisked- oh how I love baking- popped them into the oven and hey presto - brownies- yum<br />
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My problem is how do I explain the missing to MrP? <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmymrJNZ41syXOPLlqYX3JAqKr6Cj6HifhEDqT4G387aQCYXx4pv1GpZ_lAVFWjMMildDDOA1sre9kJAeaqEB4hCnk_2QAY-5FUDItpbrhRy6mAiLp9ZEZZ3M-TGseM3SCmq8Xfp8Bbw/s1600/100_0567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmymrJNZ41syXOPLlqYX3JAqKr6Cj6HifhEDqT4G387aQCYXx4pv1GpZ_lAVFWjMMildDDOA1sre9kJAeaqEB4hCnk_2QAY-5FUDItpbrhRy6mAiLp9ZEZZ3M-TGseM3SCmq8Xfp8Bbw/s320/100_0567.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">One is pretty simple- I was just tasting them to make sure they were okay- or- It broke so I ate it.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">But the second one is less easy- I thought of - it fell on the floor and the dog ate it- but I don't think he would believe that. Or Diane came round so we had a coffee and a brownie... but then he would ask about the dining suite.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHGdmPTYNRe6qAoLNuKIu4Y0hsjXbXMCa13lKVyeOF1K_0kcM16G43Ln233c4OJRHV7JMHa8KrikYeZj9Psxw8cOCCbf2o0f0gvSiRQhgUhCWdtYv5t3Sf-jOaVYDOEb1qMHnGb-s_Q/s1600/100_0571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHGdmPTYNRe6qAoLNuKIu4Y0hsjXbXMCa13lKVyeOF1K_0kcM16G43Ln233c4OJRHV7JMHa8KrikYeZj9Psxw8cOCCbf2o0f0gvSiRQhgUhCWdtYv5t3Sf-jOaVYDOEb1qMHnGb-s_Q/s320/100_0571.jpg" wt="true" /></a>I need tried and trusted pigged out on brownies excuses- any suggestions??</div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-23464449743907394552010-04-19T15:55:00.000+01:002010-04-19T15:55:25.875+01:00Award timeThank you so much Bad Penny for my award =O) <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well I'm replaying the nutter fact from my comment to you:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I once had a temping job at Nestlé putting the walnuts on top of Walnut Whips- so my job title was "nutter"- I wasn't very good at it though...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dr Shipman saved my life- yes weird but true Harold Shipman referred me to Harefield hospital in Middlesex many many years ago into the care of Mr Yacoub where I had some transplant surgery that saved my life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I once got through to the regional finals of Masterchef</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm terrified of moths</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My favourite colour is green</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can't eat shellfish- I'm not allergic or anything I just can't bring myself to eat it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have 5 beautiful grandchildren - 3 girls and 2 boys</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There and with that I crawl once again into bed to try and get rid of this migraine- I should emerge sometime next week...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which MrP enjoyed enormously - I took him breakfast in bed on Sunday - he has been working all hours recently and deserved a lie in- bless! (Less than an hour from laying to eggcup!)</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqrqyPSCsN-3t5o0Mv3Xw9liH2j6hwICZGd7uZVHo-01wQWXxpuMfS0z2jYB6Ls64qUQO5n8hAzF0ajnlrvsWqdZS1xqG3g1h3bRm_g6KqS81OkbUD6outo5a1-QN5WiEHkR01GDtmw/s1600/100_0534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqrqyPSCsN-3t5o0Mv3Xw9liH2j6hwICZGd7uZVHo-01wQWXxpuMfS0z2jYB6Ls64qUQO5n8hAzF0ajnlrvsWqdZS1xqG3g1h3bRm_g6KqS81OkbUD6outo5a1-QN5WiEHkR01GDtmw/s320/100_0534.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div>I have been soldiering on listing no end of stuff on ebay under the watchful eye of MrP making sure I wasn't "wasting time" playing on the computer- despite a humdinger of a migraine which had me crawling into bed twice over the weekend- MrP has agreed that listing things on ebay is one of the worst jobs ever though...<br />
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On Saturday afternoon in an effort to shake off the migraine - which tablets have no effect on at all- as I said I had crawled back into bed for a quiet lie down- only to be joined by MrP ("I thought I would join you") and Tequila the cat who likes to "look after" me when I'm not feeling good by lying on top of me and massaging gently with his claws and purring full blast in my ear- so I lay for a couple of hours between a husband and a cat, listening to next door vaccuming and their dogs barking constantly- MrP and Tequila were fast asleep! We got up and did a mad dash, seeing to horses and chickens and walking dogs - then off to the shops to buy a Scalextric set for MrP's business partners 60th birthday! I made the huge mistake of volunteering to drive so MrP could have a drink at the party and so sat for 3 and a half uncomfortable hours drinking diet coke, nursing a migraine and watching everyone else get drunk... great fun!<br />
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</div>Sunday the migraine got worse so I repeated the back to bed thing- joined once again by MrP and Tequila and this time lay for an hour and a half between a husband and a cat listening to next door's dogs barking, excited chatter as they had a barbeque and a tractor spraying in the field over the road. I'd had enough and decided a walk in the fresh air was the only cure- I have to say a walk in the woods near the cottage was bliss- the dogs loved it- it didn't shift the migraine but I did feel a whole lot better after this...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back soon with my award and 7 things you didn't know about me...</div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-71591461878380309882010-04-17T11:33:00.001+01:002010-04-19T10:20:53.525+01:00Chicken shopping and browniesI've been chicken shopping- too excited for words!! It was a lovely drive out in the countryside on this gorgeous bright spring day <br />
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All of your lovely blogs about the antics of your chickens have made me realise that I'm missing having them around- that and paying a fortune for a box of very mediocre eggs from the supermarket last week. <br />
I had said that I didn't want any more until we moved to the cottage, but what I want there is a few Pekins and Silkies to hop about the garden making it look lovely. <br />
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I have already said that I have plans to make the old hen house into a chicken palace ready for the Pekins and Silkies- but nestled behind that is the old nursery hen house (where I would put the young pullets to find their feet before Grace and Mabel started bossing them around) <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I looked sad, (now timing is the key to the kitten/pony tactic) shrugged and started peeling some potatoes- after a shower and sitting warm and cosy in PJs with MrP (he having put himself on the outside of a huge plate of pie and mash) I ventured- "If I can't have that cooker can I have a couple of laying hens up at the stable instead?" Deal done- hurrah!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGDlDe3WsuwSYLpGVZCdKLFKWzzDaS_3tR49uqZvwjqeVDLOtynTnUo_RTqcg1MvBo423rSS8z_r6HFyO98TuFiJqfeZkzoRHNIBqPBWeq3UwYZ9AWpe-jqDNt8-Lc9UXtn6DPvLMEw/s1600/img_0079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGDlDe3WsuwSYLpGVZCdKLFKWzzDaS_3tR49uqZvwjqeVDLOtynTnUo_RTqcg1MvBo423rSS8z_r6HFyO98TuFiJqfeZkzoRHNIBqPBWeq3UwYZ9AWpe-jqDNt8-Lc9UXtn6DPvLMEw/s200/img_0079.jpg" width="200" wt="true" /></a>So this morning I dragged the old nursery hen house round- it needs a bit of TLC and a good clean but that done should suit a couple of hens perfectly. I gathered a couple of fallen branches to put in the new chicken area for perching and pecking purposes- I now just need MrP to make me a couple of little gates and a chicken wire fence and I can go chicken shopping. It doesn't look much now but with a bit of grass seed and the bits of rubbish tidied away... must remember to move the rhubarb and rasberries too!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So as the saying goes- If you want chickens start by asking for a cooker.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The photo at the top is of my old cockeral Montgomery in "his" plantpot just outside the kitchen window.</div>MrsPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05323197586982855342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43647083581325671.post-82436497453906520072010-04-14T10:23:00.001+01:002010-04-14T11:01:12.485+01:00Knitting and e-bay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9C6BSUiIvsWRpxUfTV4nUy1PXM8vtwc8dzhRirhr7Ucj71FYA-SEqi8PyhxH3alhsEO4RY_dKSkxXf5Fue_64WvnhqMKeNfOJ7U7D3eVdLvkuxn5mq1Lk56xiix_31wWVcCQHtDvbQ/s1600/100_0465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9C6BSUiIvsWRpxUfTV4nUy1PXM8vtwc8dzhRirhr7Ucj71FYA-SEqi8PyhxH3alhsEO4RY_dKSkxXf5Fue_64WvnhqMKeNfOJ7U7D3eVdLvkuxn5mq1Lk56xiix_31wWVcCQHtDvbQ/s320/100_0465.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">My earth stripe wrap is getting quite big now (I really wish I had chosen a smaller project to teach myself to knit with- this is turning into a bit of an epic- the kidsilk yarn feels lovely though) and I need a bit of advice about what to do with the straggly ends. I thought it looked like it was going to be quite easy, as it was knit a row purl a row - that and I completely fell for it on the front of the Rowan magazine- but there are quite a lot of colour changes- I asked MrP's mum about these and she showed me how to change the colour, but she is now gone, so I have no-one to ask what to do with all the wool ends where I have changed colour?? Please say it is something easy which even I can do...<br />
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