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About Barbara

Born in Dublin, living in London with Peter, and our dogs Woody and Lilly

A walk with Wilson

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Barbara

Yesterday a friend of mine posted some lovely photos of a walk in Windsor Great Park with his dog and I giggled as there wasn’t any dog in the photo. Today I took Wilson to Hurst Park in Molesey and … Continue reading →

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Weekly Pet Challenge (Not Wilson Challenge!)

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Barbara

Introducing Lilly Plankton, who since Wilson arrived has had very little airtime, or any other time for that matter.

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My Best Photo of The Week (Week 12)

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Barbara

I am rarely up at dawn, but in winter it is a little easier for me!! I this photo as the sun rose one morning on Langstone Village as we were waiting for our boat to be lifted out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Boats, Chichester Harbour, Hayling Island, Langstone, Photography, Water | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge; One

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Barbara

I love the spot this solitary bird has chosen to fish.  He’s making it clear that he is the only one with any fishing rights For other interpretations of ‘One’ have a look at Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge 🙂

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Michelle’s Weekly Pet Challenge Week 9

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Barbara

Wilson has a pet too.  He sleeps with him & carries him around the place when he wants to look super cute. After dinner every day Wilson goes to find ‘Scuppy’ & brings him into whichever room we are in. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cocker Spaniels, Pets, Photography, Wilson | Tagged | 10 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Barbara

As Michelle says in the Weekly Photo challenge, having a dog does indeed mean going for walks daily, often more than once a day.  Where the habit comes in for us is where we chose to go for our walks.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Cocker Spaniels, Keeping Fit, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Photography, Surrey Hills, Teenagers, Walking, Wilson | Tagged , , , , , | 13 Comments

Grannymar’s Sunday One-Liners (Wk 3)

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Barbara

As a slight variation on Grannymar’s Sunday One-liners; here is one of my Sunday George W Bush Favourites “I’m the commander — see, I don’t need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s … Continue reading →

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My Best Photo of The Week (Week 11)

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Barbara

I am way behind with posting at the moment, and when I get this far behind it is hard to know where to start!!  I have lots and lots of photos to post, but picking just one to move forward … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Boats, Hayling Island, Langstone, Photography, Water | Tagged , , , , , | 14 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Barbara

I know I’m a bit late for this week’s Photo Challenge.  I’m running a month late on most things at the moment so a few days past the deadline is good for me! When you are on a boat the … Continue reading →

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Michelle’s Weekly Pet Challenge

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Barbara

Wilson has been waiting for me to get back online and get posting his super photos of his bike trip for Michelle! Don’t worry… we didn’t go far or fast.  I think he thought it was some kind of strange … Continue reading →

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