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Well said JACKIE on your advice to LIN. It IS draining on the person listening, but the person who needs to talk is so much helped when we just listen. I get a bit of the same from Maria. Her sons don't really understand what she is going through and sometimes a non judgmentall friend is a friend indeed. No jollying up.…

Oh PATSY, how horrible for you. I was beginning to wonder if you were okay. Please rest and get well very soon. Sending love and a big hug, Anne. XX

"It's a dogs life". No, I didn't know JACKIE. Thanks for the info. I meant the very opposite of course. Talking of Jilly Bean, today she is definitely on the mend. What a relief, I was rather worried for two or three days. We are just settling down for the evening. These days with my few channels, Saturday night is the…

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We had a lovely visit with Michael who turned up in his new works car. Love it. The colour is Persian green which is a sort of deep blue with a greenish tint. He brought a can of pure organic pumpkin purée for a recipe I found on the internet. Bean is absolutely wild about these cookies! So after we picked up a nice new…

Pretty teaset LIN, and if that photo came from the UK, those meringue nests will be totally edible. I'm surprised I didn't emigrate looking like a battleship. I think in those days the key was everything in moderation. My first errand when I visited England was to the bake shop to buy their version of a pastry lined…

JACKIE, glad to read Shirley Bassey is still around! A good night ditty for BOB and for the next rain burst. The rain it raineth on the just, And on the unjust fella, But it raineth harder on the just😇💦 'Cos the unjust stole the just's umbrella.😋☔️ Sigh, Anne.

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Well George your birthday is almost over. Jill and I hope it was a good day with lots of barking at strange men and we hope you got your birthday toy back from that naughty Betty and she didn't leave teeth marks in it. Pats from Anne and a nose lick from Jilly Bean.🙃🐶❤️

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Heavens no SANDY, Jilly is 4 years old the same as Katie and just like Katie is still a puppy at heart. Didn't word very well. I meant to say George must have been 4 years old when Jilly came to live with me at 10 weeks and already, SHE is now 4! And George is 8. Times gone by so quickly. No Dorio today, a British chap…

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It's almost as if our bodies are happy with the present weight JACKIE because however hard I try I simply can't get lower. I'd be happy with 2 lbs lower, but no, virtually impossible. Hard to believe George is 8 years old! The same age as Jill's present age when she came to live with me at 10 weeks old. Doesn't time fly…

Stayed the same......didn't keep it up for long here SANDY. Normal eating means stuck back in the same old groove.

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Mark came over and cut the back lawn. That alone makes the place look tidier but he also swept up debris and cleared Harry's side of the property. The enormous thistle that was peeping at me through the kitchen window is a goner. He was all of 6ft and a bit with enormous thorns! I wasn't idle, I cut yet more branches into…

Hi everybody. I remember, which is probably not quite right JACKIE: Whether the weather be cold, whether the weather be hot, Whatever the weather We'll weather it together, Whether we like it or not. I'll be back later because Beans got an upset tum and I've decided to stop buying store treats but make my own. The one I…

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Morning all, just when my gum has the odd twinge and I'm on the mend, I went into the garden yesterday and spent roughly four hours cutting things back to some semblance of order and guess what! Harry's insect population rallied to the cry of "its Christmas dinner next door lads" and descended on me in my garden and today…

BOB. Love the way the sunflower is looking down on Jean. Almost as if it's saying Mama, lol. Actually it's rather like the Bean stalk in "Jack and the Beanstalk". And will it continue growing upward? Tell Jean to watch out for descending ogres just in case. Although I believe she's okay because it's Fee fi fo fum I smell…

Just wanted to add before I go outside again, super impressed with LINS harvest. Oh dear Lin, you will get the bug now and hardly wait all winter for spring! Annie.

I'm just sitting with a cup of coffee after 2 hours weeding and cutting back trees and bushes on Maria's side. What a job! I've still got to cut branches into manageable lengths. Exhausted right now but I'll get over it after my coffee. You can imagine it's a cooler day. I don't think anybody on our group takes offence at…

When I think of the "great" one south of the border "he who shall be obeyed" I think of Omar Khayyam: The moving finger writes and having writ moves on Nor all thy Piety or Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. He will be remembered that's for sure! And a lot of his claims on…

I've just been in the front garden cutting back branches and weeding. I figure if I do this amount every morning in the relatively cool air we should be weed free and less jungly by November. Jilly wouldn't agree with your "we are all connected" LIN. She bravely barked at all passing dogs until a chihuahua came to say…

Thank you LIN. Hope you woke up with a better throat. Sympathy sent. Take care of yourself, Anne.

SANDY works her miracle again! Much appreciated Sandy. If you can't quite make out the words I can print them. All about becoming rich but still being loved as before. Yeah, I'm a romantic. Knocked out of me years ago, but it's back! Love a long lasting love story. Anne

Writing about Victorian sentimentality earlier I found my Gawan grandads (who died before I was born) favourite song on u tube. Celtic Woman "I dreamt I dwelt. in marble halls". Absolutely beautiful rendering I thought. Any idea how to show it on here. I suspect PATSY with her Irish roots and love of music would enjoy.…

Especially for BOB, his JEAN and the sunflowers. Oh, the heart that has loved truly never forgets But as truly lives on to the close. As the sunflower turns on her God when He sets. The same look that she gave when He rose. I know.......I'm an out-of-time soppy Victorian! Enjoyed your poem! And good morning fellow…