When Han and I were wandering round Brighton the other day, we came across this in a sweetshop window. It’s made out of jelly beans…
Updates from January, 2010
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The Queen
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Snow and rain
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Digging Gordon out:
Weight of snow:
On our bikes for the first time this year:
We only just made it to the beach as the path was flooded:
Magnolia bud about to burst:
Squatting platform installed:
Wobbly video:
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Nice view
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Check out the view from J & M’s apartment in La Reunion:
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Palsied hips
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As readers may know, ever since my last Blencathra experience, my hip joint hasn’t been what it once was. I’m currently engaged in remedial stretching exercises that should ultimately allow me to ‘rest’ in this elegant position for minutes on end:
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Epic drama
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Settling down with Maza to watch ‘Our Mutual Friend’, we were somewhat surprised to find it ended sooner than expected, with some very unfinished business. We assumed it must be a new style of production, leaving most of the story to the imagination, as things seemed to happen with very little warning – until I checked the back of the box, and found what had taken us less than three hours to watch should have gone on for at least six. After fiddling around on the trusty laptop, and still finding only one episode on each disc, I donned my Arctic suit and scurried up into the attic. Lo and behold, if I sat through the closing credits of Episode One, and then meditated for a minute, Episode Two appeared. Similarly, with Episodes Three and Four, on the other disc. Instead of doing that, we had switched discs as soon as the credits for Episode One began, and had gone straight into Episode Three, the conclusion of which (that is to say, the credit rolling we should have sat through, which would have led to Episode Four) was so unsatisfactory.
So, tomorrow, we will have to watch Episode Two, to find out why Episode Three was all over the place, closely followed by Episode Four, which should wrap up some unresolved issues.
Checking the reviews over at Amazon, a few people complained about missing episodes and the abruptness of the ‘ending’.
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Winter blossom
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View of the snowy garden from the dining room, showing geraniums flowering happily:
Closer view
Closer still
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Last of the ham
Heel requiring exfoliation
Woozle track in front garden
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Snowman
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Spotted this snowman on the walk back from station. It’s so big my head only came up to the top button.
The epic snow here seems to have sent the locals into a frenzy of hoarding. We popped over to budgens for a bit of bread to find the shelves pillaged of all nourishment! There were tales of customers buying 16 bottles of milk – surely one can’t drink that much milk before it goes off!?
Anyway, given the amount of turkey in the freezer, we should be fine for food for a while…
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I can vouch for the slanket’s cosyness. My Gibbs secret santa gave me one – the blue one to be precise. Most cozy on a cold evening.
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Winter? Summer?
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So both Han and I have lost our voice now:-( the house is now silent apart from the sound of arms whistling through the air, performing universal symbols of tea, food, etc…
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Slanket
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These might be the perfect solution for life at the homestead in winter – especially for those venturing into the attic of an evening.
