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156/365 Blogging – you know it makes sense (even when it doesn’t)

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The image of the day is the Panther of News‘ blog. He’s dusted off the Rantparrot and put up another post. I’m featuring him here because, aside from him being very funny, when he’s directing his, erm, enthusiasms to his blog, then I don’t have to listen to his rants quite so much. Meanwhile, with a view […]

155/365 The lolly

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Well there you go, just when you had resigned yourself to not turning the heating off or painting the toenails, along comes summer. What? You paint your toenails all year round. What madness is this?  And because it was hot, we had lollies. 

154/365 Laundry… awash with inspiration

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A move towards order, folded things anyway… see my nice PJ bottoms on the pile there… Yuk, it smells as bad as you’d expect. It is apparently self-replenishing The big picture – note instructions in big letters on the dryer door. How so many smalls can make a big… It’s the children’s art gallery too… […]

Scottish Roundup: Temporary Accommodation

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Life on A Small Island’s sunset From time to time I get to edit the Scottish Roundup of blog posts, rounding up the best recent posts and dishing them up. I really enjoy trawling through blogs that are new to me, ones I haven’t seen for a while and ones that are totally new. The nominations […]

Vertbaudet: Clothes fit for a king

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Boy Three has decided that he is royal – the king, no less. And therefore won’t do anything unless there is appropriate kowtowing. Or at least the buying of biscuits. Unfortunately this was the day he got to try out his new shorts and sandals from Vertbaudet. So he’s spent all day loftily waving me away saying […]