Monthly Archives: November 2012

Travel Theme; Soft (2)

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Barbara

My children having a wonderful time in some deliciously soft mud 🙂 Here’s my first ‘Soft’ Picture & story To find out more about this weeks Travel Theme, hop over to ‘Where’s My Backpack?‘ This week’s Travel Theme is Soft!

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Glorious November Sunshine

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Barbara

That title sounds like a bit of an oxymoron, but today really was a beautiful sunny day. The only hint that it is actually winter rather than spring came at sunset, which unfortunately was just after lunch (it seemed) at … Continue reading →

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Soft Renewal :) Two photo challenges in one

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Barbara

Renewal is very much a spring word, it’s hard in November to find current photos that bring renewal to mind! Of course the seasons are cyclical, and this season is necessary to allow for the new growth in spring, but … Continue reading →

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Travel Theme; Soft

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Barbara

In Ireland we have an expression “It’s a soft day thank God” A soft day theoretically is a day when the rain is very fine, but often the type of rain that soaks you to the skin without you really … Continue reading →

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Travel Theme; Sunsets

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Barbara

I love taking photos of sunsets, and have managed to enter plenty of them already in the Weekly Photo Challenge : Silhouette!  In the end I posted 4 sets of photos, and I had lots more to chose from. My … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge; Renewal

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Barbara

I very rarely am up early enough to see the dawn, let alone photograph it.  A few years ago we decided to take our boat from Windsor to Rochester in the Medway at the mouth of the Thames. The river … Continue reading →

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Oh Help!

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Barbara

I’m 1 stone above my ideal weight and 2 stone off the weight I want to be! For a former anorexic, this is not good news!! The last time I was this heavy I was about 7 months pregnant!  No … Continue reading →

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Travel Theme; Bright

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Barbara

The weather in the UK this summer has been a bit damp to say the least.  March was beautiful, and much warmer & dryer than normal.  Water levels in reservoirs dropped, so many water companies in and around London imposed … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 6, 2012 by Barbara

Originally posted on streams of perpendicular thought.:
Toilet roll installations! (Sakir-Gökcebag) via [iGNANT]

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I’m Dyslexic…. so i’m allowed post this!

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Barbara

I love ‘Amateur Transplants‘ although some of their material is seriously inappropriate, especially for doctors! The video above is only a few seconds long. This one below is also is brilliant (about 3 minutes long), and reminds me of the … Continue reading →

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