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judie
Salvador Dali
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 Posted - 01/06/2010 : 22:49:48
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that is a good way of looking at life Jules. and I hope it works out that way,
There was someone on freecycle down this part of the world giving away a kiln. just the transport would have been the problem |
judie
Women are Angels... And when someone breaks our wings... We simply continue to fly... on a broomstick... We are flexible like that!
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jeannie
Da Vinci
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Posted - 02/06/2010 : 08:39:18
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its amazing what people will give away - and what people have the nerve to ask for!! i've seen requests for stuff thats very "current" - it amazes me how people have the cheek to ask for stuff like that, esp when they could be selling it. chris did get some boot stuff of free cycle last year but was upfront what he wanted it for and the people that gave him stuff didn't care - they just wanted shot of it.
jules - fingers crossed your dad ok for a good while yet, at least your mum will get a break when they are with you. It must be awful when the person you married changes through ill health and yet is still that person underneath.  you must keep looking for that person but grieving that he/she isn't properly there any more. |
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all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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jules4154
Salvador Dali
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Posted - 02/06/2010 : 09:06:36
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It is hard Jeannie but he's 72 this year so he hasn't done to bad considering all the things he's been through, he's a tough old bird.  |
Jules.
'Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.' Adair Lara |
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Lorna S
Salvador Dali
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/06/2010 : 12:47:40
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It's been a very good day here so far. Had an enquiry about a commission from the head of international business delelopment for a Norwegian company.
He spotted some of Rob's work in a gallery here and then looked on his website. Wants to commission a couple of architectural works for their offices in London, feels that Rob's style will appeal to Scandanavians.
We might even be getting an on site visit and costs
I have checked it out and it seems fine on the face of it.
Anyone else been approached or know it to be a scam?
If it is, it's a damned good one because it's convinced the old cynic here |
"I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes."
Sara Teasdale
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jeannie
Da Vinci
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Posted - 04/06/2010 : 08:23:32
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gosh i hope that is genuine Lorna - what an opportunity!!
I can see Robs style with its clean lines would go well with that sort of image they have, uncluttered with a few defined focal points.
Its a style i'd love to have but somehow ours is rural norfolk dirt style I'd love loads and loads of cupboards to put all the Stuff that accumates but still we end with books everywhere (me seems hassle just taking one upstairs and then the library ones have to stay down so i don't forget them) then there's things like shoes, coats, letters, tv remotes, tissues,photos, paintings (!!) candles and matches ( we get lots of power cuts is my excuse..) somehow it all turns into family detritus, its not actually alot but just looks it- its worse when the kids are here because then we get they're stuff too, paper pens and pencils, chess set ( the current craze) cards, more shoes, lots of mud, dog hair ( and dogs..)....
one day - when we have charles "little flat by the sea" thats what i'll aim at - i'll pick one with loads and loads of cupboards |
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all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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Lorna S
Salvador Dali
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/06/2010 : 18:22:01
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Well it was genuine and the commission is for two 1 metre x 1 metre paintings to hang in their new Art Deco office building in London
He phoned us back today to go over the details, very nice surprise the whole thing.
On a different topic, my neighbour brought these two little hornets (we think) nests she swept from the roof of her shed. They are as light as tissue paper and very delicate.
We've re-homed them somewhere they won't do any harm to the pets
I'm off on me doggy hols now in the caravan....have pugs will travel
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"I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes."
Sara Teasdale
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judie
Salvador Dali
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jeannie
Da Vinci
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Posted - 05/06/2010 : 10:28:07
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they are amazing structures aren't they - just wish they and the wasps wouldn't keep deciding our loft the ideal place to nest i feel really mean getting the pest man in - why won't they use the trees and stuff outside??
great news on the commission - its really good to hear it was genuine!!
have a relaxing holiday - weather is fab ere again tho rian forecast for tomorrow. hopefully it'll be at night then i don't have to water and can enjoy the sun during day :) thats my ideal.
we've been having lots of strawberries from the polytunnel and my sweet peas are doing really well...must be that horse manure everything gets planted in, charles was a bit wary at first and not keen on eating the veg but once the manure has rotted its looks nothing like horse cr*p, but just rich fibrous compost. makes things grow and where we've been putting it on for a few years such as the veg patch the soil is so differnt from rest of garden where its like a rock this time of year - its rich, crumbly and so easy to work. potatoes soon  they're doing well. |
www.jeanniezelos.com
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all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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jeannie
Da Vinci
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Posted - 13/06/2010 : 17:36:30
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hmnn... Scooter 1 jeannie 0 i'm very naughty about swirching it off when i stop just to quickly do something and a couple of days back leant to side and forward to pull a bit of weed from round a plant. and of course being impatient i also have it on top speed all the while ...hit the reverse button with my elbow, sent it shooting backwards ( it does stop automatically but takes a couple of seconds.) and i went shooting sideways - " ohhh F**k" as i hit the deck.. lucky its only a few ( more) bruises but for a few days i'll be more careful. it just seems so pointless switching off to switch on 3 seconds later..
everything with disability is so slow its frustrating. the stairlift takes 45 secondstoget upstairs so i have to take my book with me - i asked the engineer to speed it up but he wouldn't - i think he had visions of gremilins for those who remeber the old lady zooming through the roof...but its such a waste of time.. |
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all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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Kos
Picasso
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Posted - 13/06/2010 : 19:52:56
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| Brilliant news for Rob Lorna, well done... |
Kos Marton
http://www.kosanamarton.co.uk
"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." Marilyn Monroe
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Lorna S
Salvador Dali
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14/06/2010 : 08:36:31
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Oh Jeannie, I had visions of you shooting backwards at top speed
Hope you are on the mend and the bruises not too bad.
Know what you mean about the frustration of a go-slow though, when I break things (like ankles/feet/fingers often!) it's like the world has to slow down and it takes ages to do anything or go anywhere.
At one of the sites we stayed at last week there was a man with a broken foot, his poor wife was doing all the setting up, emptying and everything else by herself while he was laid up like a lord When they went out in their car he was stretched right across the back seat too, and happy as a sand boy he was. I guess some take to it better than others |
"I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes."
Sara Teasdale
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jules4154
Salvador Dali
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Posted - 14/06/2010 : 14:12:35
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Jules.
'Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.' Adair Lara |
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Ros C
Da Vinci
United Kingdom
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jules4154
Salvador Dali
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Posted - 14/06/2010 : 15:39:19
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You're right Ros... it should. It'd help if I could see properly, I've got an infection in both eyes but I think I'm just a bit of a numpty bint atm. |
Jules.
'Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.' Adair Lara |
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Lorna S
Salvador Dali
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14/06/2010 : 20:10:21
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I went away last week for a break and to do some more family research on my maternal side.
http://www.morroch-bay.com/
If you click on the cliff drive here you'll see the bay we were headed for. Didn't stay there (couldn't afford that even if I could climb back up!) but we went part way down because this is where my great great grandfathers cottage was, Morroch Bay. There were family members there until 1950's .
My great aunt was hauled up that track on a trailer when one of her pregnancies went a bit awry, it's not for the faint hearted.
My great uncle Jacob McCracken Smith lived there with his neice Martha Galloway until he died. They ran boat trips around the bay and over to Portpatrick, Martha also ran a tea room.
It's been quite an education, I learned that my great grandfather died of sarcoma in the stomach...weird, it's quite rare and that's the same type of cancer that I have.
Really enjoyed the trip and next I'll be moving to the other side of the family partly in Ireland and partly Arbroath. It's keeping me busy anyway |
"I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes."
Sara Teasdale
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