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201/365 Lookout, there’s a heatwave about…

July 20, 2013 By Ellen

Honest, I think it’s all gone to our heads. I spent most of today in the office of a Sunday Newspaper and the other item on the rolling news – apart from the none-arrival of the third in line to the throne and the sad death of Mel Smith – was the dangerous weather. Reporters the length […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, heatwave, summer, warning

199/365 if you can’t get to the beach…

July 18, 2013 By Ellen

    Boy Three decided he would build a beach in the garden complete with sand, stones and driftwood.   Posted with Blogsy

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, beach, heatwave, summer

What’s your soundtrack for summer?

June 21, 2013 By Ellen

We’re all going on a summer holiday, summer holiday….  We’ll not quite yet, Cliff. But it’s close enough to get excited about it. Close enough to have a huuuge list of stuff to do first.  Oh, we do like to be beside the sea side, beside the sea side, beside the sea. Let’s face it, […]

Filed Under: Cumbrian cottages, music, playlist, spotify, summer, summer holidays

136/365 a bench mark for summer

May 16, 2013 By Ellen

Two whole days the sun has shone, brightness all around. The light has streamed in and started to turn my head. I’ve found myself thinking about linen trousers, sun tan lotion and barbecues. I was so far into a fantasy about sitting outside, shades on, reading the papers and sipping a cup of Earl Grey that before […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, bench, chores., drill, flatpack, summer

Another bloody birthday…

May 28, 2012 By Ellen

Who needs a luxury cruise for their birthday? Or how the hell did I get to be 45 all of a sudden?(Warning: a middle aged navel will be gazed at.)Another one, lovely as it goes, in the sunshine of my sister’s garden. But really, it is not, cannot possibly be, twelve months since the last […]

Filed Under: age, birthday, middle age, summer, urgency

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