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as break from doing my accounts  ...... something more exciting was called for ....... a trip to the supermarket

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mixed up on the shelf i suddenly realised i had the makings of a "study in black & blue"

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i'm not really sure what it's all about.

but i think pasta plays a pretty big part.

home,

late summer evening.

the light was different this morning, and it actually felt like autumn.

how can it have come round so quickly again?

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being off work is so amazing.

today we visited not one, but TWO national trust properties.

i took enough photos to see me through the rest of the year!!

but i promise not to cheat.

 

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we went out for the day with friends,

and were busy having so much fun 

that i hardly took any photos.

so you will have to make do with yet another picture of my ever-expanding crochet project.

nearly there, now.

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wind, rain, cold, medieval persons hiding in tents, but the english make the best of these things and always have room for an ice cream .......

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good to get a few minutes away from the office desk this afternoon into the warm sunshine ...... here is a worm's eye view of st thomas's .....

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spent the morning at the calbourne antiques fair and thence a stroll round the corner to good old winkle street which always makes for a good choclate box photo! .......

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here is Kadialy Kouyate from Senegal playing on the cora at the Rythymtree festival on Sunday. One of several superb performers

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gretchen says HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELEN !

......... and the move of D&A went well with time to spare with our little gathering for all at guildford

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a day spent with an eye firmly fixed on weather forcasts for tomorrow's outing with van to guildford

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picnic on blackheath common.

strange, being in town on a sunday.

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birthday time!

and a snatched bit of sunshine between thunderstorms.

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some days, all you can do is try and get through the day.

suffering, post-birthday drinks.

completely self-inflicted.
not cool.

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this morning, on the south bank.

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hope this good weather can last into the weekend for big moves and birthdays ...... and to the bank holiday monday!

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there was some seriously good stuff going on in our kitchen tonight.

i can not understand people who aren't bothered about celebrating birthdays.

any excuse for a chocolate cake!

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the evenings usually fly by on work nights,

but tonight's felt long.

there was no rush to get things done,

just enjoyed the down-time.

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in case you wondered what re-enactors do for lunch .......

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worked with my accounts today - my least favourite task of the year ........ hence praying that my figures will balance at the end of the process

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the book maze in the royal festival hall.

i am thinking about ditching the bookshelves

and doing this in our living room.

i only need to buy about another 50,000 books.

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saucy knights' underwear, in case you were wondering  ......

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the A team.

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saturday afternoon on the river in cambridge with good friends;

it was baking hot and we had quite an adventure.

later, a lovely dinner and a film.

then an impromptu visit to the park to look for shooting stars.

a perfect summer's day.

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the gas men have had to dig a large trench right through our veg patch,

so the day ended with a hasty harvest of the remaining potatoes.

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self-portrait, 

thursday.

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i wondered if maybe i post a disproportionate number of pictures

of the sky;

but then when i thought about it,

i realised that actually,

i really do spend this much time looking at the sky.

and besides,

if constable could do it,

why can't i?

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visited osborne house today and took a look at the beach which was opened last month ....... all very nice (ice creams were most welcome on this scorching day) although the beach had disappeared under a high tide!

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spent a good bit of saturday at the garlic festival, looking at stalls, sampling foodstuffs, having a go at archery, listening to some live music and conversing with alpacas

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just caught this gull taking off from the church hall roof

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afternoon light

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there has been an explosion of chillies on our windowsill these past few weeks ...

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....... it's one of the mosaic making activities at brading using coloured cubes !

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after a wet morning the sun came out and the medieval encampment dried out

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there are times when there seems nothing around to photograph and then something unexpected happens ....

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more entertainment at carisbrooke today (and the rest of the week) all with a medieval theme ..... here we have the hurdy gurdy man playing away

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sunday morning by train into london, the streets deserted! ......... after the book fair a brief look round the british museum while it was SO quiet ........ then the afternoon at D&A's new flat which is splendid

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saturday, and across the water with a boot full of furniture for D&A's new abode!

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collected a few more experimental pots yesterday, one being my first go using porcelain clay

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sunday in the garden.

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a weekend on the island.

sun, sea and sand.

i do miss being near the beach ...

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london really is looking rather nice at the moment.

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i love bees.

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what a cracking fine day ....... had lunch outside on the cafe verandah at brading, looking over fields above which two hawks were weavening a sky dance

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this morning, coffee and croissants.

today, looking up.

tonight, exploring d & a's new neighbourhood.

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my latest crafty project is coming along,

although i am still many miles from a cushion cover.

sigh.

 

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whenever it's winter i think,

in summer i'll get up an hour early

just to enjoy the quiet

and the daylight

while i can.

in summer, i pull the duvet a little higher

and imagine i never have to leave ... 

hi, morning.

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the castle was besieged by kids again today in a special event training secret agents ........ a role play army sargeant spent the day recruiting kids and barking orders at them in rifle drill and negotiating an assault course ........ my ears are still ringing ....

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it's funny how you live with something daily and suddenly see it in a new light   ...... sorry  ......  :o)

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still in an artistic mood after the weekend I offer up a minimalist work entitled "black hole"