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This is almost my favourite day in the year - it is the point at which the sun turns round and goes north again (at least that is how I see it - and from now on the days get longer. OK I know the...

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Health news : still the catarrh persists - and it seems to be drying up and not too much coughing in the night - we can but hope Weather news : the heat wave (!) continues with everyone talking a...

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In one way booking flights for January has settled things a bit. IF they need to be booked I keep putting it off until I think we might find they are booked up - or have become too dear - but bec...

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The sun is out - and it is C13 degrees - and apparently this is the middle of December - but thank good ness for some warmth. The catarrh is still rolling around nose and throat - and I think I j...

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I could do with a good night’s sleep - the cold is taking its traditional course - clogged with catarrh, sore throat, sore ears - starts developing. blowing nose - throat eases, then catarrh clog...

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The first real frost of the winter this morning - and I had to scrape the car before gingerly going out to see what conditions were like - and get the Sunday paper. On a Sunday we take the Sunday...

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It is oe degree Centigrade- there is a combination of rain and sleet - my cold is clogging up my head - I need the sun. So here is one of my favourite beaches in Spain and and

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The weather has really turned cold and I have a cold!!! Felt the beginnings last night and I have catarrh in my nose and throat - no sneezing yet - but mighty uncomfortable. I should have seen th...

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We had an excellent meal last night with a whole group of people - but the service was not great. It shows how popular the place was that there was no way we could be on one table - so we were on...

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This evening we start the Christmas eating season - a meal with members and partners of a group who invest in shares - and SW.. is the only woman member. Needless to say she holds her own with th...

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Just to clarify, I did paint the card in the last entry - some readers my remember a framed painting I put up a couple of months ago - and this was another one of the same kind - making it square...

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The rain has stopped here - I can see blue sky - and luckily we live on a hill - but there is chaos still where the rain is still falling and the rivers are in flood. The weather front just stopp...

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Went to a concert by the choir I sang in for a long time. I never regretted giving up - mainly because I could not always find time for rehearsals - but I did enjoy singing, it a great therapy b...

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In our road there is a woman with two kids who rents a property - I know she is divorced, and has a boyfriend who lives there too. She is very fit, and i see here come out in leggings and top - s...

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.....I could not move away, and she was leaning over me - gazing into my eyes...... Yes, I was having my eyes tested by a very nice young woman who wore shiny black tights with a short skirt - wh...

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All my bits seem in working order so far. The doctor checked urine yesterday and clear of diabetes - I always take a sample when seeing the doctor just to make sure - I am the only one in my fami...

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EDIT - I thought I might not have time but I can at least write something for the last day of the month - St Andrews Day (for the Scots) which certainly trumps Cyber Monday - whatever that is - a...

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Did I mention the rain? - It is coming in big showers - virtually horizontal at times, and with thunder - please God, show us the sun. At least we have no reason to go out - although I hope to fi...

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Reading many of the Thanksgiving entries it looks like family get togethers can be fraught - that’s why I always shudder when they say that Christmas is a time for the family - very often it is t...

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Winter is rolling in this weekend - we are having torrential rain - then in comes the cold air - snow on the hills possibly - maybe a bit on low ground - and this keeps going until Sunday. So the...

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I suspect I have put this Norman Rockwell picture up most years for Thanksgiving in the US - it was from the series The Four Freedoms in 1943 - and this was Freedom from Want - the, as Rockwell s...

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Just to keep the sequence going

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to keep it up (as the bishop said to the actress) - of course I mean writing or putting something up (hmm) every day. Went to the cinema yesterday evening. We do not go very much because the soun...

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