tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49267791514669459872024-03-18T19:55:58.594+00:00Olive And PruEclectic Musings of a Woman of a Certain AgePollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.comBlogger715125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-26331127780094023572024-03-18T09:01:00.006+00:002024-03-18T09:06:09.598+00:00Shopping and Imbibing<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">Last time I was here my daughter and her partner had to work some of the time. I didn't mind because I'm happy to take myself off exploring. This time they have had the whole time off and it's been a different experience. I'm all for "Lets go and see that church/station/museum" whereas they are "Lets shop till we drop then head for a bar for a few drinks/chats/laughs". I did a fair amout of the former last time I was here so I was happy to do the latter. We've also done a fair amout of eating out, breakfasts and lunches, and relaxing times at home, talking, painting nails, reading, a few drinks and a bit of napping. </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">M</span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">y favourite </span><u style="font-family: Paprika;"><a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2022/04/birthday-girl.html" target="_blank">breakfast</a></u><span style="font-family: Paprika;"> place from when I was last here has gone. The whole block has been demolished to make way for a very nice upmarket supermarket. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AyLOArYamYoNyWcjCJdvtld4F1CzEUn_Gcom85_wjugnKGcApJQFK25pETPWqTh0cB7l2OelxoIxpcfVHJtID9JbwjPi8MifIikSTEGRBKdy1IuX1aR6x99xuFVW1tE179aT6l39PLauw7hl-Rs4mMw6luYh0PBjCLbm7XZcJzV7tg4nP1CtuX5Cz_CH/s3863/Oz24%20ferry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2260" data-original-width="3863" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AyLOArYamYoNyWcjCJdvtld4F1CzEUn_Gcom85_wjugnKGcApJQFK25pETPWqTh0cB7l2OelxoIxpcfVHJtID9JbwjPi8MifIikSTEGRBKdy1IuX1aR6x99xuFVW1tE179aT6l39PLauw7hl-Rs4mMw6luYh0PBjCLbm7XZcJzV7tg4nP1CtuX5Cz_CH/w494-h289/Oz24%20ferry.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_A3MwomanLDZXPsvRJHB6tJokl0sDawy6ZqLKbqlPJNjh92qbbCr4pD9qf_WgaK5gonr_kCbyJwuFX74tqrvZIXILrJNsSY3nM4RmgeTOw2HH-eZPw79mOy0q8pZpa7_sdOSsfDcHFuBba1frcf8DFsHi9gRnQWcpF3SiITLUX60eec1RTxP61SgkBwj/s3483/oz24%20ferries.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2468" data-original-width="3483" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_A3MwomanLDZXPsvRJHB6tJokl0sDawy6ZqLKbqlPJNjh92qbbCr4pD9qf_WgaK5gonr_kCbyJwuFX74tqrvZIXILrJNsSY3nM4RmgeTOw2HH-eZPw79mOy0q8pZpa7_sdOSsfDcHFuBba1frcf8DFsHi9gRnQWcpF3SiITLUX60eec1RTxP61SgkBwj/w494-h350/oz24%20ferries.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like travelling on the city cat ferries</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIEeRtGb5csnBH09rB80ZXCZB_T-3kH75hcW6b32FuzMnGCWxt_j2hTw3hipfsyu24P3wcB64xBUIyRb0CHBLiqN7weTXByIyMc7QoqJn26YfO7PO_FLxCuFn5-OUKJxbDgmNELobuPV1j7xhXSr0Z8Q-LQcVGbmEjnyrsz837AmMt_5SCPkaHnGigJQm/s3837/Oz24%20riverside%20houses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1902" data-original-width="3837" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIEeRtGb5csnBH09rB80ZXCZB_T-3kH75hcW6b32FuzMnGCWxt_j2hTw3hipfsyu24P3wcB64xBUIyRb0CHBLiqN7weTXByIyMc7QoqJn26YfO7PO_FLxCuFn5-OUKJxbDgmNELobuPV1j7xhXSr0Z8Q-LQcVGbmEjnyrsz837AmMt_5SCPkaHnGigJQm/w496-h247/Oz24%20riverside%20houses.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">admiring the riverside houses</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSrIlMod2UDAw25KH08wja48S6ThJGy12Qgf7JJeh4QqyZnM_-z9XQA6OhNx_UPFIDxv1_K2fRr01yl1KUSGTW6Dg5l_PRK_PjStCj0h9PcAAooramq5xHj6UCTwI6Cp-3bFkotrfDEDQWXVT7VP-ho0K3MgI_SHZGj0wiLy3x_1fAND81LQTR0wm2uG5/s4160/Oz24%20river.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSrIlMod2UDAw25KH08wja48S6ThJGy12Qgf7JJeh4QqyZnM_-z9XQA6OhNx_UPFIDxv1_K2fRr01yl1KUSGTW6Dg5l_PRK_PjStCj0h9PcAAooramq5xHj6UCTwI6Cp-3bFkotrfDEDQWXVT7VP-ho0K3MgI_SHZGj0wiLy3x_1fAND81LQTR0wm2uG5/w498-h374/Oz24%20river.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The walk along the river is very nice.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqD60UMsmemSfvVcUcsLKnek1GXtXquy06Iwa2DGIjH3H-qXpiJetKCwL8gCYFR5wdYkwUi4-lSUKippE5UYGpCWFm_7P6aIBAt-SycxwYm60XXv3Dd5_aZA1_YVO1AKZDZowl08Oxrk3ti5zUUAiMR6qiJyN3WkX6hHlx58Yb6Z5xu60oAwGU3Y7_FSrj/s4160/Oz24%20tower.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqD60UMsmemSfvVcUcsLKnek1GXtXquy06Iwa2DGIjH3H-qXpiJetKCwL8gCYFR5wdYkwUi4-lSUKippE5UYGpCWFm_7P6aIBAt-SycxwYm60XXv3Dd5_aZA1_YVO1AKZDZowl08Oxrk3ti5zUUAiMR6qiJyN3WkX6hHlx58Yb6Z5xu60oAwGU3Y7_FSrj/w362-h485/Oz24%20tower.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjlDvFxjzd9oxNQIDSjgHWdKc2k4DBQXaAN5DkB9tQENUdLL2HH9QsjZJVfBtQQiigfMpzBr7lKfpqdESI8i23QhNMcr-Fj08y1LHC8D8GSM64CykoVQyBU5BUsJxsq9IbpTSUsJES70ExwHbhuNfBQxk41Unf98sRBIYQyT7cwbZtxjRWOEcEhNZQ9pd/s4160/Oz24%20big%20wheel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjlDvFxjzd9oxNQIDSjgHWdKc2k4DBQXaAN5DkB9tQENUdLL2HH9QsjZJVfBtQQiigfMpzBr7lKfpqdESI8i23QhNMcr-Fj08y1LHC8D8GSM64CykoVQyBU5BUsJxsq9IbpTSUsJES70ExwHbhuNfBQxk41Unf98sRBIYQyT7cwbZtxjRWOEcEhNZQ9pd/w361-h481/Oz24%20big%20wheel.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkT3hMybq6hcYEbzZbl-b8eM4ex-Zr-_6tTrm9RynFaDU3omJFVwohKgrYtEzIRgvNnQ8E8Qx4WAlUX6UuZ_cPpH388n8v8ySCRbh5gBUe3Op4J35lLOVNejghFaU5pSHwzpOBqg1wn57d1bcACJFnlAzqH0pqCy5EYECuKNYLdZhCzmYGbYVL_pZS1ft/s3851/Oz24%20night%20lights.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="3851" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkT3hMybq6hcYEbzZbl-b8eM4ex-Zr-_6tTrm9RynFaDU3omJFVwohKgrYtEzIRgvNnQ8E8Qx4WAlUX6UuZ_cPpH388n8v8ySCRbh5gBUe3Op4J35lLOVNejghFaU5pSHwzpOBqg1wn57d1bcACJFnlAzqH0pqCy5EYECuKNYLdZhCzmYGbYVL_pZS1ft/w400-h324/Oz24%20night%20lights.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The South Bank area of Brisbane is lovely with parks, pretty night lights,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">night market, lots of eating places, bars</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVkZvicLu6_cL08MIuSGd3roVefQ5UMHp4rUOLBh_10Ivn7_aXTvc5coNJvOkx8ccaPMup8sJUWBXnDRE4GqHgNHOrdvsgmGJr8SDGRSpBSbjl5dlDHDrc8CdrUMvfCMaHwrA6welbse6kg5mhSfm_qBRWsdL_kFwGZeXOOecZvX-GnoSyetqNe93-EJ-/s4160/Oz24%20beach.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVkZvicLu6_cL08MIuSGd3roVefQ5UMHp4rUOLBh_10Ivn7_aXTvc5coNJvOkx8ccaPMup8sJUWBXnDRE4GqHgNHOrdvsgmGJr8SDGRSpBSbjl5dlDHDrc8CdrUMvfCMaHwrA6welbse6kg5mhSfm_qBRWsdL_kFwGZeXOOecZvX-GnoSyetqNe93-EJ-/w400-h300/Oz24%20beach.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and a very popular purpose built beach.</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We've had a mixed bag of weather, sun, cloud and showers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">oOo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">The </span><u style="font-family: Paprika;"><a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2022/04/meet-pets.html" target="_blank">pets</a></u><span style="font-family: Paprika;"> are good</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gImWFGQfo0KmKuW_qt6D3IsfPpypHnhfjkTz1ol1D3UfzABfAhwVF-lC2UZ3Uo92bu_d0C0HrZxylKYmmUCHjY5ehE4Hy8Yc6mpRujm2zlAzLlRHCk6xgHIluXfdQ4Y4H_O9MRl6mem9jSm3IM5lHMhvvZ54zP6aFQD4iEt12AmlfkCTN-2FbgLBJqEY/s4160/Oz24%20Lloyd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gImWFGQfo0KmKuW_qt6D3IsfPpypHnhfjkTz1ol1D3UfzABfAhwVF-lC2UZ3Uo92bu_d0C0HrZxylKYmmUCHjY5ehE4Hy8Yc6mpRujm2zlAzLlRHCk6xgHIluXfdQ4Y4H_O9MRl6mem9jSm3IM5lHMhvvZ54zP6aFQD4iEt12AmlfkCTN-2FbgLBJqEY/w330-h440/Oz24%20Lloyd.jpg" width="330" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Lloyd has some mobility issues but is still enjoying life.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWLIo8gqJS0wkkzy5GGvWV6E3zYSG_04zAXPYRrIvGQk5TljJ7k_fTsJjuK1cnmampQ2Iypy7XBqtiY6USAgG_NCPHcdUDmt5Z4i0-dJQY-A7OPg0OQuYuUO9H-nZPhprL9Y4ir20qU4Lrh2l-CZvNeAIdt7hiY68AeyO48-UkGrD9LDHiPSSNJQ4MzZC/s4053/Oz24%20Arlo2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="4053" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWLIo8gqJS0wkkzy5GGvWV6E3zYSG_04zAXPYRrIvGQk5TljJ7k_fTsJjuK1cnmampQ2Iypy7XBqtiY6USAgG_NCPHcdUDmt5Z4i0-dJQY-A7OPg0OQuYuUO9H-nZPhprL9Y4ir20qU4Lrh2l-CZvNeAIdt7hiY68AeyO48-UkGrD9LDHiPSSNJQ4MzZC/w347-h220/Oz24%20Arlo2.jpg" width="347" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbIXEN4yHJMjpd0CPkeUb9wjDowb53ggpM6B8LUzUOgNqr0qcLsTY59zQVYZ9qpJv6S4hq_jRZ2lmUU2v_ERIelprKNGT6pqXGWhRg0Jw5SJIq6Bc9vv0dcpmqyPb4CSvcSv_RZ3qi0GtEvQUHKW52WNNxD1fGNZyGm6hqsNwQtvRjLFWTougsbpkTB3-/s3992/Oz24%20Arlo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3992" data-original-width="3120" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbIXEN4yHJMjpd0CPkeUb9wjDowb53ggpM6B8LUzUOgNqr0qcLsTY59zQVYZ9qpJv6S4hq_jRZ2lmUU2v_ERIelprKNGT6pqXGWhRg0Jw5SJIq6Bc9vv0dcpmqyPb4CSvcSv_RZ3qi0GtEvQUHKW52WNNxD1fGNZyGm6hqsNwQtvRjLFWTougsbpkTB3-/w172-h220/Oz24%20Arlo.jpg" width="172" /></a></div></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;">Arlo is doing very well. S</span><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;">till enjoying rolling around in his favourite garden spot, and joining me on my bed! </span>He is ver</span>y affectionate when it suits him.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We're going to a basketball game now, spectators, not playing 😄</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: #b65805;">∼ Be warm and well∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="color: #b65805; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x </b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i></div></span></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-24299745082447288502024-03-14T10:54:00.000+00:002024-03-14T10:54:20.964+00:00A Good Read<span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><u><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sMrQMWu1F1Dg_WzR-W6o3AtEEBmAhUyRaaatCfQ5tflO06fH4SWW24Yff_wohnw4WiAT-Bn-xjbquYm03uQHr7W5D_L1cvVnBIl4zAf3TTr2bOuwqTkdFxn4wepWVejDm6ybhb6Q5f8x0r55vvGsWlcIt0lmqR91E3WScDVFv2Da6v7ulYlrlI8kA2gZ/s3998/The%20Tenant.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3998" data-original-width="2985" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sMrQMWu1F1Dg_WzR-W6o3AtEEBmAhUyRaaatCfQ5tflO06fH4SWW24Yff_wohnw4WiAT-Bn-xjbquYm03uQHr7W5D_L1cvVnBIl4zAf3TTr2bOuwqTkdFxn4wepWVejDm6ybhb6Q5f8x0r55vvGsWlcIt0lmqR91E3WScDVFv2Da6v7ulYlrlI8kA2gZ/w274-h367/The%20Tenant.jpg" width="274" /></a></div>The Tenant by Katrine Engberg</u><br />When a young woman is discovered brutally murdered in her apartment, with an intricate pattern of lines carved into her face, Copenhagen police detectives Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner are assigned to the case. They soon establish a link between the victim, Julie Stender, and her landlady, Esther de Laurenti, who’s a bit too fond of alcohol, and hosts raucous dinner parties with her artist friends. She is also a budding novelist, and when Julie turns up as a murder victim in the still unfinished mystery she’s writing, the link between fiction and real life grows both more urgent and more dangerous.<br />But Esther’s role in this twisted scenario is not quite as clear as it first seems. Is she the culprit—or just another victim, trapped in a twisted game of vengeance? Anette and Jeppe must dig more deeply into the two women’s pasts to discover the identity of the brutal puppet-master pulling the strings in this electrifying thriller.</span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #5fc543; font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-12689639-7fff-dce4-a869-cc8f5f03033f" style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span>∼ Happy Reading∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div></span></b></span></i></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x</b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-20946727822928505732024-03-10T10:40:00.006+00:002024-03-10T12:13:01.016+00:00G' Day<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Greetings from down under. Yes dear reader I'm in Oz visiting my daughter, and this time my eldest daughter is with me, which is lovely, on holiday with both my darling daughters, and my Aussie daughter's girlfriend.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpR3TQCKE9rusITTVs5IukWiDyYEXf6VbLVj9OoQW-21aXLkYy4NJUyhG1F8T_kpxU7OSL0sSTp2I9l7_yd5_q49r0SVXbXhxNaeVf09Wg5mErHchnhW6hVHAQS5IriM1nW6qHqQ4ELp_k_RQ8Kwx7KHn8Hhfx1tx8HeSPodJz8EfdA3Xqnh21JyKKb0P/s4160/IMG_20240309_120411166.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2827" data-original-width="4160" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpR3TQCKE9rusITTVs5IukWiDyYEXf6VbLVj9OoQW-21aXLkYy4NJUyhG1F8T_kpxU7OSL0sSTp2I9l7_yd5_q49r0SVXbXhxNaeVf09Wg5mErHchnhW6hVHAQS5IriM1nW6qHqQ4ELp_k_RQ8Kwx7KHn8Hhfx1tx8HeSPodJz8EfdA3Xqnh21JyKKb0P/s320/IMG_20240309_120411166.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">My daughter arranged the flights and chose China airlines because their prices were much cheaper than Singapore, Malaysia and Ethihad that I was looking at, we saved about £500 each. I was sceptic at first, but the flights were just as good as other carriers that I have used. I didn't like the meals though, the breakfasts were ok but not the mains.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">We were very lucky with the long leg from the UK to Taiwan, the plane was only about two thirds full, one whole section was empty and once the meal was finished with we asked if we could move there to sleep. I slept quite well across three seats. My daughter not so well, she doesn't like long haul flights, and she is tall so she couldn't get comfortable.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Taiwan airport is huge </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7FK2czv90-8KOl0egXe7EiEuOd3VRg7UHFw1xV_lyBG5NsdNr2y-V-iHwPrNfBdhYv34WMNOmY6-u8_jDo4eL23FK1cyutXIKzVhwVjQxHdGTiGAtJ1hUy6LfScuFvk7s7CDgFJzXEhZCZyWRhFbnxjWMJ59lLoVRaH_tuYlXCkFZQfOOyyl5l_fU8_B/s4076/Oz24%20Taiwan%20arch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It has been governed i</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">ndependently of China since 1949, but the </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">People's Republic of China views the island as a renegade province and vows to eventually “unify” Taiwan with the mainland, </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">using force if necessary. </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">Tensions are rising. </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">Beijing has taken increasingly aggressive actions, which includes flying fighter jets near the island. </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">Some analysts fear the United States and China could go to war over Taiwan. We didn't know any of this when we booked the flights, I just hope nothing escalates before we return home!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">oOo</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBh7W7WZfTU9gw_i1mNtceSsoDsEphRGTmzeF1tt4tpzOofpeJES_a6zAbpE2WzkLksvKQL25jZvLjyv24HJsQOfk0k_6k3mCv85Zq4Mxnh5jSQPlWTmlpE7UMu9bARzts2eUTTG71teWQKgetKrIK1LEnWoHh-sMhaq1nj-R2SLVW_HtSeCWjHMaMAUFa/s4160/Oz24%20card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBh7W7WZfTU9gw_i1mNtceSsoDsEphRGTmzeF1tt4tpzOofpeJES_a6zAbpE2WzkLksvKQL25jZvLjyv24HJsQOfk0k_6k3mCv85Zq4Mxnh5jSQPlWTmlpE7UMu9bARzts2eUTTG71teWQKgetKrIK1LEnWoHh-sMhaq1nj-R2SLVW_HtSeCWjHMaMAUFa/w400-h300/Oz24%20card.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">On a lighter note, I have had a lovely Mother's Day. It's the first time my girls have been together to celebrate it since they were living at home. After a leisurely breakfast we walked down to a farmer's market.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVgOY4fWFA7J2EFVIZ4fWdeqWAltEpwvQwxEgaeZS4gGrkP7LD6n4tCxmtE-nB5k7SVH3RiHCkKRTpYCm2qIbdtbJmmbpOG6KX6tS414qxhESwckjUIUXpZbslor-SSehsET7CtACvqYKpM-3lgouRdgxiOJUFx943JOcjKpohKsCncfxbTU8sr6E0FcK/s4160/Oz24%20doggie%20hats.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2738" data-original-width="4160" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVgOY4fWFA7J2EFVIZ4fWdeqWAltEpwvQwxEgaeZS4gGrkP7LD6n4tCxmtE-nB5k7SVH3RiHCkKRTpYCm2qIbdtbJmmbpOG6KX6tS414qxhESwckjUIUXpZbslor-SSehsET7CtACvqYKpM-3lgouRdgxiOJUFx943JOcjKpohKsCncfxbTU8sr6E0FcK/w291-h192/Oz24%20doggie%20hats.jpg" width="291" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-X9c3ZG6T0WqS0pwLkLi3GYWrkluKYmyHEOR3iiVDmhTRWhDnPGTXmwHCzprzIXA2WvKpLyGRLTuywiyzauAOoKtNHR6ambx-SjK_UD5C0dHmy2gOgqRhc1ofA24yXktIwrydFv5N3xKReSaMKtrscQfyqXEu70mQy-DGGiXiopuaY_WnTQ_TXuKmi8L/s1920/Oz24%20dog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;">Later, back home my lovely daughters made afternoon tea. Assorted sandwiches - egg mayo, tuna mayo, cheese, ham and tomato, we had wine and delicious cakes.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xxdxLKlobTH-umYdh9wngPD5PhIB1W6ft1EMWHDNG-i8JgSlPV6oIstdyDrT1fyi7uZ-xuoqU4AjB6Fk4-kUx9jk7nOdJ6pJEtj0JtTaDYoPpa3_KBaLvPAy8l6GoDnrJ5AUj73Dft-i1Xy8fj_6PNoI2Bs-RA2QPWReEUbhGhY2MMKaZG0WPEBeUNVM/s3369/Oz24%20cake.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2813" data-original-width="3369" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xxdxLKlobTH-umYdh9wngPD5PhIB1W6ft1EMWHDNG-i8JgSlPV6oIstdyDrT1fyi7uZ-xuoqU4AjB6Fk4-kUx9jk7nOdJ6pJEtj0JtTaDYoPpa3_KBaLvPAy8l6GoDnrJ5AUj73Dft-i1Xy8fj_6PNoI2Bs-RA2QPWReEUbhGhY2MMKaZG0WPEBeUNVM/s320/Oz24%20cake.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">I chose this pecan, caramel and chocolate tart.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was so rich I couldn't eat it all in one go!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow we're having a retail therapy day 🛍</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #87f6cc;"> </span></span></span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: #05aaaa;">∼ Be warm and well∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="color: #05aaaa; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x </b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="color: #05aaaa; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-33835086142365371652024-03-05T19:38:00.002+00:002024-03-06T00:41:57.687+00:00Rufus' Diary<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Hello dear reader, I hope you are well. My news is - I've had fleas!! I don't know where I picked them up, the vet said they can be in the garden, humans can pick them up on their shoes, or the most common cause, from other dogs. I was given a HUGE gravy tasting tablet thing to eat and before long they were migrating from my skin to the ends of my fur. Polly and her daughter had a great time combing and picking them off, all the while Polly was saying die you ******* die. Language! Whatever is in the tablet is ok for me but poisonous for fleas so although I've only had one or two small ones on me they won't live, and the whole house is regularly sprayed to kill any eggs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">What a lot of rain we've had. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMr3wd2sGSogojaTPhk6BVg047gwTqsU9G2wWKC5tYuFmHmhWTq5Xx6jgHOi4BGr7On3bhEQa4EebtzumORHzgbmenmaUMqBIPWtzwScEXtGXj_0Y8VVj4ugfdAj5p-gQbDKowPxCRoRnYGdSlICb0UA3Es3N-BMJNTU-RwYdQ7x3IIaPFk1Jr_fSd6b9n/s4160/Rufus%20diary%20March24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMr3wd2sGSogojaTPhk6BVg047gwTqsU9G2wWKC5tYuFmHmhWTq5Xx6jgHOi4BGr7On3bhEQa4EebtzumORHzgbmenmaUMqBIPWtzwScEXtGXj_0Y8VVj4ugfdAj5p-gQbDKowPxCRoRnYGdSlICb0UA3Es3N-BMJNTU-RwYdQ7x3IIaPFk1Jr_fSd6b9n/w489-h366/Rufus%20diary%20March24.jpg" width="489" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">The level of water at the stream is high, we haven't been through it for ages. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxw-8z_C1-zm8hmSffXGlQy0kFfwHlBfiAkcDftnAJ5lLTCkCJ7iMRUo36Ri68LA4EQNZlUcnSbfpdFjNU7pJ78VwgI6Vmgdy7Yd6RNZLSHrMkPKLdl94Sir4geDUjtPwPUmRcoJph2cbbnwSruLcmz2cdG3kZMqi1-XdmAJFXXDP9KWsiKWkFXHuouoX7/s4160/Rufus%20diary%20March23%20culvert.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxw-8z_C1-zm8hmSffXGlQy0kFfwHlBfiAkcDftnAJ5lLTCkCJ7iMRUo36Ri68LA4EQNZlUcnSbfpdFjNU7pJ78VwgI6Vmgdy7Yd6RNZLSHrMkPKLdl94Sir4geDUjtPwPUmRcoJph2cbbnwSruLcmz2cdG3kZMqi1-XdmAJFXXDP9KWsiKWkFXHuouoX7/w494-h371/Rufus%20diary%20March23%20culvert.jpg" width="494" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">You can just about see the culvert that channels water from the fields.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibUeGZaqo5T_taA6gr8GSCcAYg0DlOV4V5CNg-hJPqnKitoMUaLV5zrqGw6OaxvmEM3WqX1vAYAVoqn_cTmYSHZmwkeZinasR4BhDeFqjyMdZJPQFVO8FkTfg4Wfc5C-fcryjQ_UZhRH8cHjTSCfT6Zs7-dqMMs81PTRPPBhFOa4YPB0nwx-k68_aNwta/s4160/Rufus%20diary%20March24%20stream.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibUeGZaqo5T_taA6gr8GSCcAYg0DlOV4V5CNg-hJPqnKitoMUaLV5zrqGw6OaxvmEM3WqX1vAYAVoqn_cTmYSHZmwkeZinasR4BhDeFqjyMdZJPQFVO8FkTfg4Wfc5C-fcryjQ_UZhRH8cHjTSCfT6Zs7-dqMMs81PTRPPBhFOa4YPB0nwx-k68_aNwta/w499-h375/Rufus%20diary%20March24%20stream.jpg" width="499" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">It has been worse though, we've seen the water level up to that bridge.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnDf_whyEXs9NsCBOHMO0VU1Q64wRP_25zsswN4MwTz9TfwxS9pR4HfzAATlM5yPAZSWxdfhkjxQKZ28aY17iPjCoaJj5W3Zl2xuv2PQAYUAlmGSh1Y7JLaeztVji5K8qC98dyFrgc7C1BjTF0hpji7DztopeNYq9Ye2qJD6bkMiAiYOr2gLf9eoA_1f8/s4160/Rufus%20diary%20March24%20bonfire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2742" data-original-width="4160" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnDf_whyEXs9NsCBOHMO0VU1Q64wRP_25zsswN4MwTz9TfwxS9pR4HfzAATlM5yPAZSWxdfhkjxQKZ28aY17iPjCoaJj5W3Zl2xuv2PQAYUAlmGSh1Y7JLaeztVji5K8qC98dyFrgc7C1BjTF0hpji7DztopeNYq9Ye2qJD6bkMiAiYOr2gLf9eoA_1f8/w500-h330/Rufus%20diary%20March24%20bonfire.jpg" width="500" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">The bonfire area is filling up again.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy98eWyoHf9WV-7M8IzYcq_JXvnxjIFPm7fsTtYvRqmGdl3oNCXW2ptZ3NtSiMOBH8vaK-82F0fErZFw6AH_AODlJLZKpDRV7I2wPLJyYxvoSRBv3cIegulSoCMicxX4RfNnGpRa0EJEJ-2qq81iyRMy8yuoHRFzWBxkf5pItmH5m2dQJiCFv9annhxLhf/s4160/Rufus%20diary%20March24%20chair.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy98eWyoHf9WV-7M8IzYcq_JXvnxjIFPm7fsTtYvRqmGdl3oNCXW2ptZ3NtSiMOBH8vaK-82F0fErZFw6AH_AODlJLZKpDRV7I2wPLJyYxvoSRBv3cIegulSoCMicxX4RfNnGpRa0EJEJ-2qq81iyRMy8yuoHRFzWBxkf5pItmH5m2dQJiCFv9annhxLhf/w502-h377/Rufus%20diary%20March24%20chair.jpg" width="502" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I love this chair, I fit it so well, I use it more than Polly nowadays. She tolerates me using it because she doesn't like it anymore. She's had it for years but although it's super comfy it's big and bulky and she wants to get something more modern, hmm if that happens I guess I will no longer have my own chair!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><b><i>∼ </i><i>Be safe and well ∼</i></b></span></div><p style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b></b></span></p><div style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><i><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Rufus</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> 🐾 </span></b></i></span></div></span></div><div style="color: #38761d;"><br style="color: black;" /></div></div></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"> </span></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-29979180221235109502024-02-29T11:17:00.002+00:002024-02-29T11:18:33.047+00:00A Good Read<span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><u><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrClMNf7oiR5CLQgH7r0IBn-L4s7hQk3WuNi8pFhqfgj_j8fqFty5h8SLYzKx08DY12Krt_i_OeHFM9klXls7DGNXCe3qwT28ZeGuDMxyhnu95ix885LYMkoR7cJiy6Ro5vaSDJyqqDvIBhk-L1f7UOehCD7bfmVSH7ELOAGHKMvuZfNoPfCoJyVT0ieg-/s4160/Transcription.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrClMNf7oiR5CLQgH7r0IBn-L4s7hQk3WuNi8pFhqfgj_j8fqFty5h8SLYzKx08DY12Krt_i_OeHFM9klXls7DGNXCe3qwT28ZeGuDMxyhnu95ix885LYMkoR7cJiy6Ro5vaSDJyqqDvIBhk-L1f7UOehCD7bfmVSH7ELOAGHKMvuZfNoPfCoJyVT0ieg-/w256-h341/Transcription.jpg" width="256" /></a></div>Transcription by Kate Atkinson</u><br /></span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">The novel begins in 1981, Juliet Armstrong was 60 years old, and while she was distracted by her thoughts, she was struck by a car when she attempted to cross the street. Her story is told between 1940 and 1950 before landing back in 1981 again.<br />In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet was reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathisers, the work was both tedious and terrifying. But after the war ended Juliet presumed the events of those years would be relegated to the past forever.<br />Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realise that there is no action without consequence. Juliet discovers one is never entirely free of the spy business. Once a spy, always a spy.<br />One of Juliet’s thoughts from 1981: <i>"The Russians had been their enemies and then they were their allies, and then they were enemies again. The Germans the same – the great enemy, the worst of all of them, and now they were our friends, one of the mainstays of Europe. It was all such a waste of breath. War and peace. Peace and war. It would go on forever without end".</i></span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /><br />This is an ingeniously plotted story, so much so that I initially had difficulty working out what was happening. But I did, and as usual, with Atkinson's novels, I thoroughly enjoyed it.</span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-c077b258-7fff-0289-b891-fcc8a77e2f60"><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-12689639-7fff-dce4-a869-cc8f5f03033f" style="color: #058ba0; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span>∼ Happy Reading∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div></span></b></span></i></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="color: #058ba0; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></i></p><div style="color: #058ba0; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x</b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></div></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-16899553701181858552024-02-23T20:26:00.000+00:002024-02-23T20:26:03.060+00:00Lunchtime Concert<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmFygoH6T_ykJ9I1ClC1U-hTbAn5AU2oxuHhQT8FKxDl9mANj74CfT9CsmB5F2ITQk7S1HpswYaFwREiSaefvqQD7pR1XXosTNwKRkpzC-NxJngQuBSM_Elb8-2TiA-spzzGjbgQRZPMAi9FQVvZYkWYfHsl91z8PplK9LlwvhWbJfYwQsJMKvc-j6OTD/s640/Cathedral%20piano.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="640" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmFygoH6T_ykJ9I1ClC1U-hTbAn5AU2oxuHhQT8FKxDl9mANj74CfT9CsmB5F2ITQk7S1HpswYaFwREiSaefvqQD7pR1XXosTNwKRkpzC-NxJngQuBSM_Elb8-2TiA-spzzGjbgQRZPMAi9FQVvZYkWYfHsl91z8PplK9LlwvhWbJfYwQsJMKvc-j6OTD/w519-h322/Cathedral%20piano.jpg" width="519" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Today's Cathedral Concert was Juanjo Blázquez, a brilliant Spanish pianist</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKCqVCvqw4PPPQTwqBW2xf7NnRsFZ5XDjA-m40moVPJ_1FKXcXoTav6w4a31UkKgu2A7wuyAMbx7SGEksX1nu74m0nOeuL3axJLYirAWqCy-D1E6OIke8H8ERrOhiGr3cf0zXH_u4Dh4pikQ1i6J1Gctr4rbMECrT6KMyEGyCTBtfjk1iCBtJtmAAQ96I/s2541/Lunchtome%20concert%20programme.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2490" data-original-width="2541" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKCqVCvqw4PPPQTwqBW2xf7NnRsFZ5XDjA-m40moVPJ_1FKXcXoTav6w4a31UkKgu2A7wuyAMbx7SGEksX1nu74m0nOeuL3axJLYirAWqCy-D1E6OIke8H8ERrOhiGr3cf0zXH_u4Dh4pikQ1i6J1Gctr4rbMECrT6KMyEGyCTBtfjk1iCBtJtmAAQ96I/w400-h393/Lunchtome%20concert%20programme.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">unfortunately the programme was not to my taste,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I stayed for most of it though.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AEByRBRNIQuUHMU1enbKqBPZ2wEmKe61ujhTJ2lBYfo0rpWcCjQ1WKyVSzPL3SoTBHBFafe4n4FohiGuEVxPc1SOxPLzJ8tL1huwTIpnHqkP8a4-HUHRra8ufCsIwX-113xN_a8LrSYf5bNDMBvBiumaSpm55iEd_cJKdVMHZn4UegPiARQJkONG5h3f/s3662/Lunchtime%20concert%20cathedral.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="3662" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AEByRBRNIQuUHMU1enbKqBPZ2wEmKe61ujhTJ2lBYfo0rpWcCjQ1WKyVSzPL3SoTBHBFafe4n4FohiGuEVxPc1SOxPLzJ8tL1huwTIpnHqkP8a4-HUHRra8ufCsIwX-113xN_a8LrSYf5bNDMBvBiumaSpm55iEd_cJKdVMHZn4UegPiARQJkONG5h3f/w459-h391/Lunchtime%20concert%20cathedral.jpg" width="459" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">The weather was lovely with glorious sunshine which changed to rain and hailstones in the afternoon!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuGvjHX7nrR0U5s0OCE0ApyGLhdLAXUpq82W8THdebrjqwLxmARD7Tu7gEW8P01hVsAflAqrZBH-Hq3qP7gP2kd56C13JptmrA6Ndv4_HwxqG3sQCjuF8xB8J0GZCBVFMm7Mh5CIw-bzwDJBc9VyHS1yGYdtUKoeJVKwYA1ONmNM3dArfKFn6ektyjRYI/s1080/Rufus%20diary%20March%2023%20collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuGvjHX7nrR0U5s0OCE0ApyGLhdLAXUpq82W8THdebrjqwLxmARD7Tu7gEW8P01hVsAflAqrZBH-Hq3qP7gP2kd56C13JptmrA6Ndv4_HwxqG3sQCjuF8xB8J0GZCBVFMm7Mh5CIw-bzwDJBc9VyHS1yGYdtUKoeJVKwYA1ONmNM3dArfKFn6ektyjRYI/w454-h454/Rufus%20diary%20March%2023%20collage.jpg" width="454" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Despite lots of rain signs of Spring are all around</span></div> <div><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: #6200ff;">∼ Be warm and well∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="color: #6200ff; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x </b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-59810224356918327902024-02-18T12:16:00.002+00:002024-02-18T12:16:11.816+00:00A Good Read<span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><u><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1MBvr5lBA0TI_GzFswphQtqBXl8lD6SChUj4-dQ54KVdxxV535X3p4D3LVm6ldxptf4eq_hNFYihaMf7_w9DiAttzAGOQTiP57DXsxte6rioo8gjT85zt85JETFjSoCNje0wr00QGDzxdegvkUk9XOAWIXgFoaHtWwP5_DZWi3zih7Oei57kmmEjnfHE7/s3586/The%20Family%20Upstairs.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3586" data-original-width="2999" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1MBvr5lBA0TI_GzFswphQtqBXl8lD6SChUj4-dQ54KVdxxV535X3p4D3LVm6ldxptf4eq_hNFYihaMf7_w9DiAttzAGOQTiP57DXsxte6rioo8gjT85zt85JETFjSoCNje0wr00QGDzxdegvkUk9XOAWIXgFoaHtWwP5_DZWi3zih7Oei57kmmEjnfHE7/w335-h420/The%20Family%20Upstairs.jpg" width="335" /></a></div></u></span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><u>The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell</u><br /></span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">For her 25th birthday Libby Jones inherits an eight bedroom mansion in London’s SW3 - the heart of Chelsea. Most people would be over the moon to own a house in that area of multi million pound homes, but the house is dilapidated, and has a very sinister past.<br />Told from the points of view of Libby, Lucy, and Henry, in both the past and present, this disturbing family drama begins with the previous owners of the house. The Lamb’s were a wealthy couple with two children, Henry and Lucy. Martina (the mother) liked helping people and invited a homeless charismatic stranger named David and his family to move into their home. But David wasn’t as charming as he appeared to be. He was malevolent and manipulating and before long he had turned the house into a commune and had the family obeying his every whim, all except Henry - he wasn’t falling for David’s charms, not one little bit!</span><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">The story builds slowly and steadily, developing the characters and revealing their roles in the plot. It's a fast compelling read.</span><div><br /><span style="color: #058ba0; font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-12689639-7fff-dce4-a869-cc8f5f03033f" style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span>∼ Happy Reading∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div></span></b></span></i></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x</b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></div></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-33440824338911966992024-02-09T18:55:00.016+00:002024-02-09T23:50:14.649+00:00Rain Stops Play<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Today I should have joined my u3a bus pass group for a trip to Harlow. My village is surrounded by countryside and fields and when we get a lot of rain the roads get flooded, not bad floods, (lots of people have to deal with much worse than some water on the roads). Roads into and out of my village were flooded, and more in the next village. It was possible to drive through the water but single file and slowly, so my journey took longer which meant despite leaving a bit earlier I was late arriving at the meeting point and missed the bus.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Many people who know Harlow think of it as not a nice place for a day trip but there are some nice parts of the town, and our group leader had arranged a tour of the Gibbert Gallery, I'm disappointed to miss that, but I'm sure my friend M and I can go another time. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">However, missing the bus meant I was able to attend the formal opening of my village church's new servery and toilet, attended by the Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch, the new Archdeacon of Chelmsford, a few reverends and lots of villagers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5mvq9Mc-e85oG3-Ca3bxa8Ai_tZGMZIxxCpMjgJkgMX-3uaWAO1IrfkgPdwlbii5XjQQHK2DcOf5pa0AMThDVSR5YLK390SPUBwPolpPWbEZXCsP5asZj_AWi0ifx6z0hT8tBiT6b_6CTP8P48q-wTdJdBe-9VC2JqjE1ShpAp5I7s5p4xrLJbP12-2px/s4160/Rain%20church.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5mvq9Mc-e85oG3-Ca3bxa8Ai_tZGMZIxxCpMjgJkgMX-3uaWAO1IrfkgPdwlbii5XjQQHK2DcOf5pa0AMThDVSR5YLK390SPUBwPolpPWbEZXCsP5asZj_AWi0ifx6z0hT8tBiT6b_6CTP8P48q-wTdJdBe-9VC2JqjE1ShpAp5I7s5p4xrLJbP12-2px/w500-h375/Rain%20church.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">It was a nice do with hot drinks and cakes, which always go down well 😋</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">oOo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">We have had a mixed bag of weather here in the UK - rain, wind, mild, cold, freezing cold and sunshine.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFTaj85hCWbXchSl2BMEqDHVJrNCbO5ZDizHXdB4zDWmViZ-xpmTLv7ACZiegD0ObEhYIDikBd5y7wSAwVFfP1nBTBbPb37jjFV9C-ZwHq0EPhT8HOVp-pXzpgfx6cY8mlBFCuOCkuUKm0LaoZ2MlFRB4WjaIIbUskWOSW-EqPlWhnbD7oJ5T6l85lqZ4/s3528/Rufus%20diary%20horses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2737" data-original-width="3528" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFTaj85hCWbXchSl2BMEqDHVJrNCbO5ZDizHXdB4zDWmViZ-xpmTLv7ACZiegD0ObEhYIDikBd5y7wSAwVFfP1nBTBbPb37jjFV9C-ZwHq0EPhT8HOVp-pXzpgfx6cY8mlBFCuOCkuUKm0LaoZ2MlFRB4WjaIIbUskWOSW-EqPlWhnbD7oJ5T6l85lqZ4/w502-h389/Rufus%20diary%20horses.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3q4cjhZaxTVhb09wDgSo-oksrAXf3oUy7PDzoGsphEu3YtUbnSncUXsgCeTSs-S40AFfIxoJYOJSMz0htohibD3ovlKDMYGmWk7ZXrCFXamsUZlPLRqDmK5UV3nvRpp0CWBOCNxnRuR2jSZeK7r0oOicZ70XJWbqwKZi-9XYUgvo8bYlai3ER3PpwW6F/s4160/Rain%20walk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3q4cjhZaxTVhb09wDgSo-oksrAXf3oUy7PDzoGsphEu3YtUbnSncUXsgCeTSs-S40AFfIxoJYOJSMz0htohibD3ovlKDMYGmWk7ZXrCFXamsUZlPLRqDmK5UV3nvRpp0CWBOCNxnRuR2jSZeK7r0oOicZ70XJWbqwKZi-9XYUgvo8bYlai3ER3PpwW6F/w501-h376/Rain%20walk.jpg" width="501" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">This part of our walk is lovely when the sun is shining because that hedgerow is a barrier against the wind.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikA13e6tx3cAamy86Bv2s8xmtmyujftNOOnIM1YDlQ3x3m3iS15gfgr9hvV3vhOYeW82tCfSSaGQSynl0IJEjc7TrzoHgnV84_fPe5Xo-_OgvbXWR4aB5JWbqPpcpzNaGo7zv58K_7ofOFksNv8IhZ8FwwKoYXNDxug4Y3yNo2u7f_bdiUOm0xyOHdDt90/s4160/Rain%20stream.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikA13e6tx3cAamy86Bv2s8xmtmyujftNOOnIM1YDlQ3x3m3iS15gfgr9hvV3vhOYeW82tCfSSaGQSynl0IJEjc7TrzoHgnV84_fPe5Xo-_OgvbXWR4aB5JWbqPpcpzNaGo7zv58K_7ofOFksNv8IhZ8FwwKoYXNDxug4Y3yNo2u7f_bdiUOm0xyOHdDt90/w349-h465/Rain%20stream.jpg" width="349" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: #04318a;">∼ Be warm and well∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="color: #04318a; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x </b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-5684228535569628572024-02-02T19:59:00.001+00:002024-02-20T09:05:30.605+00:00A Very Good Read<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-decoration-line: underline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuiGwRn-KQIddhcq_Lr8zADXumDNqIK7-K99qSxqekX2BK7xQnAy9E1waxJ2m3A4vcfqv-z_BlgSbYEd707AaxPtov6SQm2f10_iNCFCivaQoYXA4B9UxDpZYWh0kO45JDzJYg-4IcvgU5dNn_N5lBO9eQ1S-VMKETBeaCFNIFjMF521qyV6n62iD1Zn8e/s4160/Where%20The%20Crawdads%20Sing.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuiGwRn-KQIddhcq_Lr8zADXumDNqIK7-K99qSxqekX2BK7xQnAy9E1waxJ2m3A4vcfqv-z_BlgSbYEd707AaxPtov6SQm2f10_iNCFCivaQoYXA4B9UxDpZYWh0kO45JDzJYg-4IcvgU5dNn_N5lBO9eQ1S-VMKETBeaCFNIFjMF521qyV6n62iD1Zn8e/w300-h400/Where%20The%20Crawdads%20Sing.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><u>Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens</u></span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-12689639-7fff-dce4-a869-cc8f5f03033f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Kya Clark was barefoot and wild, for years she had been known as the Marsh Girl. As a very young girl Kya watched her Mother walk away without looking back. Soon, all her siblings followed suit, leaving Kya alone with her drunk, abusive and often absent father, who also eventually left. She had to care for their home, learn to shop, to provide food, cook and clean, all while dealing with loneliness, abandonment, loss and prejudice, and always wondering when and if her Mother would ever return. She spent one day at school but was so badly ridiculed she never returned.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">But Kya was smart and clever with a curious mind. She knew the marsh and found ways to make money and provide for her basic needs. She learnt lessons in life, through nature and the wilderness surrounding her, and with help from books and her brother's friend Tate she learnt to read and write. The lovely couple 'Jumpin' and Mable showed her kindness and love, and the store cashier helped by often giving her too much change.</span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">But while she had the skills to live in solitude forever, the time came when she yearned for company. Drawn to two young men from town, who were each intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opened herself to a new and startling world. But when <span id="docs-internal-guid-15a2c590-7fff-9583-fac1-7a51859384c6"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">popular but unpleasant </span></span>Chase Andrews was found dead, locals immediately suspected Kya.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I was engaged with Kya’s story from the beginning. It is beautifully written with poetic prose and wonderful descriptions of the marshes. It has a little bit of everything, a likeable main character who tugs at the heartstrings, romance, murder mystery, courtroom drama and lovely characters who are kind - Tate, the cashier who gives back too much change and 'Jumpin' and Mable. I loved it and so did my book group.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: #ea5031;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: #ea5031;">∼ Happy Reading∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div></span></b></span></i></div></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #ea5031; font-family: georgia;"></span></span></i></p><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="color: #ea5031; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x</b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-75194693433481072972024-01-28T18:20:00.004+00:002024-01-28T20:14:31.464+00:00Jigsaw Mania<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_R25wnOxXvu7hjoDqatkykp6vBPhl0Gu0kmwCIWBRgOmO39Wb0azyJz_OTlS3sHsEbT16ouSwrSvFHM3Atq-eMU9OUQzmNB_uAr7aviuSnoQQ-eCiI3vE-ciFWz_nWml7MB2tv2lEFHLq5tu46FqMKjTGSH6_PyfEKAh73Md6-A3lSx6yntOSxxynx0W/s2026/Jigsaw%20Christmas%20box.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1471" data-original-width="2026" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_R25wnOxXvu7hjoDqatkykp6vBPhl0Gu0kmwCIWBRgOmO39Wb0azyJz_OTlS3sHsEbT16ouSwrSvFHM3Atq-eMU9OUQzmNB_uAr7aviuSnoQQ-eCiI3vE-ciFWz_nWml7MB2tv2lEFHLq5tu46FqMKjTGSH6_PyfEKAh73Md6-A3lSx6yntOSxxynx0W/w312-h226/Jigsaw%20Christmas%20box.jpg" width="312" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3r3RmDMnbzruGFMMIxYUzSMG0IvbDSXxMV0YAFTRSO2mt0Gn9rjJEdq0Du5TKtPiJvMT33n6hMmCFjNYRBZErB5gvP9NAWrqZwd4K5vxPlojk82G7AihPhR4L9ESUtsE3i2MhypiecQOAl0jujQ0yqLqigMCzyJLoSVDhOWGrJ4Mje035IN65us5v8Ew/s3015/Jigsaw%20Christmas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="3015" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3r3RmDMnbzruGFMMIxYUzSMG0IvbDSXxMV0YAFTRSO2mt0Gn9rjJEdq0Du5TKtPiJvMT33n6hMmCFjNYRBZErB5gvP9NAWrqZwd4K5vxPlojk82G7AihPhR4L9ESUtsE3i2MhypiecQOAl0jujQ0yqLqigMCzyJLoSVDhOWGrJ4Mje035IN65us5v8Ew/w317-h225/Jigsaw%20Christmas.jpg" width="317" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">I completed this jigsaw before Christmas, </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">it was a nice one to do</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2414" data-original-width="3577" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTcRiDtW9ShjLHkyPKiLSfiQMBsG3YkNGpje7MgAzUDxA3saIu-xKOGhVEPG3sz4kUBCDjX_VdxU-ub9s2NXLKoCbOYsl5QPv82dAhOZIk9Kdgu9eKYVJ4p77OwP0DDWwUAmZghAolOmMeH9vhBzCIZ4od3AMZ4Nkg_cLC3NfH2_qoytq6vJdDOdYxOvs/w320-h216/Jigsaw%20London.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">and this one just after Christmas, </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">which was fun to do</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YiczvZM90Yfg5TMYuomiF8b2yXee49djqI0XEpGAL2t7freF1oJ_wXuO69bV1hK1F2r1_xhkkE6qRyYYzYCTEJXbB6RxL6du-jft11YoSxU1grbN3ogkTfpIuXiMQAb76Qr4mcn037jtWvpnvh29-5EXWLXFDFi5biKYJ9Pd7yfuElSaXVpYrUE2M8cG/s4160/Haggis%20&%20jigsaw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">and currently doing this one which is more challenging with the darkness at the top, and the lace at the bottom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">oOo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvrh19gc09qbaxVLhk96o8k38LyhpuLMbvbHSG4ir4qbKpiL2bL_kYsvRWFjwVf4luCdGKCEPG8zE8TJ6o14wXv-qUcLiz-5cNEYcKCQHKwBPRw0KCaHhVwrReJbW1z687FZ_QSkrxHzy9zSoK17tf6eRz6goVt1R0WZ-HnfAMuFIhNGExLaqzwOnCX-g/s3122/Jigsaw%20cathedral%20piano.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2361" data-original-width="3122" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvrh19gc09qbaxVLhk96o8k38LyhpuLMbvbHSG4ir4qbKpiL2bL_kYsvRWFjwVf4luCdGKCEPG8zE8TJ6o14wXv-qUcLiz-5cNEYcKCQHKwBPRw0KCaHhVwrReJbW1z687FZ_QSkrxHzy9zSoK17tf6eRz6goVt1R0WZ-HnfAMuFIhNGExLaqzwOnCX-g/w575-h436/Jigsaw%20cathedral%20piano.jpg" width="575" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">The lunchtime concerts at the Cathedral are almost back to full attendance. I would guess there were upwards of 200 people there on Friday. The concert was a brilliant violinist and her piano</span><span style="font-family: Paprika;"> accompaniment who was also excellent.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">oOo</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">Yesterday was Burns Night in the village hall. I</span></span><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">t was a great night, haggis, mashed potato, mashed swede, cabbage and gravy, and clootie pudding and custard followed by lots of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cèilidh dancing. Everyone left exhausted and happy.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #aa0333; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span>∼ Be warm and well∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="color: #aa0333; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x </b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #aa0333; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-43017869503740876902024-01-23T11:02:00.004+00:002024-01-23T15:11:08.787+00:00National Portrait Gallery<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9v7scVYd8SmFIuXHm2epEjo2w0fBhAR1wBiHJ3mOMz38-E23iZUkjmNTJb4xmJ8nBvL3DuEsz8NMLNszX2ViYzSLFznQy5OiRiNlK3lBqvtMeCp7ffqvxaqZkhOjzjyZIUAy96esV3tjP0Ysd00S5KHsZHgO0u_4flA1mAkjfrQ_U-qlfaU0rwciqMFZ/s1600/NPG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="633" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9v7scVYd8SmFIuXHm2epEjo2w0fBhAR1wBiHJ3mOMz38-E23iZUkjmNTJb4xmJ8nBvL3DuEsz8NMLNszX2ViYzSLFznQy5OiRiNlK3lBqvtMeCp7ffqvxaqZkhOjzjyZIUAy96esV3tjP0Ysd00S5KHsZHgO0u_4flA1mAkjfrQ_U-qlfaU0rwciqMFZ/w254-h640/NPG.jpg" width="254" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">After reviving ourselves with coffee and cake we continued around the gallery</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkArhqA0dWmD2sbbzrBKu2M5TLxW89khNUB0RfFUfpuM0RMF_tAxGO6CbAtSswiH6GvtntkiqjvrJXAUMoPooq3MScxYHmCYRbyASrWff6k3PhsN0GCCjMmwisda8c0ys1nEc0O07uvm9GmjdE7ndxpXi79xrFKlfJ_f0NygH9sWgmOviUWspLkMxi-lv/s3489/NPG%20Churchill.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3489" data-original-width="2520" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkArhqA0dWmD2sbbzrBKu2M5TLxW89khNUB0RfFUfpuM0RMF_tAxGO6CbAtSswiH6GvtntkiqjvrJXAUMoPooq3MScxYHmCYRbyASrWff6k3PhsN0GCCjMmwisda8c0ys1nEc0O07uvm9GmjdE7ndxpXi79xrFKlfJ_f0NygH9sWgmOviUWspLkMxi-lv/w289-h400/NPG%20Churchill.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Sir Winston Churchill</span></div><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4P4djTRewHYO42pKoj6yu1LciG4ytx3-RqnLD6-ikyCBUtelqr7QDKcucnCiqWkyxXNBPZ2Ffszv8LbZTpkJxHGqSd4YzE7hAN4IBl7oQePo22VAw9YAjIQXbs3w9srjCE2ZC-ESS3XvuZ_-YB2o_l6sjnrFGE08zDxuBlo-uYujeYeuuZuzo0BRwgpTT/s2981/NPG%20Montgomery.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2512" data-original-width="2981" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4P4djTRewHYO42pKoj6yu1LciG4ytx3-RqnLD6-ikyCBUtelqr7QDKcucnCiqWkyxXNBPZ2Ffszv8LbZTpkJxHGqSd4YzE7hAN4IBl7oQePo22VAw9YAjIQXbs3w9srjCE2ZC-ESS3XvuZ_-YB2o_l6sjnrFGE08zDxuBlo-uYujeYeuuZuzo0BRwgpTT/w584-h494/NPG%20Montgomery.jpg" width="584" /></a></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEw2J1PjrHHcNX9RX4ZiFL27s2bEXpj5CJI4H9VVb4vMi2hZBJC9nrKGM9fVoWIi4eyNeUBvLtD8yJ3V6Ctqy0Xuvn7xWv-FM7-fRP8yS5hoUAZvwnxWO_VnUIv04ZTnHxs8uGUAre_MvWU4ZdLNj_Jzj7ChfgNwwqzYGGhsFBQK0ZAuGu1ThqdOI9cFv/s3530/NPG%20Queen%20and%20family.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3530" data-original-width="2524" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEw2J1PjrHHcNX9RX4ZiFL27s2bEXpj5CJI4H9VVb4vMi2hZBJC9nrKGM9fVoWIi4eyNeUBvLtD8yJ3V6Ctqy0Xuvn7xWv-FM7-fRP8yS5hoUAZvwnxWO_VnUIv04ZTnHxs8uGUAre_MvWU4ZdLNj_Jzj7ChfgNwwqzYGGhsFBQK0ZAuGu1ThqdOI9cFv/w458-h640/NPG%20Queen%20and%20family.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">King George VI, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and the young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtlk864Qb_urHecsrEBuGgtabMdRXCDGj7SLqfJ7hT6CBKz0alDL15INxMQBH1d8RaV_LJKXz74VHJB_QzkHuQsgb_I1dJ4533R-5qR7nW8T0tBgqydwHuoa9Zm2YL8L9uHTH_2SKgyeO7JNv8eJByUtUNNm-vi-XZioa5Ton3gAcVyIL-if9QJSV_u6t/s2017/NPG%20Queen%20Elizabeth%20II.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2017" data-original-width="1740" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtlk864Qb_urHecsrEBuGgtabMdRXCDGj7SLqfJ7hT6CBKz0alDL15INxMQBH1d8RaV_LJKXz74VHJB_QzkHuQsgb_I1dJ4533R-5qR7nW8T0tBgqydwHuoa9Zm2YL8L9uHTH_2SKgyeO7JNv8eJByUtUNNm-vi-XZioa5Ton3gAcVyIL-if9QJSV_u6t/w346-h400/NPG%20Queen%20Elizabeth%20II.jpg" width="346" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">During the Second World War Princess Elizabeth, aged 19, joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) training as a driver and mechanic. In this photograph the future queen is crouching by the vehicle's tyre. The slight blurring of her hand and tool suggests that she is moving and working, rather than posing for the photographer. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvNaEEC4JHQAV9_4ellTNn2BvehCSUFI5Aat4OoslAYPwU7Cl3velrXh3INfkAy1UruMzzr3HCioN-TpjnleA2ora_kpSNgLw6YMBlVf6fM8oCTCVRxR3o_rmRrOAxH3RfgAJhkLcYSJzd5vwimbHq48M8e7Fn-vmROwj26UDlta6rrNlWkvdIcAqslNB/s3775/NPG%20three%20men-fotor-20240120172719.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="3775" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvNaEEC4JHQAV9_4ellTNn2BvehCSUFI5Aat4OoslAYPwU7Cl3velrXh3INfkAy1UruMzzr3HCioN-TpjnleA2ora_kpSNgLw6YMBlVf6fM8oCTCVRxR3o_rmRrOAxH3RfgAJhkLcYSJzd5vwimbHq48M8e7Fn-vmROwj26UDlta6rrNlWkvdIcAqslNB/w599-h208/NPG%20three%20men-fotor-20240120172719.jpg" width="599" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBNhVkXC9hJYYqKc8b3CNfvCWiDcaZ1vRioWrYqf873jVtfri-ZuMsEjH5vDOMHZYimwGeuPUS_CdYCQw-VLhyphenhyphenrpqXkZrn3J7cAp8l56HKN10GVWaolJQQKysxiFqvveTcmmgwuzAQHomk08jSLKrU2i1rCZRE1XshncRLXnA_ZIOLeACWBDG8UEav8oB/s2791/NPG%20Everyday%20portraits.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2547" data-original-width="2791" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBNhVkXC9hJYYqKc8b3CNfvCWiDcaZ1vRioWrYqf873jVtfri-ZuMsEjH5vDOMHZYimwGeuPUS_CdYCQw-VLhyphenhyphenrpqXkZrn3J7cAp8l56HKN10GVWaolJQQKysxiFqvveTcmmgwuzAQHomk08jSLKrU2i1rCZRE1XshncRLXnA_ZIOLeACWBDG8UEav8oB/w599-h546/NPG%20Everyday%20portraits.jpg" width="599" /></a></div></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">This display presents a small selection of everyday portraits.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><u>Top row</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Cotton kanga commemorating the death of Julius Nyerere, former president of Tanzania, and example of the sort of fabrics used in many African countries.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Mask derived from the novel V for Vendetta, and inspired by Guy Fawkes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Vinyl record 'Live' recorded by Bob Marley and The Wailers.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><u>Centre row</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Popular 19th century ceramic figures.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Music fan jacket and t-shirt with pin badges and patches.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Handbag containing ID, money, credit cards, stamps and a copy of Wuthering Heights with the Gallery's portrait of Emily Bronte on the cover.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><u>Lower row</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Satirical pet toys depicting Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Collectible stickers from the man's and women's European football championships.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Royal memorabilia, ranging from tea towels to mugs, and a tin sent by Princess Mary to troops in the First World War. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3M0XZY_7tON3Jt-XD8OfEk6s6ZyffH6fG83pGB9uSx7tCsjIRmLAaVSPAdfTui3gv2PxMTQEOhtfMlj6Xj1vtMQu9gJLms6jC53cJiph7dSS-hFHZ4LqPZXKa1q4VR3lIxBmoM6EB-lgBLyXOMPxdjAV328GFKsXyeYICgd-Zut1GVrR6K14U5h5BMRI/s3331/NPG%20Germaine%20Greer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3331" data-original-width="3053" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3M0XZY_7tON3Jt-XD8OfEk6s6ZyffH6fG83pGB9uSx7tCsjIRmLAaVSPAdfTui3gv2PxMTQEOhtfMlj6Xj1vtMQu9gJLms6jC53cJiph7dSS-hFHZ4LqPZXKa1q4VR3lIxBmoM6EB-lgBLyXOMPxdjAV328GFKsXyeYICgd-Zut1GVrR6K14U5h5BMRI/w586-h640/NPG%20Germaine%20Greer.jpg" width="586" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think this is an excellent portrait of Germaine Greer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqe2-1kgE7Dtfafw64UeGeFMvhrgy37vsKdSIvZWfLO9u0O5YnlPl4B19NoAHM8_rZjxUjtwVWzyvbZfM_27jq3rg0l7JX0mNiUT1Alg4tDXLZSMH8JiVi4pcMYRcJyztbnK_UfbQifgpcfP2z7NaVT69utBgzPDqSvqCgk_kLcPEMYhUz1hQeRFd3LkjV/s3062/NPG%20Nude.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-D9tZia_fpuhscEg0bfF6Gs3-AsLc7G6DvVVqMg5dsRnauClGINsrJl2iC2pQo2FgMWobbLZGWHUkzLqMZYC3XtOnNy4iVUjx0QwKPlAj43xGMLI5lCKAlfI7scNwBnUFcbPrK-kx5cCU5rF_Mce8VcZ5D3ZlsECAOUP4EFRq1E9i9C3jFo9FnLrYlR-r/s1609/NPG%20Pink%20portrait%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1609" data-original-width="791" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-D9tZia_fpuhscEg0bfF6Gs3-AsLc7G6DvVVqMg5dsRnauClGINsrJl2iC2pQo2FgMWobbLZGWHUkzLqMZYC3XtOnNy4iVUjx0QwKPlAj43xGMLI5lCKAlfI7scNwBnUFcbPrK-kx5cCU5rF_Mce8VcZ5D3ZlsECAOUP4EFRq1E9i9C3jFo9FnLrYlR-r/w278-h566/NPG%20Pink%20portrait%20(3).jpg" width="278" /></a></div><a a="" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbnY2jexLhItrrXL8w-I9GWKmqyfBfgPcJ4c0h9MWa06ACWqqS9FV5V6IZhUoSTb8rZDdDlEpERplGWQUHwrxu4hJeZn91mYNqG4JOOMyKJA_h2qElzv-mlaI4YwjpZMBgb51p8L8CZPU4m7MgzmU0SpYBh_-rVxUQZhqF6l2Fs8-km5NuFiO6VlOlXlu/s590/NPG%20Pink%20portrait%20(1).jpg"></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">I love this</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="493" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbnY2jexLhItrrXL8w-I9GWKmqyfBfgPcJ4c0h9MWa06ACWqqS9FV5V6IZhUoSTb8rZDdDlEpERplGWQUHwrxu4hJeZn91mYNqG4JOOMyKJA_h2qElzv-mlaI4YwjpZMBgb51p8L8CZPU4m7MgzmU0SpYBh_-rVxUQZhqF6l2Fs8-km5NuFiO6VlOlXlu/w267-h320/NPG%20Pink%20portrait%20(1).jpg" width="267" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjDMwOf-dmKB0u9pekMiFgpqa2PSoj5CPwIqfpY7XPqaWJhi5rFDtu_X78RTOqkehqpH2b0gJc_KV6DGieS68nfjjqcMPS48r3GXUopYaEp6FHi5q-YavH6IIpkvD9AKz83Mk0xyPf6qrQDXL6qpd8qHbwr7-wmmj86G7cThbholmcJKGGObiwVFSlmw8/s1548/NPG%20woman%20&%20child.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjDMwOf-dmKB0u9pekMiFgpqa2PSoj5CPwIqfpY7XPqaWJhi5rFDtu_X78RTOqkehqpH2b0gJc_KV6DGieS68nfjjqcMPS48r3GXUopYaEp6FHi5q-YavH6IIpkvD9AKz83Mk0xyPf6qrQDXL6qpd8qHbwr7-wmmj86G7cThbholmcJKGGObiwVFSlmw8/s320/NPG%20woman%20&%20child.jpg" width="165" /></a></div></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">but not these. I know art is subjective, I get the one of the mother and daughter portraying life from child to woman, but the one on the left - it's just ugly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEdRn1OQ9S130v3GsIY9gXzaIl19rf8nRUDS1vPvzFApSBMR_A51i9nzA13Xd2E0HVGqEAppoLNzsdFnjLPwSHjArhJwgEZXy_f-A719wHVKldqgK3FrGXXGEk3P9H_O9VB8fRwS0Xfe5mN9e4t2Mu1WkXPFzpG9-o_eUN_PmYCHM-d-VhAmcnycp0UhM/s4000/NPG%20multi%20portraits.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2799" data-original-width="4000" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEdRn1OQ9S130v3GsIY9gXzaIl19rf8nRUDS1vPvzFApSBMR_A51i9nzA13Xd2E0HVGqEAppoLNzsdFnjLPwSHjArhJwgEZXy_f-A719wHVKldqgK3FrGXXGEk3P9H_O9VB8fRwS0Xfe5mN9e4t2Mu1WkXPFzpG9-o_eUN_PmYCHM-d-VhAmcnycp0UhM/w601-h420/NPG%20multi%20portraits.jpg" width="601" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3521" data-original-width="2873" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRSpk4bLSRtSyCwNpIlzNWYtOjGo7C79NlOhFFvQA7fAuUPqaKadFgI1KLxrSV7p8j4lUHjz1_WUSyw7cPkctUhIsfSwI1Je6S2ujuSPFpmorZHa_2d10PLRB3SMg_rDCaYUJodjAf2UIRi6iTVlJ-9y09F2fhJqCFhHnNsotUQjhlNBHSw581LhZeGyK/w522-h640/NPG%20Audrey.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The timeless beauty of Audrey Hepburn</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQiofL7RnyJSM-0Z67IFSKyY2-EPVm_fupIwmkEibrsnfW9nKnPWXK7iu19-Dt6faHlPv3CICm6HjYbO1wypq2f5V0iEVDpQ8f52DYPwwlXGjmCmd9FOJmoUT1LzjbjIeI17yQvKbIylUVcKXnRQ10Dlp8-xkggGZ6DMiLXpbUwrchrlrnDUJGe-3amL3q/s3637/NPG%20Diana.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3637" data-original-width="2682" height="705" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQiofL7RnyJSM-0Z67IFSKyY2-EPVm_fupIwmkEibrsnfW9nKnPWXK7iu19-Dt6faHlPv3CICm6HjYbO1wypq2f5V0iEVDpQ8f52DYPwwlXGjmCmd9FOJmoUT1LzjbjIeI17yQvKbIylUVcKXnRQ10Dlp8-xkggGZ6DMiLXpbUwrchrlrnDUJGe-3amL3q/w520-h705/NPG%20Diana.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and Diana, Princess of Wales</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2P4pAcWSrOxbzkVa9_47fgXjDNblYPoK3leuhwG55pK5vPX7J5KhgXZkQTsUV1sldtkoT8jTtQa39ghQRfR1hdY-b0glPZD4r8uIXODsAf-b09yijcWmfWCyE-tScFrd2TaQvpmeyT33RmKNu-azXBMBHHWr55Uvs9pO1sBkMDFxq_v3XqaeEyRFST7x/s3435/NPG%20black%20couple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQyyQ65pI-QXM8uGUHUvE2RfUshfmOqppmcREyJ0UE_-k9aoyCFyzjrBgIcdfixXidJOFj4rfbL6xuOnfFkLN1RsLMOCA6xS6v_fxxoLLLv6Rf2eavNbam3FsAHh8TVEI0ScRv2loaZ5kXivOeh2J73-5W4RJIU9p2dtsobgmz_zD74Dy5EsLwdt4JJpL/s3189/NPG%20Malala%20Yousafzai.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="2459" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQyyQ65pI-QXM8uGUHUvE2RfUshfmOqppmcREyJ0UE_-k9aoyCFyzjrBgIcdfixXidJOFj4rfbL6xuOnfFkLN1RsLMOCA6xS6v_fxxoLLLv6Rf2eavNbam3FsAHh8TVEI0ScRv2loaZ5kXivOeh2J73-5W4RJIU9p2dtsobgmz_zD74Dy5EsLwdt4JJpL/w494-h640/NPG%20Malala%20Yousafzai.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">This is beautiful. </span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Malala Yousafzai,</span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"> activist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. The artist </span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Shirin Neshat</span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"> hand inscribed in calligraphy a poem by the Pashto poet Rahmat Shah Sayel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8Vk07OmKtBiRmg63_aI4CadZfEVF4jR1D_-aLQQGCNm9u9BC5697drgJ0msC-rWNCmEdFJFtNEF_iNnplJG_hLINuHs6tbPMxaQzIsxaeauwZi4ejxZbwx43V8XEsbXFT1mscrjbQwrruCiI3gKcy7vhFivaN4zHdSmBZfW4yZdhgYdBbwIW9TLg9-U-/s1264/NPG%20fire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1264" height="515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8Vk07OmKtBiRmg63_aI4CadZfEVF4jR1D_-aLQQGCNm9u9BC5697drgJ0msC-rWNCmEdFJFtNEF_iNnplJG_hLINuHs6tbPMxaQzIsxaeauwZi4ejxZbwx43V8XEsbXFT1mscrjbQwrruCiI3gKcy7vhFivaN4zHdSmBZfW4yZdhgYdBbwIW9TLg9-U-/w585-h515/NPG%20fire.jpg" width="585" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I like this one too</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcpNxqCLv8RMkIK5cbpTUHKrG09FU1kKXUZGVPCI9ad5TYOA2XXnXVucaELTZA2cJmJXQe9pq-z5ugZQ13WJZuThnNjrxwzwnROfkh_FyKDRlDWUx2sDf5RvqIHITgnrI1yl-JzRMC-IoMj8vUki_Fs7VBXqkM7LiM3jfoEBH7GA-6XVQjJskWf8-C7F4/s1146/NPG%20King%20Charles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="910" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcpNxqCLv8RMkIK5cbpTUHKrG09FU1kKXUZGVPCI9ad5TYOA2XXnXVucaELTZA2cJmJXQe9pq-z5ugZQ13WJZuThnNjrxwzwnROfkh_FyKDRlDWUx2sDf5RvqIHITgnrI1yl-JzRMC-IoMj8vUki_Fs7VBXqkM7LiM3jfoEBH7GA-6XVQjJskWf8-C7F4/w508-h640/NPG%20King%20Charles.jpg" width="508" /></a></div></div><br /></div><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A very nice portrait of King Charles III</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ruI31DjMWzIttCkkOW2JGTqQDgs5EXZv4J5EFgkdfY8L8mBT3trZZ6slOW0LJ1ewvvuJNO1qKU_z8v9ElN7T4yY93ZzNjBfFifvgIxjYvDE-Wjr5dbPz9jFvpB2M6ZHK8XK2fkcvLpfOmF7BGlbV8XG6e3ac66_qF56TA9o_BPDLEFIL2MrWA4ep4x1K/s1409/NPG%20William%20&%20Catherine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1409" data-original-width="872" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ruI31DjMWzIttCkkOW2JGTqQDgs5EXZv4J5EFgkdfY8L8mBT3trZZ6slOW0LJ1ewvvuJNO1qKU_z8v9ElN7T4yY93ZzNjBfFifvgIxjYvDE-Wjr5dbPz9jFvpB2M6ZHK8XK2fkcvLpfOmF7BGlbV8XG6e3ac66_qF56TA9o_BPDLEFIL2MrWA4ep4x1K/w396-h640/NPG%20William%20&%20Catherine.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">William, Prince of Wales and Catherine Princess of Wales</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is so much more to see, I couldn't possibly have photographed all the marvellous exhibits. It's a wonderful place and makes for a very good day out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #278856; font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span>∼ Be warm and well∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x </b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i></div></span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #16b66e; font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><br /></div></span></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-21469474077731421152024-01-21T18:54:00.003+00:002024-01-22T15:22:08.165+00:00National Portrait Gallery<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">My friend M and I had </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">nice day out at the National Portrait Gallery. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIB1_P4eTUUBjqEfCfy5qffgcsf0VB1oFoWQihvyKPeETopZ6gLHxJecuGqURRU4k0PlT14crBmyfCOKgbqZkGeGxy8u3odHbX4HHm_ZHYOpFAOPLCKm2sQyu1kW-wawFekKCMs_ZoZ9_3RlPoIrlf-gZIc5hgpDM5ye0XXliStMQL4DOAKQkp-fIJpCuM/s808/NPG%20National%20Portrait%20Gallery.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="808" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIB1_P4eTUUBjqEfCfy5qffgcsf0VB1oFoWQihvyKPeETopZ6gLHxJecuGqURRU4k0PlT14crBmyfCOKgbqZkGeGxy8u3odHbX4HHm_ZHYOpFAOPLCKm2sQyu1kW-wawFekKCMs_ZoZ9_3RlPoIrlf-gZIc5hgpDM5ye0XXliStMQL4DOAKQkp-fIJpCuM/w640-h218/NPG%20National%20Portrait%20Gallery.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in London </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people</span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits. In 1896 t</span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">he gallery moved to its current site at St Martin's Place. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQvGdKopQWxvyTfzy23HcNNmbahiEQ7vxz6FGfwzKMRMwLpekbTXRfe6sUVW9arhBu9Ow_0S6ePG6OBZ4bBuFoBWTs_JOd6oy7Bhs9Cm9qvKGBtIfDrkPQWyiQtJtxf4KllE73jMcxLYjoANhPXkgc8jxtxr6XCKLWcU5F9Ko9HUOJeAJRDP_RQeKMDUJt/s1886/NPG%20entrance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="1886" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQvGdKopQWxvyTfzy23HcNNmbahiEQ7vxz6FGfwzKMRMwLpekbTXRfe6sUVW9arhBu9Ow_0S6ePG6OBZ4bBuFoBWTs_JOd6oy7Bhs9Cm9qvKGBtIfDrkPQWyiQtJtxf4KllE73jMcxLYjoANhPXkgc8jxtxr6XCKLWcU5F9Ko9HUOJeAJRDP_RQeKMDUJt/w640-h406/NPG%20entrance.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3811" data-original-width="2430" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfpRyrvIsoWiQ5mK-rG0-TZ-jpOqk14FngSiSYJMqsqEGZIIiKvj3czyylvieX5Hapg3YiGHJOgTsxOU_ftySGeCjoDOpIL2xJp98mwuIqLMFWKYCbmUO3HsjjLr6jq3cR5vqHWudvIZJ9jdWxiosFK-2X17_LYLzIKZHtzuuHOQpa0bYs-MB9MB0OHI-/w255-h400/NPG%20Queen.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We wondered how the women went to the toilet once they were fitted into these dresses. Apparantly they didn't wear knickers, and because those garments were so open a chamber pot was easily used. Or maybe they just peed where they stood! If you're interested in Tudor lavatorial stuff <u><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/559758/how-to-poop-king-henry-vii-hampton-court-palace" target="_blank">click here</a></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJf_QkkmDlvTcv4Sk8uliHpLeVXwfdRHlKFwbBmg79TM3J5pwkAGGBSjKYdgvKokj10Jismx7yCUGYM25E7WThsTnv8l5v_SFK9lZQsbdwB7KJrv1UAtIRBHQOXO0vzVB5Ute581IvHfmeQeWJnzw-J-DVOWTBxh0YwNORDA9OpZs5cIkBujkrRmCysbR/s3635/NPG%20Elizabeth%20I.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3635" data-original-width="2626" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJf_QkkmDlvTcv4Sk8uliHpLeVXwfdRHlKFwbBmg79TM3J5pwkAGGBSjKYdgvKokj10Jismx7yCUGYM25E7WThsTnv8l5v_SFK9lZQsbdwB7KJrv1UAtIRBHQOXO0vzVB5Ute581IvHfmeQeWJnzw-J-DVOWTBxh0YwNORDA9OpZs5cIkBujkrRmCysbR/w294-h408/NPG%20Elizabeth%20I.jpg" width="294" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAbCiGE3Pc4qJRURA9i8CdzqXslpAQMojvc88uy2e3iXqxj8wV3onnwfQXom9mNudDYRErxLjVPwCJ5gUcN7FM8w283U6UWZDoF5-0sTeZHlxOfd3OzLFxcM50uGz3EEEuZo2FC5YyKauB0JlgGog7ifuJd1HTg3F9VIvqrepw-9TL3C5zp1_FI-6NAPf/s3053/NPG%20Queen2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">King Edward VI I think this is Sir Walter Raleigh</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7OrikDEgzoX6ZBKF68DHCxUjsJNMJKKh0cu43_ptBnmdwzC1JMWtnQXxe-xnNBUWvUeXZ7sFTsMq2lLsLoGojMrEE7uYByPoDm3m13taGY-sm5DEsFTu7i-ryvGzsHXxlToOkzHS7QDcjN9SIIZqVeix50MD7VDgOTK1Mex7IrSqQIhkVHyQT1hQ17wn/s3548/NPG%20Henry%20VIII.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3548" data-original-width="2095" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7OrikDEgzoX6ZBKF68DHCxUjsJNMJKKh0cu43_ptBnmdwzC1JMWtnQXxe-xnNBUWvUeXZ7sFTsMq2lLsLoGojMrEE7uYByPoDm3m13taGY-sm5DEsFTu7i-ryvGzsHXxlToOkzHS7QDcjN9SIIZqVeix50MD7VDgOTK1Mex7IrSqQIhkVHyQT1hQ17wn/w222-h375/NPG%20Henry%20VIII.jpg" width="222" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtJtJGxcvDpH4GAv8Kg_LlVRh61JvsvuPv6htsKM4dFWoxLqcefsSreEyGQ0VgaCfQfIh3IdmTOBU4zgG-c0srUKJBJfWpCy-KtxMgmfgYbE1mzoL7ufaUUAlY7vZ0xYD0r40aS29ZSgAIndvhEn21z3BzqlINutomZyBfjEInW4hkWoigJrZvj7ciacz/s4000/NPG%20Sir%20Henry%20Unton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2110" data-original-width="4000" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtJtJGxcvDpH4GAv8Kg_LlVRh61JvsvuPv6htsKM4dFWoxLqcefsSreEyGQ0VgaCfQfIh3IdmTOBU4zgG-c0srUKJBJfWpCy-KtxMgmfgYbE1mzoL7ufaUUAlY7vZ0xYD0r40aS29ZSgAIndvhEn21z3BzqlINutomZyBfjEInW4hkWoigJrZvj7ciacz/w379-h202/NPG%20Sir%20Henry%20Unton.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: medium;"><span> <span> </span></span>Henry VIII<span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> <span> </span></span></span></span><span>This memorial portrait of Sir Henry Unton depicts his</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></span>life, death and funeral shown in various scenes</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The House of Commons 1833. This panorama depicts the first session of the newly elected House of Commons after the Reform Act was passed in 1832. At the front are key figures from the House of Lords. The artist, George Hayter was unable to sell the huge painting, eventually he persuaded the government to buy it for the newly founded Gallery.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yxE9lJJdlNq5B3WEAjpsOMPaV3sAfELJgmovatnjR_t7mAi281nHzeEvglldHn7rGyVQ9qKNHEbq-X1L03_dXkx_KeA7f_3AhsJbA2G2sPQZ5HgIXakQAVnx9ixB4X8ALfcGb8Hhp8WraWoi91pJRmaGh9XKSneCkQyL-xL-eQlnXr825EVmrJ0pfD8c/s3669/NPG%20Royal%20Family.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3669" data-original-width="2984" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yxE9lJJdlNq5B3WEAjpsOMPaV3sAfELJgmovatnjR_t7mAi281nHzeEvglldHn7rGyVQ9qKNHEbq-X1L03_dXkx_KeA7f_3AhsJbA2G2sPQZ5HgIXakQAVnx9ixB4X8ALfcGb8Hhp8WraWoi91pJRmaGh9XKSneCkQyL-xL-eQlnXr825EVmrJ0pfD8c/w520-h640/NPG%20Royal%20Family.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: medium;">King George V, Princess Mary, Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor and Queen Mary. The portrait was painted just a few months before the outbreak of the First World War. The Queen and Mary appear reserved while the King is dressed in full military uniform signifying duty and service to the nation. Two decades later the young Prince Edward jeopardised the throne when, as King Edward VIII, he abdicated.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZz5BUa51Cnos2UWWRtFatoOMg_hQm1AvPMitIijdCUDIBH35GYhjNFp4Baq77U1XUvK9Ka6gcGXtNLYXlHkBDq7XR0EvNZyOrAYD7yFBtu7uj9w5WhacdWB-L5z_OA2hNkpGENCgVU5D6qgNvIYITBei89aRYhHmtj4ZsYjqwL-i-md_bLxbM_9bGlwg/s2760/NPG%20Lucknow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2120" data-original-width="2760" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZz5BUa51Cnos2UWWRtFatoOMg_hQm1AvPMitIijdCUDIBH35GYhjNFp4Baq77U1XUvK9Ka6gcGXtNLYXlHkBDq7XR0EvNZyOrAYD7yFBtu7uj9w5WhacdWB-L5z_OA2hNkpGENCgVU5D6qgNvIYITBei89aRYhHmtj4ZsYjqwL-i-md_bLxbM_9bGlwg/w612-h471/NPG%20Lucknow.jpg" width="612" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Relief of Lucknow, 1857</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This large painting celebrates Britain's suppression of a mass uprising that took place in India between 1857 and 1858. It imagines the end of a bloody battle in the northern city of Lucknow, with 29 British officers shown triumphantly at the centre and the Indian rebels in the shadows. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI2O37Kkmzaljk0yiSXIt64vuZf7d-N7y9iTwicFiR1hYA0b_NMho679XulKJ3gBaUP3in3luqiKM0vc6P6XfAMtDNpPaswzCxBxC44R9E9FC_X2TNIlpXkdRPBYJfl-fiUKCSuhhOInw5rChjej8jJpvaTrWfZwc8Y8uJLXCgCtlu85n-QIotPr32N8O/s2710/NPG%20Victoria.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2234" data-original-width="2710" height="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI2O37Kkmzaljk0yiSXIt64vuZf7d-N7y9iTwicFiR1hYA0b_NMho679XulKJ3gBaUP3in3luqiKM0vc6P6XfAMtDNpPaswzCxBxC44R9E9FC_X2TNIlpXkdRPBYJfl-fiUKCSuhhOInw5rChjej8jJpvaTrWfZwc8Y8uJLXCgCtlu85n-QIotPr32N8O/w593-h489/NPG%20Victoria.jpg" width="593" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Florence Nigtingale attending to the wounded.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghUo8SYUpKB07AQttXunyWEdhJk3qQiuPSug3IcHkFQ0nl_xmvqRkVDZEEibJYxetq2hz4j51PCP0ICbGqRqzrpGszPNlDcjE1OoiyiNM_eJbZv5aT3VVCKZWQY6MtMPmkKhB9tpZoWPsS_0uEl07e-w40MHJcyy8va62p0qx7xxJi0U6Y5kp2R6E45N3/s4000/NPG%20Cafe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghUo8SYUpKB07AQttXunyWEdhJk3qQiuPSug3IcHkFQ0nl_xmvqRkVDZEEibJYxetq2hz4j51PCP0ICbGqRqzrpGszPNlDcjE1OoiyiNM_eJbZv5aT3VVCKZWQY6MtMPmkKhB9tpZoWPsS_0uEl07e-w40MHJcyy8va62p0qx7xxJi0U6Y5kp2R6E45N3/w480-h640/NPG%20Cafe.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: left;">By now we were ready for a sit down and a coffee and cake to </span><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">re-charge our batteries to continue with the rest of the collections.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: left;">To be continued</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: #638db1;">∼ Be warm and well∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="color: #638db1; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x </b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span><span><span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #4f7c8f; font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><br /></div></span></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i></span></div></div></div><p></p>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-67151486794823850802024-01-15T08:55:00.007+00:002024-01-15T09:53:08.230+00:00A Harrowing Read<span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrkq0i3Sc0T2ACznGbPHr_enwTNSv-1JKiaEKlG4c3FMi26OAkvw9rXGo96N2-a7h_PukSCWYhlOT19xjbwENR6joJSsGaDfaOk6ETHGTF-XCUVOptq9t7rLdzFiAuYtucuqApb5k0_2Gw9ejFs2F5f-PJ1gAp_O5T6eQstGRWCGbdL9jm9oF4mq4FKrt/s3510/American%20Dirt.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3510" data-original-width="2675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrkq0i3Sc0T2ACznGbPHr_enwTNSv-1JKiaEKlG4c3FMi26OAkvw9rXGo96N2-a7h_PukSCWYhlOT19xjbwENR6joJSsGaDfaOk6ETHGTF-XCUVOptq9t7rLdzFiAuYtucuqApb5k0_2Gw9ejFs2F5f-PJ1gAp_O5T6eQstGRWCGbdL9jm9oF4mq4FKrt/s320/American%20Dirt.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><u>American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins<br /></u>I get completely absorbed in a book, almost to the extent that I am actually in the story. This is a very harrowing read, at times I didn’t think I could continue with it. It’s powerful and painful.<br />Lydia lives in Acapulco. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist, and while cracks are beginning to show in Acapulco because of the cartels, Lydia’s life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. But after her husband’s tell-all profile of the newest drug lord is published, her life will never be the same.<br />One Sunday afternoon eighteen adults and children, three generations of the same family, gathered at the matriarch’s home to celebrate a birthday. They are all in the garden for a barbeque.</span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"> Luca worries that one of his cousins will come in again while he’s using the toilet, so Lydia goes with him and waits outside the door.</span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"> Suddenly the sounds of celebration are replaced by sounds of gunfire. Lydia knows immediately what's happening. She enters the bathroom, grabs her son, and lays down with him inside the shower stall, shielding him with her body. Luca is only eight but he understands the need for complete and utter silence.</span><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">The intense fear is palpable. Every smell, every minute sound, every breath, every loud heartbeat. Even as the sicario searching the house for survivors comes in to use the toilet… the sound of him peeing, the incredulity that he then washes his hands before returning to the garden to eat the chicken that Lydia’s beloved husband had been barbecuing. Outside the sicario can be heard celebrating, taking photos of the dead as proof. Thinking their hit is complete, they leave and Lydia… though she and Luca are alive, knows that their lives are over. She and her son have now become targets. When the boss finds out that they are not among the dead, he will demand they are found and killed, a reward will be offered. Nowhere is safe and no one, not even children, can be trusted</span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">. There is no time to think, to plan, they cannot spare a moment to grieve, they must leave immediately.</span><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Lydia's story made me angry. I spent days digesting what I had read.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><div style="color: #00c3ff; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><b><i>∼ Be warm and well ∼</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #00c3ff; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><b><i>Polly x</i></b></span></span></div></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-25940773580352329612024-01-11T20:36:00.002+00:002024-01-12T12:24:03.725+00:00Mr Bates<span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Well done Mr Bates for his record keeping and the way he lead the campaign to get justice for the victims of the discraceful Post Office scandal. Those poor people who were wrongfully accused of stealing when all along it was the computer system that was faulty. Listening to some of those workers who felt </span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">pressurised into accepting a guilty charge, because they couldn't see a way out of the situation was heartbreaking. All those lives ruined. They lost their savings, livelihood, some went to prison, and some lost their lives or died before their names were cleared. All of them were broken. </span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span>I hope the compensation goes through quickly, and I hope the government do the right thing to ensure </span></span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">Fujitsu </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span>are thoroughly investigated. And those </span></span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">Post Office bosses with their posh titles, </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">I don't care what they say, then or now, they knew something wasn't right and they chose to ignore it. They should be made to return the millions they were responsible for losing. I hope there is no hiding place or safety net for them.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #5d055e;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span>∼ Be warm and well∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x </b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i></span></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-61271887602446393552024-01-04T10:22:00.000+00:002024-01-04T10:22:52.147+00:00A Round Up of 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2023/01/lake-view-bedroom.html" style="text-decoration-line: underline;" target="_blank">Lake View Bedroom</a> <a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2023/02/doors.html" style="text-decoration-line: underline;" target="_blank">Doors</a> <u><a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-nice-day-out.html" target="_blank">Covent Garden</a></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-nice-walk.html" style="text-decoration-line: underline;" target="_blank">A Nice Walk</a> <a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2023/05/coronation-celebration.html" style="text-decoration-line: underline;" target="_blank">Coronation Celebration</a> <u><a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2023/06/hercules.html" target="_blank">Hercules</a></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-nice-day-out.html" style="text-decoration-line: underline;" target="_blank">A Nice Day Out</a> <a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-nice-day-out.html" style="text-decoration-line: underline;" target="_blank">A Nice Day Out</a> <u><a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2023/09/rufus-diary.html" target="_blank">Rufus' Diary</a></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2023/10/a-holiday-birthday-and-chocolate-lots.html" style="text-decoration-line: underline;" target="_blank">A Birthday, A Holiday and Chocolate</a> <a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2023/10/lake-view-kitchen.html" style="text-decoration-line: underline;" target="_blank">Lake View Kitchen</a> <u><a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2023/12/christmas-celebrations.html" target="_blank">Christmas Celebrations</a></u></span></div><br /><p></p><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #2f527b; font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span>∼ Be warm and well∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x </b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-72816846953594722352024-01-01T12:09:00.001+00:002024-01-01T12:09:28.903+00:00Happy New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNQfa8mA6qOyhShBTrrSCBejNNiECQowoQdYF9eJaK9rcNZTuPACtFAFGhscRJ-k7ofjE8IoS_cKhKnnyvRIHOTQciCu82rwPvqW_L1e1tcW2sUaSyLX2mY7kG515zlG9ps0_-fPxM1A1vsnIt1TK8iTHyV3YPAi7kyHykRoUKyLA39z-Mi1SlhZgZxDs/s727/Happy%20New%20Year%202024.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="727" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNQfa8mA6qOyhShBTrrSCBejNNiECQowoQdYF9eJaK9rcNZTuPACtFAFGhscRJ-k7ofjE8IoS_cKhKnnyvRIHOTQciCu82rwPvqW_L1e1tcW2sUaSyLX2mY7kG515zlG9ps0_-fPxM1A1vsnIt1TK8iTHyV3YPAi7kyHykRoUKyLA39z-Mi1SlhZgZxDs/w640-h324/Happy%20New%20Year%202024.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large;">Dear reader, I wish you a happy and healthy 2024</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large;"><span>✶ </span><span><span>Polly </span></span><span>✶</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-32518647254293530742023-12-28T15:36:00.004+00:002023-12-30T12:19:24.816+00:00A Good Read<span style="font-family: Paprika;"><u><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BsxDK04yY6xLnj8prJ8Jj0FVueVVdFlAZn7UWNudPFAxly11d8m15XghN7f_XjzJvH9VSn_gNY2eJZM0k5FOmLB16NwyinVLiOGuyoZMSrcdWXhhU-uJTdbvVlxw3WQvVhULa64N04vmbF-Cv9_uGxJEP3fWg6cmZuTURR1Csyf1ol4os3SJe80ahl1B/s3547/The%20Miniaturist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3547" data-original-width="2558" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BsxDK04yY6xLnj8prJ8Jj0FVueVVdFlAZn7UWNudPFAxly11d8m15XghN7f_XjzJvH9VSn_gNY2eJZM0k5FOmLB16NwyinVLiOGuyoZMSrcdWXhhU-uJTdbvVlxw3WQvVhULa64N04vmbF-Cv9_uGxJEP3fWg6cmZuTURR1Csyf1ol4os3SJe80ahl1B/w289-h400/The%20Miniaturist.jpg" width="289" /></a></div>The Miniaturist by Jess Burton</span></u><br /></span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen year old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of the illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, 21 years her senior. The death of Nella’s father left the family in dire straits, saddled with unexpected debts and a declining standard of living Nella’s mother had no option but to find a suitable match for her.<br />Her new home, while splendid, is not welcoming. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse, leaving Nella alone with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a wedding gift to his bride Johannes acquires a cabinet, a kind of dollshouse that mirrors the Brandt home. Nella engages the services of a miniaturist, a craftsperson, to help fill the house. What she receives is far more than she expected, as the pieces reflect an unerring closeness to the people and events in the family’s life, some frighteningly so. Also, they do not always remain exactly as they were when she’d received them, and they arrive with Delphic messages. Do these tiny constructions predict the future, reflect their owners’ fears and concerns, reveal secrets, tell truths, or offer misdirections? Nella determines to find out who this mysterious miniaturist is and what is behind these small objects.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The Amsterdam of the late 17th century was a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion, a harsh, unforgiving place, where human failing and difference was not tolerated, where neighbours were encouraged to spy and report on neighbours, and where it was always a contest whether the worship of gold or god would hold sway in any given circumstance. The two domains frequently cross paths .</span><br /><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“It is this city. It is the years we all spend in an invisible cage, whose bars are made of murderous hypocrisy”.</b></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The Miniaturist is very well written and Jessie Burton did a massive amount of historical research for it, which definitely enhances the read. There were some fascinating details; for example, I didn’t know that sugar was sold in tall, rounded loaves and was a huge investment item.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I did enjoy this but would have liked more background about the miniaturist, to have him/her have a significant role in the story. </span></span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">There is a follow up book "The House of Fortune" in which the miniaturist appears a few years later. Perhaps it reveals more about him/her.</span><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-small;"></span><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="color: #3c7589; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-small;"></span></span></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: #1abbb6;">∼ Happy Reading∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="color: #1abbb6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x</b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span><span><span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><div style="font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="color: black;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #3c7589; font-family: georgia;"></span></span></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><br /></div></span></span></i></div></span></span></span></div></i></div></span></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i></div></span></span></span></div></span></i></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-86607040598967475462023-12-24T17:06:00.003+00:002023-12-25T09:48:53.698+00:00Merry Christmas<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvg10n20ac2gSRbmOnY4ps0Qy1euzA4Qa5TPIVrsm9la4uy43WKq8GrxFRqICEYVSAOgZQReBlE4OGajlRT8lOKkoiVw4DbOj4tsQAOo01W2oEqPq10s1TJKjeuQkQ_Qmrp-eYZ_monJHeyoDnqXG3KreLpj4GW6zRrWJOnmEuhTbnrw2E_XiWIsd7FrTR/s1667/White%20deer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="1657" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvg10n20ac2gSRbmOnY4ps0Qy1euzA4Qa5TPIVrsm9la4uy43WKq8GrxFRqICEYVSAOgZQReBlE4OGajlRT8lOKkoiVw4DbOj4tsQAOo01W2oEqPq10s1TJKjeuQkQ_Qmrp-eYZ_monJHeyoDnqXG3KreLpj4GW6zRrWJOnmEuhTbnrw2E_XiWIsd7FrTR/w636-h640/White%20deer.jpg" width="636" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvJBxlBxFBqzsPArIcyNzGq9dxe81os_fUWMFM1oy6py3ewIhZC2vemWorq9JJ1e6F2GKezYS6aaW4Y-2FDWyDwkwBDJ8Jxui-eO2pGs65onJnFwyMrvaoMblWUFZewtt7ikey2Troamz1hBkMzNUQ84jfAAhcUnr5wwfDsSKtQV07X0YXPCb4uvod55g/s2082/Trees%20in%20forest.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2082" data-original-width="1425" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvJBxlBxFBqzsPArIcyNzGq9dxe81os_fUWMFM1oy6py3ewIhZC2vemWorq9JJ1e6F2GKezYS6aaW4Y-2FDWyDwkwBDJ8Jxui-eO2pGs65onJnFwyMrvaoMblWUFZewtt7ikey2Troamz1hBkMzNUQ84jfAAhcUnr5wwfDsSKtQV07X0YXPCb4uvod55g/w438-h640/Trees%20in%20forest.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6fCuvLXtJPu7bl49o2yZfZHkmQNMFfAgbbIsMtlpxnJXVlBrXJdm6WH9qlXhMMCtymu8n1gVSPqjvjxUov9bt8bjye9Vu-chL-OWzPu9oOJVl3MoxY6KtR6RpFkmqV5bE1SO7ZthbFIuzKDWjXi3wimzDeBxVUbyxM93N5_S7WSngHFrH1mzZAaEiQ5x/s1400/Christmas%20penguins%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6fCuvLXtJPu7bl49o2yZfZHkmQNMFfAgbbIsMtlpxnJXVlBrXJdm6WH9qlXhMMCtymu8n1gVSPqjvjxUov9bt8bjye9Vu-chL-OWzPu9oOJVl3MoxY6KtR6RpFkmqV5bE1SO7ZthbFIuzKDWjXi3wimzDeBxVUbyxM93N5_S7WSngHFrH1mzZAaEiQ5x/w624-h640/Christmas%20penguins%20(1).jpg" width="624" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Happy Holiday</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2d3037;">Dear reader, I hope your holiday season is full of happiness.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiib6z2RK3SMavGEwrAoRbZR7e9L-Xu4-H5m4wbNshyPA9Cxh_nxcRgYH2H8GBryCUiiSUOx52yG_TaMJM-gMcRvTeYWjqQoZQ6MqOzjXwayE-u0cKlVTGUrBAnErCudmYPQin9N0YUuHUA_MJbUqgHCFqHA54AvV8x_nVSIsdspmTcAcSJkjhubPGHVOve/s1920/Christmas%20fair%20mug.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1381" data-original-width="1920" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiib6z2RK3SMavGEwrAoRbZR7e9L-Xu4-H5m4wbNshyPA9Cxh_nxcRgYH2H8GBryCUiiSUOx52yG_TaMJM-gMcRvTeYWjqQoZQ6MqOzjXwayE-u0cKlVTGUrBAnErCudmYPQin9N0YUuHUA_MJbUqgHCFqHA54AvV8x_nVSIsdspmTcAcSJkjhubPGHVOve/w640-h460/Christmas%20fair%20mug.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #db0707; font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span>∼ Be warm and well∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x </b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i></span></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-5609432207277731492023-12-22T20:34:00.004+00:002023-12-22T21:03:14.860+00:00My Great Mince Pie Survey <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Yes dear reader, once again it's my Great Mince Pie Survey!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZLXOgTt2rl224jz-Sg6VWyY2q6hRAloBK_NVvT9HpZ8kJJEnLzMy8H46aFJWIR2vIuvX4qyJQR1jldRc3Epk-RMfeHa1mE1wgxjiRz2qJzKtST_eqQOTfPi5kuC_oYURR-UvpcUn6v3nK3w4I4CoAp8hMA6ZHSscp7gFyVg05SGHah1JTKZwlbMj8taX/s3374/Mince%20pies%2023%20co-op3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2329" data-original-width="3374" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZLXOgTt2rl224jz-Sg6VWyY2q6hRAloBK_NVvT9HpZ8kJJEnLzMy8H46aFJWIR2vIuvX4qyJQR1jldRc3Epk-RMfeHa1mE1wgxjiRz2qJzKtST_eqQOTfPi5kuC_oYURR-UvpcUn6v3nK3w4I4CoAp8hMA6ZHSscp7gFyVg05SGHah1JTKZwlbMj8taX/w568-h392/Mince%20pies%2023%20co-op3.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Co-op all butter pastry mince pies</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I didn't like these last year but this time I did, maybe they've changed the recipe. The pastry was tasty and firm and the filling was very nice.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgBzREZfJuXWrpn35fRzXvyC1S_Z-0XIk9Yk-Dqe8beqikrJEGx6QEs-eGeqoDOJDpnnDpCVlB4O_fO_f5N_K2dlMuuxeEqrtlSY4mD_RehZbndiBWQlkgdQNh21P1nY2dwseuwNcuCv2UiddeqNyjbcV0gnMymtq01Qniv4YYHad-tyBCkbrF9lgnPwc/s2519/Mince%20pies%2023%20M&S%20frangipane.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2519" data-original-width="2502" height="573" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgBzREZfJuXWrpn35fRzXvyC1S_Z-0XIk9Yk-Dqe8beqikrJEGx6QEs-eGeqoDOJDpnnDpCVlB4O_fO_f5N_K2dlMuuxeEqrtlSY4mD_RehZbndiBWQlkgdQNh21P1nY2dwseuwNcuCv2UiddeqNyjbcV0gnMymtq01Qniv4YYHad-tyBCkbrF9lgnPwc/w570-h573/Mince%20pies%2023%20M&S%20frangipane.jpg" width="570" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">M&S all butter pastry filled with vine fruits, cranberries, clementine and cognac topped with frangipane. I love frangipane, these are delicious.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujSaStyfRAcEbj9sORm6YVZrUZLvRjNf1ePekOSmfKOB9quxgaHVD3xFDLKBzLoZAIgIkWNhtTyn8bGMWCxBGtx0NitiBrd244foh1IMjc01oGSDYrqGRfWoEAjhA_J211ym9a6h5i9i7ZXN3MTHXuYsd8R5r5wJgsdg_c6cxqBbfr05hPqf9Xz9AYfmB/s2489/Mince%20pies%2023%20M&S%20minis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2421" data-original-width="2489" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujSaStyfRAcEbj9sORm6YVZrUZLvRjNf1ePekOSmfKOB9quxgaHVD3xFDLKBzLoZAIgIkWNhtTyn8bGMWCxBGtx0NitiBrd244foh1IMjc01oGSDYrqGRfWoEAjhA_J211ym9a6h5i9i7ZXN3MTHXuYsd8R5r5wJgsdg_c6cxqBbfr05hPqf9Xz9AYfmB/w573-h557/Mince%20pies%2023%20M&S%20minis.jpg" width="573" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">M&S mini all butter pastry filled with vine fruits, cranberries, clementine and cognac. The same as above without the frangipane.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImpj-HZJ7wcmAAU2TltiLrbwFKtHohLGPYZQ9FztpWXyf0vfl32gZ2DxbWrJKWliB195lpTu6Q4Cl_JpKuBauuBEAXnFXvendnz-CVkIkdIL_uMMZNJJqKjaSysZRm1X1_1tGRS33NoUwTUN7asyfzLij0ZhqFqeA79LdxlflNJlSQOmmrmsGjDIVffgd/s3323/Mince%20pies%2023%20Aldi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2359" data-original-width="3323" height="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImpj-HZJ7wcmAAU2TltiLrbwFKtHohLGPYZQ9FztpWXyf0vfl32gZ2DxbWrJKWliB195lpTu6Q4Cl_JpKuBauuBEAXnFXvendnz-CVkIkdIL_uMMZNJJqKjaSysZRm1X1_1tGRS33NoUwTUN7asyfzLij0ZhqFqeA79LdxlflNJlSQOmmrmsGjDIVffgd/w573-h407/Mince%20pies%2023%20Aldi.jpg" width="573" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Aldi all butter pastry infused with brandy, cider and ruby port.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Very nice, tasty pie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I haven't done very well with my survey this year. Being poorly with a cold for a week left me feeling very tired which meant I didn't get to buy as many as planned, and more disappointingly I didn't get to Waitrose for their brown butter pies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><i style="color: #af0445; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #af0445; font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a7e5bee3-7fff-2dbb-f4f0-b4809696b198" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 28px; overflow: hidden; width: 29px;"><img height="28" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/cBHusqcYT7BpcmjwrAv0FuBS95nUo2xmAKoZcM0Wf7aWB67pk2W-ZxdPuSnAt5ZSKYVEodmV5ar4M27DwdOAXuTB-7dtYbWggN7-hzM-LnEvlM3vPyafy_6baFxK7o_9u4C_QutJ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="29" /> </span></span></span></span></b></span></span></i><b><span style="color: #d1156a;">Be warm and well </span></b></span></span></i><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a7e5bee3-7fff-2dbb-f4f0-b4809696b198" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none; color: #d1156a; display: inline-block; height: 28px; overflow: hidden; width: 29px;"><img height="28" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/cBHusqcYT7BpcmjwrAv0FuBS95nUo2xmAKoZcM0Wf7aWB67pk2W-ZxdPuSnAt5ZSKYVEodmV5ar4M27DwdOAXuTB-7dtYbWggN7-hzM-LnEvlM3vPyafy_6baFxK7o_9u4C_QutJ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="29" /><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a7e5bee3-7fff-2dbb-f4f0-b4809696b198" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 28px; overflow: hidden; width: 29px;"><img height="28" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/cBHusqcYT7BpcmjwrAv0FuBS95nUo2xmAKoZcM0Wf7aWB67pk2W-ZxdPuSnAt5ZSKYVEodmV5ar4M27DwdOAXuTB-7dtYbWggN7-hzM-LnEvlM3vPyafy_6baFxK7o_9u4C_QutJ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="29" /><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 28px; overflow: hidden; width: 29px;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a7e5bee3-7fff-2dbb-f4f0-b4809696b198" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 28px; overflow: hidden; width: 29px;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 28px; overflow: hidden; width: 29px;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a7e5bee3-7fff-2dbb-f4f0-b4809696b198" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 28px; overflow: hidden; width: 29px;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span>∼ </span></b></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="color: #d1156a; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x </b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #af0445; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><br /></div></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-86676150032167330832023-12-18T20:33:00.000+00:002023-12-18T20:33:55.712+00:00Christmas Celebrations<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">My Christmas celebrations kicked off last Tuesday with a meal at a nearby restaurant with my craft club ladies. I had prawn cocktail, salmon which was delicious, with cauliflower cheese, brussels, carrots and beautiful roast potatoes, and finished with chocolate yule log.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Wednesday afternoon I made some small mince pies for my U3a do the following day. They weren't hugely successful, I discarded four of them. The U3a Christmas do was very good with assorted delicious sandwiches from M&S, mulled wine, cakes contributed by members and yummy trifle and/or profiteroles. We had quiz sheets on our tables which were fun, and we were entertained by a brilliant magician.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-pC-xROHLOv8Mtk_HQfr6gvdPG-VX1e4IiY672m02iP0qaj515O6dyNRJu1vw9ZBypjCEdAaAgVuWiE5MbmZBpP6Ut_cXKLIGa9b7DnRyHby6aHUqoDHIkS6aV4H6W760crMiOGAhpDb__TVAz2ejieELIcKxn0jm13MVbnY-iWe_JajYStXB_upOlg7/s3231/Busy%20week%20magician%20note.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3231" data-original-width="2105" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-pC-xROHLOv8Mtk_HQfr6gvdPG-VX1e4IiY672m02iP0qaj515O6dyNRJu1vw9ZBypjCEdAaAgVuWiE5MbmZBpP6Ut_cXKLIGa9b7DnRyHby6aHUqoDHIkS6aV4H6W760crMiOGAhpDb__TVAz2ejieELIcKxn0jm13MVbnY-iWe_JajYStXB_upOlg7/w275-h424/Busy%20week%20magician%20note.jpg" width="275" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaHiT2pR3g3Qgi4DDNtpOh5oFsn8ywll-FmToXGe8pBcSf2jId7cuEBOV9Ns-ky_JEo7YtXQQyN29iFSZPSjnu4tHdVGeKQ3SxLidaMq1Fr2Pd0gY6ETwD-gQQaK0vbouKrr-pIFSeQQhjCP9_XUHMeBx40J-WosQuPAn8ts165atmykG6deHI6xNZ8uX/s1920/Busy%20week%20magician%20note2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1270" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaHiT2pR3g3Qgi4DDNtpOh5oFsn8ywll-FmToXGe8pBcSf2jId7cuEBOV9Ns-ky_JEo7YtXQQyN29iFSZPSjnu4tHdVGeKQ3SxLidaMq1Fr2Pd0gY6ETwD-gQQaK0vbouKrr-pIFSeQQhjCP9_XUHMeBx40J-WosQuPAn8ts165atmykG6deHI6xNZ8uX/w282-h424/Busy%20week%20magician%20note2.jpg" width="282" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">He turned this plain piece of paper into a £50 note, then back again! </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">That guy on the right wasn't being rude on his phone, he was opening the camera app.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3iyuYMuL_KhuGfcxZO4VjUE35cNjcbafnQ9rb95Am4xQ1s0fRdu69DLmsUf_R_poadBRV4hQMpffBRNVMROu9O4A1wtEGWH8ltOyGxMOz3QLa4owE7J7ojw62kGfe-fSfvasParGK-k-ztYmsdRiEJA74RMj3IJ_jLE_Kek5Xmef2iKFHOCw0ZIigtmR7/s1811/Busy%20week%20magician%20flame.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="1358" height="563" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3iyuYMuL_KhuGfcxZO4VjUE35cNjcbafnQ9rb95Am4xQ1s0fRdu69DLmsUf_R_poadBRV4hQMpffBRNVMROu9O4A1wtEGWH8ltOyGxMOz3QLa4owE7J7ojw62kGfe-fSfvasParGK-k-ztYmsdRiEJA74RMj3IJ_jLE_Kek5Xmef2iKFHOCw0ZIigtmR7/w422-h563/Busy%20week%20magician%20flame.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">He had a ring from one of the ladies and made it disappear, then it appeared on this chain when that little red strip was burnt! His repertoire also included card tricks. </span></span><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">I would love to know how they are all done. I didn't win anything in the raffle.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vxKRSEykbXQoBySKxRhsadzr-VyHHQsdvCu0eeQgImXWtEi-IK070yYad-tvA5ZsSe7HjT367OLgFfJl7K6dqfCrb3gGIyg2yiyQH-hV7ihcc9zqYgAt74W565B2tDfmjSxRAXlJudZF9MboVvHNsUkJysGaidJlv_U6Trwk0jt6GwLoJxDx9EWv-hrw/s636/Christmas%20Celebrations%20Cathedral%20candles.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="428" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vxKRSEykbXQoBySKxRhsadzr-VyHHQsdvCu0eeQgImXWtEi-IK070yYad-tvA5ZsSe7HjT367OLgFfJl7K6dqfCrb3gGIyg2yiyQH-hV7ihcc9zqYgAt74W565B2tDfmjSxRAXlJudZF9MboVvHNsUkJysGaidJlv_U6Trwk0jt6GwLoJxDx9EWv-hrw/w295-h439/Christmas%20Celebrations%20Cathedral%20candles.png" width="295" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYARkEEU6qr5nlsFz066IgO5fpezri7HKSlKVcGZiLIXWOFKE04zr2dmz7CXLHnoh2bbq7i5I8xMyoks4KjjCBzs5xNaiN4WRCg72ImdN_H982BbeP_Ki7UxL0plavS5xRio65feHAgtE8zk56YwAEFyAi7MKLbKi8obuy1qfUkv2vmrtWTbutyXF1FJC/s4160/Christmas%20Celebrations%20Cathedral%20tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2454" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYARkEEU6qr5nlsFz066IgO5fpezri7HKSlKVcGZiLIXWOFKE04zr2dmz7CXLHnoh2bbq7i5I8xMyoks4KjjCBzs5xNaiN4WRCg72ImdN_H982BbeP_Ki7UxL0plavS5xRio65feHAgtE8zk56YwAEFyAi7MKLbKi8obuy1qfUkv2vmrtWTbutyXF1FJC/w259-h439/Christmas%20Celebrations%20Cathedral%20tree.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last Friday I went to the carols in the Cathedral.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6vM2DpYsSxUuBQJ4SBr7r58DqaJvHap1xsspKiuS32v72kNHJciqvAfLb1n9YflNURsGRqRROPG2xtfweBKfspbd6TuM5Wn8LMnetTeASmdIhzXt0eS7pXXn_NCqspG72c1hzlpnaZibREe_oMfI-lFGkEnDMl_2-NPOMONJaDTkfk2i380kyQXYb9rY/s4160/Christmas%20Celebrations%20Strictly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3055" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6vM2DpYsSxUuBQJ4SBr7r58DqaJvHap1xsspKiuS32v72kNHJciqvAfLb1n9YflNURsGRqRROPG2xtfweBKfspbd6TuM5Wn8LMnetTeASmdIhzXt0eS7pXXn_NCqspG72c1hzlpnaZibREe_oMfI-lFGkEnDMl_2-NPOMONJaDTkfk2i380kyQXYb9rY/w418-h570/Christmas%20Celebrations%20Strictly.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Saturday I went to a fantastic "Strictly Come Dancing" party hosted by one of my village book club ladies. We all dressed in posh frocks and sparkly jewellery. Our host did a great job. We were all assigned a judge and had to hold up a score just before they did, if our score matched that of the judge we put a star on our sheet, the one with the most stars won a lovely festive head band.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqFIib5Fkgs_mv_56kUwn9Yw-Yuq4F-E9MiOEOKcQMJmyw2Y_q7YThYZlaCYuAQCoGQdMVlNqMY1_6rrA0hHY8QXo36WZ7Z38SvdXdOotNzq4mbVPb1ByZGydMkbwU_bhwcs8Yu7f1ULLRIA-QpGJ_wBqTZeD9V28DSWwnXneOVxcyBiEqNF9opjEREQq/s4160/Christmas%20Celebrations%20Strictly%20food.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2852" data-original-width="4160" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqFIib5Fkgs_mv_56kUwn9Yw-Yuq4F-E9MiOEOKcQMJmyw2Y_q7YThYZlaCYuAQCoGQdMVlNqMY1_6rrA0hHY8QXo36WZ7Z38SvdXdOotNzq4mbVPb1ByZGydMkbwU_bhwcs8Yu7f1ULLRIA-QpGJ_wBqTZeD9V28DSWwnXneOVxcyBiEqNF9opjEREQq/w579-h397/Christmas%20Celebrations%20Strictly%20food.jpg" width="579" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">The food was amazing, all homemade, B loves cooking and entertaining</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNFs_01FkWtzKmxy2MKHHQU1OB6uOUb7Ap1bumpp58edJfSemAILLjFlBcQuvjPLPsQatCxGbNO-L9PKI6WTGr3qvp7OT6pR_9pgahiovRDP_jCgmIW9FCCIJqFMUoWXHbhK843QnqJh4y4GddniDr75pCHv_mW8GBy9R50ML5RNTTzlZri36FYMnYSkO/s3805/Christmas%20Celebrations%20Strictly%20tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3805" data-original-width="2819" height="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNFs_01FkWtzKmxy2MKHHQU1OB6uOUb7Ap1bumpp58edJfSemAILLjFlBcQuvjPLPsQatCxGbNO-L9PKI6WTGr3qvp7OT6pR_9pgahiovRDP_jCgmIW9FCCIJqFMUoWXHbhK843QnqJh4y4GddniDr75pCHv_mW8GBy9R50ML5RNTTzlZri36FYMnYSkO/w406-h549/Christmas%20Celebrations%20Strictly%20tree.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">her cottage is beautiful.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">My bowls club Christmas meal was today, this time I had traditional turkey which was absolutely delicious and plentiful, and on Wednesday is another club's monthly meeting where will all contribute to a buffet. I will be making more mince pies tomorrow, which hopefully will be better than the last ones!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I won't be celebrating anything on Thursday, I have an appointment with the dentist for a filling!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="color: #af0445; font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span>∼ Be warm and well∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x </b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #c70626; font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><br /></div></span></span></i></span></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-9732987270007653742023-12-13T16:38:00.002+00:002023-12-13T16:44:47.162+00:00A Wonderful Read<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-decoration-line: underline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-decoration-line: underline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWS-r016Hh801Czigia4HxN1-Rrf8KHhTldSa9LVNbaGqTzhwN59QAXoJObXV9X8GXuvfVLliNVi9dxvKRULTeYlxIzteSx-LBqeZvsJ-W8MnTAYJkKK8CfwUnzj6Z9iIVmXEbs5XFMQbweslJ_HmRhC3NuvSMm1TB0mtj13St1rTNAv4vqkwol2Ji2sx3/s4160/Deweyy.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWS-r016Hh801Czigia4HxN1-Rrf8KHhTldSa9LVNbaGqTzhwN59QAXoJObXV9X8GXuvfVLliNVi9dxvKRULTeYlxIzteSx-LBqeZvsJ-W8MnTAYJkKK8CfwUnzj6Z9iIVmXEbs5XFMQbweslJ_HmRhC3NuvSMm1TB0mtj13St1rTNAv4vqkwol2Ji2sx3/w240-h320/Deweyy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-decoration-line: underline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Dewey by Vicki Myron</span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small library, save a classic American town, and eventually become famous around the world? You can't even begin to answer those questions until you read the endearing story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa, USA.</span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br />Dewey’s story began in January 1988. It was the coldest night of the year when someone dumped him in the night drop box of the town library. The following morning Vicki Myron, the Library Director found him under a pile of books. Only a few weeks old, he was thin, weak, trembling from the cold, and all his pads were frostbitten.</span><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-d9a2e266-7fff-2eb3-08a7-5987511cf63f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">After a warm bath the tiny grey bundle turned out to be a beautiful ginger, the grey was dirt. From the moment he pulled himself up and hobbled to nudge each member of staff he won their hearts. The decision was made to keep him and he was named Dewey Readmore Books.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">For the next nineteen years, he charmed the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility, and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #181818; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">As his fame grew from town to town, then state to state, and finally, amazingly, worldwide, Dewey became more than just a friend; he became a source of pride for an extraordinary Heartland farming town pulling its way slowly back from the greatest crisis in its history.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">As well as a beautiful story about Dewey it's also a very interesting account of the struggles of Vicki's life, her parents and grandparents, and of the lives and struggles of the solid hardworking midwesterners of America's Heartland. A definite must read book.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">There is a lovely video on Youtube <u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jGpvvLmwbs&ab_channel=IowaPBS" target="_blank">here</a></u></span></span></p><br /></span></div><div><span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #f87a32; font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b><span>∼ Happy Reading∼ </span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9fcc678c-7fff-a919-78aa-4ba3fdffeb4e"><span><span><i><span><i><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Polly x</b></span></span></i></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></span></i></span></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-55631553779033959782023-12-09T15:22:00.011+00:002023-12-09T15:42:32.139+00:00Hibernation<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Animals deal with winter so much better than I do - they eat a load of food then sleep through it!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">There are aspects of winter that I love though - my warm padded coats, hats, gloves, scarves, arriving home on a cold wet evening and being greeted by the warmth in the house, comfort food - a bowl of tasty soup with crusty bread, stew and dumplings, and sponge puddings with custard!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9fG26qH3q_zS6k8m6lcs5RrvHBe_Dp8rDVdzpRFl0A6ats8uK3x2oc2_fNj_xHiRiSqo31DczkFM4LHRBl7a2ApPS75ROA5HLE_-qQmg1n1XESoj3-IYM3obaqGaywWP-yURyODoex5L3NBpgGvaVwbl36-ULeh_CVMEDBQxU826GNFGsRHi9ne0Npq0/s3978/Hibernation%20lane.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="3978" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9fG26qH3q_zS6k8m6lcs5RrvHBe_Dp8rDVdzpRFl0A6ats8uK3x2oc2_fNj_xHiRiSqo31DczkFM4LHRBl7a2ApPS75ROA5HLE_-qQmg1n1XESoj3-IYM3obaqGaywWP-yURyODoex5L3NBpgGvaVwbl36-ULeh_CVMEDBQxU826GNFGsRHi9ne0Npq0/w622-h488/Hibernation%20lane.jpg" width="622" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some mornings I have to steel myself to go out in the cold with Rufus</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMxExoeUS7JFlCxyRoASjuij2kUfxVCPcHhYp5qLSYruErA3mY2Q2y1IHKGyKELIyLjnIU05Cl_U1dwdKcLAiqvfZzO7vwgz0FanrDc2igJSOMlQQiztvGjCxn_Cc_MOHxGO5bzCzuQEMmz-CDKqDdslNIWQ4315vJGfoiXyZrIQmffZBgUj_-QeKlO9d/w623-h467/Hibernation%20Rufus.jpg" width="623" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">but once we're out and walking I soon warm up</span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_4x1vDfCoUGqWslziXjJDOacpzYY34AbPKW2IsUVhtO1Gu8tVfH2vD2AxxHUKqeWWm3JLUBr9Z5eieKlx1H4DqpzKGTBpOOlGZIZIwvKsY5WD9Hte0wAB5URSoEovlPk-0BD_LsDRKYwaHQKiUl4nTGPze87Hv0k6WV6i9_fS_QTqT8GlOVMBXKDSFed/s4160/hibernation%20field.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">and if we have the bonus of sunshine it's lovely.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vT4mQb56xxjHE1SOUykw4oZrkgUAxXRPySMS3TLAEv6_U2BCu8Vx6EasbpSZ9C3di2YeNluJZOM7zpnbptry5jHqKOy1RWYBu2sKsrzsgNmemb47n-x6ezcHy60goY3-qwAWTdvlmDAjfpJ2OHZnOXp7L2J4HjZOVx7cIeU2oIEEUGQ-W9hHXlpipXYY/s4160/Hibernation%20field2.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vT4mQb56xxjHE1SOUykw4oZrkgUAxXRPySMS3TLAEv6_U2BCu8Vx6EasbpSZ9C3di2YeNluJZOM7zpnbptry5jHqKOy1RWYBu2sKsrzsgNmemb47n-x6ezcHy60goY3-qwAWTdvlmDAjfpJ2OHZnOXp7L2J4HjZOVx7cIeU2oIEEUGQ-W9hHXlpipXYY/w625-h469/Hibernation%20field2.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ruE7fvJ-K_Deig4T-MsCUTaiI0_6PdhXwQvv51X3fx0hSZfKI52idJieyo6L0Wo7v_wHtwJQNnhz-WssM_vBVRSAT6ly1YLFHQNVMeghvV4UPsBcfmQp7xMCjZKoLa6YD2DpYPvq5BuUQ-nVTkhU1Scjt3q9tpx_wu1V9xX8oOBrTXUMJfJFor8Bqho-/s4160/Hibernation%20Rufus%20in%20field.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2529" data-original-width="4160" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ruE7fvJ-K_Deig4T-MsCUTaiI0_6PdhXwQvv51X3fx0hSZfKI52idJieyo6L0Wo7v_wHtwJQNnhz-WssM_vBVRSAT6ly1YLFHQNVMeghvV4UPsBcfmQp7xMCjZKoLa6YD2DpYPvq5BuUQ-nVTkhU1Scjt3q9tpx_wu1V9xX8oOBrTXUMJfJFor8Bqho-/w621-h378/Hibernation%20Rufus%20in%20field.jpg" width="621" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Come on Rufy, keep up.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Sometimes I think he only wants to go so far and then home for breakfast! We've recently met a gorgeous spaniel whose tail never stops wagging as he runs around following different scents. Then he runs up to Rufus and they run around together for a bit, until he detects another scent, and off he goes!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MrjVSf0khe8tojroUZR3xyag8kKRj_ZdnbbSBvmcEuaNJjXjXuklocG48tTVWzYKttxfPg7gEDIuchUXQXq5c6p9GONT9XC0Wjv2S5fK3t5r9MhOSq6Tdu_OIZFB4etU2yG9a1zsAEvpcL21tIunWDEC4lNqYEqylr18kerR6gjHovTS2-iC6-gOJuNF/s3810/Hibernation%20weed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3810" data-original-width="3007" height="567" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MrjVSf0khe8tojroUZR3xyag8kKRj_ZdnbbSBvmcEuaNJjXjXuklocG48tTVWzYKttxfPg7gEDIuchUXQXq5c6p9GONT9XC0Wjv2S5fK3t5r9MhOSq6Tdu_OIZFB4etU2yG9a1zsAEvpcL21tIunWDEC4lNqYEqylr18kerR6gjHovTS2-iC6-gOJuNF/w447-h567/Hibernation%20weed.jpg" width="447" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2304ag1oPGomq2Qm6Jwxez3wTvQDT0ni-znvkqgwFm2ny5NcVHphowzqLK9Bur2qOteKN2ajQxnKmhXRh1xxeH6hItF7muFnCc0Ms5NUQXlqSxWidtos3OupCrelmRmGP1eW5D5AYw3XEE15Td6r4N63JhY2qJrwjz11r_oTJ_iLZsMlzB-DILbhsIpJU/s4160/Hibernation%20rosebuds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2304ag1oPGomq2Qm6Jwxez3wTvQDT0ni-znvkqgwFm2ny5NcVHphowzqLK9Bur2qOteKN2ajQxnKmhXRh1xxeH6hItF7muFnCc0Ms5NUQXlqSxWidtos3OupCrelmRmGP1eW5D5AYw3XEE15Td6r4N63JhY2qJrwjz11r_oTJ_iLZsMlzB-DILbhsIpJU/w452-h602/Hibernation%20rosebuds.jpg" width="452" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I'm finishing two quilts I started in June</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-GEeZUrFiqiAZ_XTZwR1pvtL_1xf4AlcqacbDboHsW0I-C3z_sl35zrf4lQVtR36f_Ua3xYLQKPZeHTStg1zX7VBZ3PFgErbx6prnhwZohyRTihCJ_lfHcSx-HxhLXuSJPOpD7xWy_2nyED8pS_PnlA500OZPbANnbMxgFpoVdeGu-c7h6ROLitTCdHB/s4160/Rufus%20diary%20June23%20quilt%20bees.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2836" data-original-width="4160" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-GEeZUrFiqiAZ_XTZwR1pvtL_1xf4AlcqacbDboHsW0I-C3z_sl35zrf4lQVtR36f_Ua3xYLQKPZeHTStg1zX7VBZ3PFgErbx6prnhwZohyRTihCJ_lfHcSx-HxhLXuSJPOpD7xWy_2nyED8pS_PnlA500OZPbANnbMxgFpoVdeGu-c7h6ROLitTCdHB/w533-h363/Rufus%20diary%20June23%20quilt%20bees.jpg" width="533" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Bees</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-1uzsUjfOUbnPFp-XCbQ3wCUDD0r2-kwrCkCISrU5Yk9pTxbtzVGoYJZGDViLgDVElnOse41xMgcPe8issc82nfgtZvMscg0IjdOrSvC6YBj8Ailr4x732Ro_XZZK9OT5sQBmRjywuClnmxqCx5G9NhWb39qpfmxO7DW97uc6nprn-NrWlIMGbj3HCMk/s4160/Rufus%20diary%20June23%20Woody.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-1uzsUjfOUbnPFp-XCbQ3wCUDD0r2-kwrCkCISrU5Yk9pTxbtzVGoYJZGDViLgDVElnOse41xMgcPe8issc82nfgtZvMscg0IjdOrSvC6YBj8Ailr4x732Ro_XZZK9OT5sQBmRjywuClnmxqCx5G9NhWb39qpfmxO7DW97uc6nprn-NrWlIMGbj3HCMk/w540-h404/Rufus%20diary%20June23%20Woody.jpg" width="540" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: center;">and Sheriff Woody</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: center;">At the moment hibernation is forced rather than choice. On Wednesday morning I felt fine, took Rufus out, had breakfast, did a bit of housework, then later in the day I started coughing and sneezing and felt very poorly. I've spent two days not getting dressed, just moved from bed to sofa!! I'm pleased to say that I'm starting to feel a bit better and today I'm dressed, but still on the sofa.</span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: center;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqw_tcEdMzWpWtnnGOrclyZn5lDS-3IRMoROzLU8DXygVk0H2ZGDZ00C42PWrHILOdTXOloV5t26CMPzJqii30nsOSX5p-spFfHFhL3NU6hMJhFn78xzqWyktbmcOmaslHo5SSb3FfsxH9k-KWTer388rxaMy0t4sIRzRhzYmAsBoj7k1JfAjJALdcx2mN/s3599/Hibernation%20jigsaw%20moderna.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2650" data-original-width="3599" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqw_tcEdMzWpWtnnGOrclyZn5lDS-3IRMoROzLU8DXygVk0H2ZGDZ00C42PWrHILOdTXOloV5t26CMPzJqii30nsOSX5p-spFfHFhL3NU6hMJhFn78xzqWyktbmcOmaslHo5SSb3FfsxH9k-KWTer388rxaMy0t4sIRzRhzYmAsBoj7k1JfAjJALdcx2mN/w574-h423/Hibernation%20jigsaw%20moderna.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I started a 1000 piece jigsaw</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgZE-pASsOSWOiXrIFez3NoxzHVt_I_D7bPe8uZfzpaFcOuuTsCaywqN05Zd9UVRMwTsrHPATFqZNPPSxlt53vaiIE4mTvPNpwHVc8k7vNE9MSluW32Oq_LrXQVKkJmbw-lYIGJm2Pf6qbrugecHFhCLunWctOL-0zM2vOFhNQmDlmHcN6BppVZZOFRCs/s3483/HIbernation%20jigsaw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2549" data-original-width="3483" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgZE-pASsOSWOiXrIFez3NoxzHVt_I_D7bPe8uZfzpaFcOuuTsCaywqN05Zd9UVRMwTsrHPATFqZNPPSxlt53vaiIE4mTvPNpwHVc8k7vNE9MSluW32Oq_LrXQVKkJmbw-lYIGJm2Pf6qbrugecHFhCLunWctOL-0zM2vOFhNQmDlmHcN6BppVZZOFRCs/w574-h420/HIbernation%20jigsaw.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">which isn't progressing very well because I haven't wanted to anything except sleep.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #307ab3; font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><b><i>∼ Be warm and well ∼</i></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #307ab3; font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #307ab3; font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><b><i>Polly x</i></b></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-38619534956060638422023-12-04T12:42:00.001+00:002023-12-04T12:57:04.642+00:00Christmas Tree Festival<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">On Saturday was the excellent Christmas market in the Cathedral. I forgot to take photos!! but it was exactly the same as the last time I went, so I've used some of those photos.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33LVPt3Smp6195sdocyijx1FbiUcItacvgv8gMqxs_V6CuSVUG0V0CQ7ux6ahfa0BcsSbxvlE6Prk1gaTXVqifdwd40-hYLF3oZGzIJx87KPX08L_lEUqyk92E9ZOwnEu2rfKaCakRL5IjFW9musEeNASemNpkFEiCI9BD_V6r5UZ9DYOkEtoIobGJkNT/s833/Christmas%20market%20cathedral.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="833" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33LVPt3Smp6195sdocyijx1FbiUcItacvgv8gMqxs_V6CuSVUG0V0CQ7ux6ahfa0BcsSbxvlE6Prk1gaTXVqifdwd40-hYLF3oZGzIJx87KPX08L_lEUqyk92E9ZOwnEu2rfKaCakRL5IjFW9musEeNASemNpkFEiCI9BD_V6r5UZ9DYOkEtoIobGJkNT/w582-h437/Christmas%20market%20cathedral.jpg" width="582" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I didn't linger long at the outdoor stalls, the weather was -2°, I was wearing my lovely warm coat but I still preferred being inside</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWyJbxOk1vUAes1E7fbfJtRMTYTpp7SHAse2qvnQXXmMjIBIbbVJohhsAM5ObM9GfzCWs_FOcQrS1pgi3FqwRjU9lGi_eD7Qk_Mn-DpXx3zJ_uB1WatsTv5LfLER58Bac1ZF-22fctwhFMQqMurBb8Fl9lZlElqmvMoCGxAng98az6eur4fVshi-_GyVx/s778/Christmas%20market%20choir.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="778" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWyJbxOk1vUAes1E7fbfJtRMTYTpp7SHAse2qvnQXXmMjIBIbbVJohhsAM5ObM9GfzCWs_FOcQrS1pgi3FqwRjU9lGi_eD7Qk_Mn-DpXx3zJ_uB1WatsTv5LfLER58Bac1ZF-22fctwhFMQqMurBb8Fl9lZlElqmvMoCGxAng98az6eur4fVshi-_GyVx/w578-h464/Christmas%20market%20choir.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">The Rock Choir were superb</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCEiuiI0D-GCiVjdAH2PdNZIRIqOB_LQc178Q6NHkL-ETAa1pozzN22_incyYyKx_n_AnpCHT-ZDEm4F5zzQJxgf_vGbDkqC_H8W6sglVI3XxKZsaLJAe92SqOo_DprWeyKWCylfTmxkOCPs4V6t227shiaZx9qASwUR5LK-49Au6xshrz6lc5kZgayiG/s624/Christmas%20market%20stall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="411" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCEiuiI0D-GCiVjdAH2PdNZIRIqOB_LQc178Q6NHkL-ETAa1pozzN22_incyYyKx_n_AnpCHT-ZDEm4F5zzQJxgf_vGbDkqC_H8W6sglVI3XxKZsaLJAe92SqOo_DprWeyKWCylfTmxkOCPs4V6t227shiaZx9qASwUR5LK-49Au6xshrz6lc5kZgayiG/w308-h467/Christmas%20market%20stall.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Lots of stalls selling lots of lovely things. I bought a pair of soft bamboo socks, and a tree decoration. Then had a delicious sausage roll and a cup of tea. I didn't win a raffle prize.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">oOo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">On Sunday I went to one of my favourite events - The Christmas Tree</span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"> Festival hosted by the church in the village down the road. Local groups, shops and individuals enter their trees. The public vote for their favourites as do the church committee, and there is a prize for the winners in each category. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">The Christmas Broom by my village pre-school, another favourite</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkYJPoesnWdDpFYVnqYYR6rWvsrbxcu0aXgrfFvXAXdkNkWfJhx8X6LM76p4cvmPHgT_nJXTdQY_BpTz6C3l_2Vmy3EAtT9KRL9BmSyhvQ-d69n19Z7wmOjE6Jxi0MpMIJ31kABG842T1H09Pb354F0fxy-07UVt-iwFyeq9P0uFdLsyJGi8mq-ON4TR1/s4014/Tree%20festival%2023%20Christmas%20broom%20star.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4014" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkYJPoesnWdDpFYVnqYYR6rWvsrbxcu0aXgrfFvXAXdkNkWfJhx8X6LM76p4cvmPHgT_nJXTdQY_BpTz6C3l_2Vmy3EAtT9KRL9BmSyhvQ-d69n19Z7wmOjE6Jxi0MpMIJ31kABG842T1H09Pb354F0fxy-07UVt-iwFyeq9P0uFdLsyJGi8mq-ON4TR1/s320/Tree%20festival%2023%20Christmas%20broom%20star.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I thought it was enchanting</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-OJlCspFrkiMcfxT8odv8W8WuBVPq4D7dseVRTxvy747UvlckWURltafNtacJYrmY1pEzYbmGBp7VQQCa7mXb36sAFtW5ihMkwIl7R8ucJV31Bol7HbKbu8NXB4UNaOOvK5Nfxr1Xu4ISEFeKNOgSQTbqMaqGNzPXnngbjUzPN8flosDWW3Z4aqv2LQN/s4160/Tree%20festival%2023%20Barrow%20farm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-OJlCspFrkiMcfxT8odv8W8WuBVPq4D7dseVRTxvy747UvlckWURltafNtacJYrmY1pEzYbmGBp7VQQCa7mXb36sAFtW5ihMkwIl7R8ucJV31Bol7HbKbu8NXB4UNaOOvK5Nfxr1Xu4ISEFeKNOgSQTbqMaqGNzPXnngbjUzPN8flosDWW3Z4aqv2LQN/w480-h640/Tree%20festival%2023%20Barrow%20farm.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Running The World Over by Chelmsford Rivermead Rotary Club</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was difficult choosing just one of my three favourites to vote for. The Hart of Highwood was my number one favourite but I chose my village pre-school Christmas Broom because I know the lovely lady who runs the school and she and her staff provide a first class, excellent fun and learning environment for the children.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #307ab3; font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><b><i>∼ Be safe and well ∼</i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #307ab3; font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #307ab3; font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><b><i>Polly x</i></b></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-67818944271666113882023-11-27T14:15:00.003+00:002023-11-29T15:22:06.116+00:00Christmas Fair<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">On Saturday we held our village Christmas Fair</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjM-Sug3WLQBlKHPjQ9qLm1HgByBmmJMnZE-BNgHyYo2hsU9Xlt_gCNK-PR3nM8V9r0NxcdqB_NL4AKCa8RH5ffEMM6SG2lQpaI-s7mJJbQoCq1ZHXtGEvORAJkZlxMMRymWRjmb_5GjNh2xHN5PMmSpLe4CiASueNoEuULFXY8ydGyi7LLYg5TsvcdFtS/s3501/Christmas%20fair%20unicorn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2662" data-original-width="3501" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjM-Sug3WLQBlKHPjQ9qLm1HgByBmmJMnZE-BNgHyYo2hsU9Xlt_gCNK-PR3nM8V9r0NxcdqB_NL4AKCa8RH5ffEMM6SG2lQpaI-s7mJJbQoCq1ZHXtGEvORAJkZlxMMRymWRjmb_5GjNh2xHN5PMmSpLe4CiASueNoEuULFXY8ydGyi7LLYg5TsvcdFtS/w546-h415/Christmas%20fair%20unicorn.jpg" width="546" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">The chidren loved the 'Unicorn'</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtqF3Yj6AlxgBiiefPx_8h1rzQLzJeoi4f2oyXxSrMl_WnQllyLudLj3Wo-VOeMNj04EpjTahDaThKpO0cQHwNpRaaX-2ubsffBjW75D28wykB6oW_s2ZWfZQj_jCdfE9XYILtAnoWx6m6D1VTLfBmZnDRglK6jdKMRwFInLru7zVJzBHYciPio5tBOBs/s3824/Christmas%20fair%20unicorn2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2849" data-original-width="3824" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtqF3Yj6AlxgBiiefPx_8h1rzQLzJeoi4f2oyXxSrMl_WnQllyLudLj3Wo-VOeMNj04EpjTahDaThKpO0cQHwNpRaaX-2ubsffBjW75D28wykB6oW_s2ZWfZQj_jCdfE9XYILtAnoWx6m6D1VTLfBmZnDRglK6jdKMRwFInLru7zVJzBHYciPio5tBOBs/w548-h408/Christmas%20fair%20unicorn2.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">and she enjoyed her day because as well as the children feeding her carrots</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">she hardly paused for breath eating the lush grass!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">It was an excellent turn out, the hall was packed</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqX1l-8oE07JqRxJfCf9Ce_fz2UbhR3j4eZz2F57lv5M-UUBklzdeZ9ODayX1-GM7DQTiwnOWJxXgWtzP1zs7ObbBVJJQsHieIDy3RagwMQIVVwy7_QTqPMsz00InJ5fM_4L4LrYu8rckcPMhneuSJOew2cHgCNoJRFjmzP6Ud_x9mQTSBAS2IVfaUOErP/s1869/Christmas%20fair%20Fig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1483" data-original-width="1869" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqX1l-8oE07JqRxJfCf9Ce_fz2UbhR3j4eZz2F57lv5M-UUBklzdeZ9ODayX1-GM7DQTiwnOWJxXgWtzP1zs7ObbBVJJQsHieIDy3RagwMQIVVwy7_QTqPMsz00InJ5fM_4L4LrYu8rckcPMhneuSJOew2cHgCNoJRFjmzP6Ud_x9mQTSBAS2IVfaUOErP/w547-h435/Christmas%20fair%20Fig.jpg" width="547" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">there were lots of lovely things for sale</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoDO6_VBQl_zjAyj1m8nxCzWBnNmyhveeqUKyAHmUMe6CuGX0ZJAI4ieDin8r6-mLIqvRDL5TWE-I6DDFmFTCgI7SJadneU1CXfZDGoHUoKbB0kLWOwX6Wdf739081sJBQ74B2apfpNIG0sB2ag4sqzd5VYrKTXimA4GGbyG3CAM6qCsSP19yCGvKVEd2/s4160/Christmas%20fair%20jewellery2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2651" data-original-width="4160" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoDO6_VBQl_zjAyj1m8nxCzWBnNmyhveeqUKyAHmUMe6CuGX0ZJAI4ieDin8r6-mLIqvRDL5TWE-I6DDFmFTCgI7SJadneU1CXfZDGoHUoKbB0kLWOwX6Wdf739081sJBQ74B2apfpNIG0sB2ag4sqzd5VYrKTXimA4GGbyG3CAM6qCsSP19yCGvKVEd2/w544-h345/Christmas%20fair%20jewellery2.jpg" width="544" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6zFuKAyejpZW6Aot9diPTG8a9fEO0-banToSeuL0-ROAfYI3xYHRZo1-qwNh0xkWrH1-BKIlHFNivRhNsCwLKXFYZfkOZKXcydr5UF0gf3Uvbev3T236_RvaD4qLOScLZYy1gAMP7I_H40Gr0W6tkKE2T44PaAQHer7FiRpmFoDL_eRWxO4PzYbLjGo2/s4160/Christmas%20fair%20poinsettia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6zFuKAyejpZW6Aot9diPTG8a9fEO0-banToSeuL0-ROAfYI3xYHRZo1-qwNh0xkWrH1-BKIlHFNivRhNsCwLKXFYZfkOZKXcydr5UF0gf3Uvbev3T236_RvaD4qLOScLZYy1gAMP7I_H40Gr0W6tkKE2T44PaAQHer7FiRpmFoDL_eRWxO4PzYbLjGo2/w545-h409/Christmas%20fair%20poinsettia.jpg" width="545" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSWRKSneiRCQD2RHH34fAVE0F1ZYu75wgXj6mpjuhiSVcZn1-thMSyrXgwwguhJgCWbaWD98OrZOuEPoiP99S1727yJu3aQJxmoseLS-LvQNiRnw3iUDDYn-J_MBlRHul_ipOCvZPAN5cp_8Emy4JUffHDFWWiD8IUb0BtpYkXbd2zRHzRJtthKZ3mM2e/s1920/Christmas%20fair%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="1920" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSWRKSneiRCQD2RHH34fAVE0F1ZYu75wgXj6mpjuhiSVcZn1-thMSyrXgwwguhJgCWbaWD98OrZOuEPoiP99S1727yJu3aQJxmoseLS-LvQNiRnw3iUDDYn-J_MBlRHul_ipOCvZPAN5cp_8Emy4JUffHDFWWiD8IUb0BtpYkXbd2zRHzRJtthKZ3mM2e/w545-h387/Christmas%20fair%20painting.jpg" width="545" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">face painting, drawing and colouring</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3rRNKriecaKxG7CjJpSuGnIvwikvgw-YiZwLeVCLtN9T9jd46U9tOEuotqRISkIcmS80jdDeUSPmnsYfZpbBET_UvITLfnxRVL3_nEGizaC6eprXz7Dnn37bw_Gwo-SfmaSybsqec9YewfUkysaFmcy6GQEXgJAzXQGvTcj8If33SCtIAEKTF1W5oB-c/s3288/Christmas%20fair%20lucky%20dip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3288" data-original-width="2650" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3rRNKriecaKxG7CjJpSuGnIvwikvgw-YiZwLeVCLtN9T9jd46U9tOEuotqRISkIcmS80jdDeUSPmnsYfZpbBET_UvITLfnxRVL3_nEGizaC6eprXz7Dnn37bw_Gwo-SfmaSybsqec9YewfUkysaFmcy6GQEXgJAzXQGvTcj8If33SCtIAEKTF1W5oB-c/w421-h521/Christmas%20fair%20lucky%20dip.jpg" width="421" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">this sweet little boy was enjoying the lucky dip </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgggjWAvdrLyFY48W4eQwcMa4d2lWZfu6lafpXlA5SHoQJr9GHGnYBAWMncTbt5UjNXP3JShmWs33rrlwlMzpHkRuzUCv9eA2uKX2hcEhT-yyXvysXJtpT9_qO2RCLFZBmIUMdIqYFRFYshLlvzzfcZOUj-hMwI2Go8L6_nKVyXI0eIOtoU_0cu-x6f38Qj/s4160/Christmas%20fair%20raffle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2798" data-original-width="4160" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgggjWAvdrLyFY48W4eQwcMa4d2lWZfu6lafpXlA5SHoQJr9GHGnYBAWMncTbt5UjNXP3JShmWs33rrlwlMzpHkRuzUCv9eA2uKX2hcEhT-yyXvysXJtpT9_qO2RCLFZBmIUMdIqYFRFYshLlvzzfcZOUj-hMwI2Go8L6_nKVyXI0eIOtoU_0cu-x6f38Qj/w541-h363/Christmas%20fair%20raffle.jpg" width="541" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I didn't win anything in the raffle</span></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtUi4cQapcWyaDvmhT2ZMDC9f5uF2tsJVB0c0YQup8O-_OTqbTX_eYdXt7ow6qh4f3Dvr5trku79967gDzxEYhyphenhyphenyRjjSkxUwXvCzHP5l2EotDIl14Hx32hRv7YJiMnrZSzHwLzRbDpNwH_hey6ZaNEfrTGVsIHpWmPjyrsMuJ4vLMWlgdzZbF8_Tc4ONA/s3996/Christmas%20fair%20tombola.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2911" data-original-width="3996" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtUi4cQapcWyaDvmhT2ZMDC9f5uF2tsJVB0c0YQup8O-_OTqbTX_eYdXt7ow6qh4f3Dvr5trku79967gDzxEYhyphenhyphenyRjjSkxUwXvCzHP5l2EotDIl14Hx32hRv7YJiMnrZSzHwLzRbDpNwH_hey6ZaNEfrTGVsIHpWmPjyrsMuJ4vLMWlgdzZbF8_Tc4ONA/w541-h394/Christmas%20fair%20tombola.jpg" width="541" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">but I did win a very nice duo of M&S hand wash and hand cream in the tombola. This was just two of the tables, there was another one to the right. People had kindly donated lots of lovely goodies. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTsv5B76A04O2iGRb_M8TAK0Jga1LPW-BqpvYC7AGVoJtcbUsXyEwZd3QQDsNwq_AhcgmSaTBZw7Ppbd2QDvK5LTFazGpTFmRyDF2kRmaaSptEHSaSGmyx1GqbDbNj4_S4DujPmbsvnSbCINvYkAHZb-2iubWdnaUIFWsJipmpqGrDJcHaAxoqEuDxlnz/s4160/Christmas%20fair%20book%20stall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTsv5B76A04O2iGRb_M8TAK0Jga1LPW-BqpvYC7AGVoJtcbUsXyEwZd3QQDsNwq_AhcgmSaTBZw7Ppbd2QDvK5LTFazGpTFmRyDF2kRmaaSptEHSaSGmyx1GqbDbNj4_S4DujPmbsvnSbCINvYkAHZb-2iubWdnaUIFWsJipmpqGrDJcHaAxoqEuDxlnz/w542-h406/Christmas%20fair%20book%20stall.jpg" width="542" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">books, jigsaws and more</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6LmBXKuBSNV1mYadCRqff3UkkwAAduYbHwbKmScV_L2IPuo3bGlt8GMsj4M8plyn2lXJIVTwMh4obMUXD8BaU4ELTd-VxBEYIPd30E0dnLddFfx9R9gwdwAodQMoT0RgGOzUBbg3PVH1hntQOS7luVUbgP89Zq0YygUtXzIfksNrlQbaCEEWH1MCQsdz/s3871/Christmas%20fair%20mulled%20wine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2305" data-original-width="3871" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6LmBXKuBSNV1mYadCRqff3UkkwAAduYbHwbKmScV_L2IPuo3bGlt8GMsj4M8plyn2lXJIVTwMh4obMUXD8BaU4ELTd-VxBEYIPd30E0dnLddFfx9R9gwdwAodQMoT0RgGOzUBbg3PVH1hntQOS7luVUbgP89Zq0YygUtXzIfksNrlQbaCEEWH1MCQsdz/w544-h325/Christmas%20fair%20mulled%20wine.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I love a glass of mulled wine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLeHohw4woj3fILU1VqwFRzOCvDx14ko1lBZ_Q7JU3mSwTJVPn9EedefUvmxi94y3V9Qpx86vuJqRe9N0BR8Z6nujD57afYluJxNuNPosTX2unnJEMLAJdvEH1HqcmzUm5_hQzxMDD2quT5yf8vIC1Dw9J0FdPSC8EnGYvRrCugd9BycZuOtPdr26aEun/s1920/Christmas%20fair%20lunch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="1920" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLeHohw4woj3fILU1VqwFRzOCvDx14ko1lBZ_Q7JU3mSwTJVPn9EedefUvmxi94y3V9Qpx86vuJqRe9N0BR8Z6nujD57afYluJxNuNPosTX2unnJEMLAJdvEH1HqcmzUm5_hQzxMDD2quT5yf8vIC1Dw9J0FdPSC8EnGYvRrCugd9BycZuOtPdr26aEun/w545-h500/Christmas%20fair%20lunch.jpg" width="545" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Over in the other hall some of my WI group ladies were kept busy serving sausage rolls and jacket potatoes with delicious fillings of chilli or coronation chicken and salad. Myself and other WI ladies took over at 2o/clock serving tea and cakes. I forgot to take photos of all the cakes!</span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br />Everyone agreed it was a triumph. The atmosphere in both halls was wonderful. We are a small community but when we pull together and share ideas and work we achieve excellent results. </span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">And as well as having a great time we raised money for charities. We haven't heard yet how much but I think it will be a lot. The money will be donated to our village hall, </span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">our church modernisation fund, the W.I. and Great Ormond Street Hospital.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #307ab3; font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><b><i>∼ Be safe and well ∼</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #307ab3; font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #307ab3; font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><b><i>Polly x</i></b></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926779151466945987.post-53388204567165625732023-11-23T22:16:00.009+00:002023-12-11T19:33:23.041+00:00Lake View Kitchen<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I bought Lake View in 2019, it had been badly constructed, neglected and needed (still needs) a lot of work to bring it up to scratch. In July 2019 I jokingly said "</span><i>C</i><i>heck back in about four years!" </i><span><span>and here we are way past that deadline. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">The kitchen has taken a LONG</span><span style="font-family: Paprika;"> </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">time. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYAVjo5xgAvoF4QtSFWBe7fsj_qgKWjNxOzRFdHwgQlYl6dvC1gEK2lzOg3sebkGzJH_ol82cD5ueQLsFuBkqIuu2G1l4rQeWJmCYlB3VIZCBruA0KkR39cvpdDYENnPdc9_W3UjUFjIvsZ3XqSYWilou1dn7t1QoanVC7k0glKsa0DuQm-9pVhmjzw/s2982/IMG_20230213_142852332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2982" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYAVjo5xgAvoF4QtSFWBe7fsj_qgKWjNxOzRFdHwgQlYl6dvC1gEK2lzOg3sebkGzJH_ol82cD5ueQLsFuBkqIuu2G1l4rQeWJmCYlB3VIZCBruA0KkR39cvpdDYENnPdc9_W3UjUFjIvsZ3XqSYWilou1dn7t1QoanVC7k0glKsa0DuQm-9pVhmjzw/w298-h320/IMG_20230213_142852332.jpg" width="298" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Lh48Ej2b5HUAEzzOU1f8mUnjzWiF2DclrrZxZtkrmiiGmdQSdc70ZJV2lnwOJSY_6fC8mA6OOaUGqhHEH15Nh9scZKHUE11lL1Hh1uese-4FNN9u6ABT8vYG7APdLEwuw90yLVc36RCxmkjviKeWUjz-rGpwTiRoKuT-fFMkzEJhs6J_4UzvxKLT4rOI/s4000/Kitchen%20cooker-fotor-2023080420553.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Lh48Ej2b5HUAEzzOU1f8mUnjzWiF2DclrrZxZtkrmiiGmdQSdc70ZJV2lnwOJSY_6fC8mA6OOaUGqhHEH15Nh9scZKHUE11lL1Hh1uese-4FNN9u6ABT8vYG7APdLEwuw90yLVc36RCxmkjviKeWUjz-rGpwTiRoKuT-fFMkzEJhs6J_4UzvxKLT4rOI/w240-h320/Kitchen%20cooker-fotor-2023080420553.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">The first job was to make the cooker, </span></span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">it was in kit form so fairly easy to construct. The width of the cooker and the fridge dictated how wide the cupboards on the same wall would be.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1a9R1En1u0wuqlsjyQGFjo-7xp_kE_UlNte9k4ygp_4SZean3qJQqN2P7byhEXWoUK573EryOnVM41c5v4SEkB6O-Png3k_5BTSFudVQCQSNg05nsuFe1piMgNZpcw_6xYi_GcXcNIOKgr2b0eaMpls4i6cxr40US4WxX6zdiOG3KDmQXHnaRKi4aNe_W/s3643/Kitchen%20cupboard%20pieces.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="3643" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1a9R1En1u0wuqlsjyQGFjo-7xp_kE_UlNte9k4ygp_4SZean3qJQqN2P7byhEXWoUK573EryOnVM41c5v4SEkB6O-Png3k_5BTSFudVQCQSNg05nsuFe1piMgNZpcw_6xYi_GcXcNIOKgr2b0eaMpls4i6cxr40US4WxX6zdiOG3KDmQXHnaRKi4aNe_W/w561-h380/Kitchen%20cupboard%20pieces.jpg" width="561" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span>Two cupboards to go each side of the cooker made with obeche wood which is easy to cut with a craft knife. I cut</span> pieces for the sides, fronts, work tops and small pieces for detail</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhln5x-rsucGP9cctUHxXhTRKzq0fjAOxY7d_B-BsP7ySTp_mu1Mv841LAA2-6_40DiIhE0XywLOng7HqwEcf5vekPrLkPyRcsoqwyMQYKDR25fSH8IDUfrC8CENyPTRaCXhvR5dkNocoVEaepP-ikRf3GUbXUT0Bt538oy1vKzg118RDjB2Y5ZOUu8kuhg/s4160/Kitchen%20cupboards.jpg" style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2383" data-original-width="4160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhln5x-rsucGP9cctUHxXhTRKzq0fjAOxY7d_B-BsP7ySTp_mu1Mv841LAA2-6_40DiIhE0XywLOng7HqwEcf5vekPrLkPyRcsoqwyMQYKDR25fSH8IDUfrC8CENyPTRaCXhvR5dkNocoVEaepP-ikRf3GUbXUT0Bt538oy1vKzg118RDjB2Y5ZOUu8kuhg/w559-h320/Kitchen%20cupboards.jpg" width="559" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: left;">painted the sides and front, and stained the worktops.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-9noV_CTP8ZkJOAra2SwaWqY4X3dgXFkylksoF2GMGhOUDr5iKCzX4Co-AXKNeWFULtPjI7Ha75nbtizPSlWD_a4WWXahslibUdHjOUx1YB6KAMf0mhQY-nEzbQXDBrg5d5AOsIs9bLW4gpcQgR71dj8OfCM1tpA4yES-PU2YAguKhA51RCTg8HlpA/s4022/IMG_20230203_161941184.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2866" data-original-width="4022" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-9noV_CTP8ZkJOAra2SwaWqY4X3dgXFkylksoF2GMGhOUDr5iKCzX4Co-AXKNeWFULtPjI7Ha75nbtizPSlWD_a4WWXahslibUdHjOUx1YB6KAMf0mhQY-nEzbQXDBrg5d5AOsIs9bLW4gpcQgR71dj8OfCM1tpA4yES-PU2YAguKhA51RCTg8HlpA/w559-h399/IMG_20230203_161941184.jpg" width="559" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">For the long run of cupboards I cut a length of wood</span><span style="font-family: Paprika;"> and started glueing the detail bits on </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">then realised I only needed 5 cupboards!</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AwaHcvBxQ9B01sYUGYNOMbJSBQh9eUxZmzQu40lvIHDWkNWWbBm0WJygvVMtq9F9_xyP0C6QLJRHPnj2rPfleN3y5tRlxzExY9CKGg801Xn7BnjbGMJNDhj645RFdUP03LIkY1wdEfcupG8362YPXRtl3Xi7Ljj3z7_4E8KWWOX0eOvLY4bNG8ZV5Q/s4160/IMG_20230209_224850130.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2453" data-original-width="4160" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AwaHcvBxQ9B01sYUGYNOMbJSBQh9eUxZmzQu40lvIHDWkNWWbBm0WJygvVMtq9F9_xyP0C6QLJRHPnj2rPfleN3y5tRlxzExY9CKGg801Xn7BnjbGMJNDhj645RFdUP03LIkY1wdEfcupG8362YPXRtl3Xi7Ljj3z7_4E8KWWOX0eOvLY4bNG8ZV5Q/w566-h334/IMG_20230209_224850130.jpg" width="566" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">After staining the worktop I cut out a square for the sink which is a McDonalds ketchup tub. I had to do it twice because the first time I put it too close to the edge which didn't leave enough space for the front cupboards to fit.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPT4T0rAdaJXr-uUywFr68e_nCkTURP1aPnDRmg6knA4TjQzF8RE_jR1eIlQxoB7iATsq1hTFIRvFC5tWf-eAMnmMCKNk_zDy4C_I96ZEFhRoS-phexjolfHG-m8JZD0df80dsY32-sqrvDclxcW4HJdE6PhxjSEcxxTYqQIZbCdxEjOyrl5YpCpciJw/s4160/IMG_20230213_143438665.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1986" data-original-width="4160" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPT4T0rAdaJXr-uUywFr68e_nCkTURP1aPnDRmg6knA4TjQzF8RE_jR1eIlQxoB7iATsq1hTFIRvFC5tWf-eAMnmMCKNk_zDy4C_I96ZEFhRoS-phexjolfHG-m8JZD0df80dsY32-sqrvDclxcW4HJdE6PhxjSEcxxTYqQIZbCdxEjOyrl5YpCpciJw/w568-h272/IMG_20230213_143438665.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I painted the sides and front pieces, lightly stained the worktop and then glued them all together. Making the tiny handles was frustrating. Finally I coated it all with varnish. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5lJY1y2hhH3uEsShiEjcazmAE1wHagmVjWIEJVISnVXncERVGlYfEgSrUrzD7vV6CQIMTPR-pxARIPYYqJIClDIzPLymhIiN1tc6tKOSs-AXM88u5RKXbTt0fbH-RWpEIDF3Vl23xPBcXIbEzFXsyss7K7mbcmqEwdP0aNMm6viLaMOoUsLSvDt2lAg/s4044/IMG_20230213_143455708.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2115" data-original-width="4044" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5lJY1y2hhH3uEsShiEjcazmAE1wHagmVjWIEJVISnVXncERVGlYfEgSrUrzD7vV6CQIMTPR-pxARIPYYqJIClDIzPLymhIiN1tc6tKOSs-AXM88u5RKXbTt0fbH-RWpEIDF3Vl23xPBcXIbEzFXsyss7K7mbcmqEwdP0aNMm6viLaMOoUsLSvDt2lAg/w570-h299/IMG_20230213_143455708.jpg" width="570" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Single cupboard, dishwasher, single cupboard, double cupboards</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Work came to a halt one Sunday when everything went wrong. I wasn't happy with the end bit of the long worktop, it was cut across the grain and when it was stained it became too dark so I sanded it and decided to stain it with a lighter colour than the worktop. I made the fatal mistake of not putting the lid back on the stain, and yes, I knocked it over!!.... it went everywhere, thank goodness I was wearing old work clothes! Next I was attempting to make cardboard templates of wall cupboards but kept getting the measurements wrong,</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXGNkve-8IqJsev1Bcl_7gOPjhY4SsOqiat8mP21QyCWjQ789A4tV8irpsQOQAeVGao1xJhDPO7rmxzmn4mA62Gcih8AIxdqIzWFuxKfgNSV8RbNV0OBF6wofDvJrhsDi0OdDa0EEG7JzN4Fl7kJgYluKwflsw-9twJo0LlvAgg4ysBk_is_46tP5W9Wj/s3716/Kitchen%20finger.jpg" style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3716" data-original-width="3120" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXGNkve-8IqJsev1Bcl_7gOPjhY4SsOqiat8mP21QyCWjQ789A4tV8irpsQOQAeVGao1xJhDPO7rmxzmn4mA62Gcih8AIxdqIzWFuxKfgNSV8RbNV0OBF6wofDvJrhsDi0OdDa0EEG7JzN4Fl7kJgYluKwflsw-9twJo0LlvAgg4ysBk_is_46tP5W9Wj/w398-h474/Kitchen%20finger.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">and when I sliced a bit off the side of my index finger with my scalpel I decided to walk away and spend the rest of the day on the sofa watching iPlayer. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: center;">I've done this once before. </span><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: center;">Once is an accident, twice is just downright carelessness.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">After a long absence I went back into the craft room with renewed enthusiasm to get the kitchen units finished, BUT </span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I decided I didn't like the colour 😟 not so much I didn't like it, it was just that with white walls and cream units the room would look very pale. I thought something a bit more colourful would look better! So more time spent removing all the handles, sanding the varnish off, masking the worktop, painting, sanding and more painting. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4JDEDEySW6mqJQM5gWOf_KXnwmRnVmGFRY6m0ddJ9D2uVhCaoGcTdDQ0hArLV9_zbB1odsYEqkiQlRrwYrQJwqo_Ygd6CjkBqO5xSvu6VacSHRJqW6L1doLyhzGEAvc16sL15z0V-yGzeYPBDOeG3PjOLjxVt6k2zUOaeQTei-s6Z8H8EdD2UzV5xbVGR/s4160/Kitchen%20on%20mount%20board%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1739" data-original-width="4160" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4JDEDEySW6mqJQM5gWOf_KXnwmRnVmGFRY6m0ddJ9D2uVhCaoGcTdDQ0hArLV9_zbB1odsYEqkiQlRrwYrQJwqo_Ygd6CjkBqO5xSvu6VacSHRJqW6L1doLyhzGEAvc16sL15z0V-yGzeYPBDOeG3PjOLjxVt6k2zUOaeQTei-s6Z8H8EdD2UzV5xbVGR/w578-h242/Kitchen%20on%20mount%20board%20(1).jpg" width="578" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I'm happy with the pale green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Now to make the top units</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWYRPHPKQQw9TedSIm24L2gnFQ277Lw987VhMAT9kB6LHmH_3Y0DEj2VYWMmHhqT3IHUzzXpTesjooUlApjNpuABX08C5k67Up4_wz9kXBDnAX8u1daIDyi9MDB_bPKuxCC7pWNdeslMG_oHN2K-VCkLh0H1r9KyoOcs4VGd0phpzmIM7p5SLh8nHg_ni/s3880/Kitchen%20LED.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2782" data-original-width="3880" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWYRPHPKQQw9TedSIm24L2gnFQ277Lw987VhMAT9kB6LHmH_3Y0DEj2VYWMmHhqT3IHUzzXpTesjooUlApjNpuABX08C5k67Up4_wz9kXBDnAX8u1daIDyi9MDB_bPKuxCC7pWNdeslMG_oHN2K-VCkLh0H1r9KyoOcs4VGd0phpzmIM7p5SLh8nHg_ni/w575-h411/Kitchen%20LED.jpg" width="575" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">LED's under each one</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZhfpnQ5IIrlXbEtjdcTesukTo86SE1yq88f3UYpfLBaNY-yW3vDtA8zUw95NR6U0Ix3v1SCJL0bUa2_AJs8_WZfsesiGYlufMbi859T2-eiwXSszaG5nneDUdVidDhAe_UaxcQJ2N_nd-0qkAKGQ6T9CPxofUfuiFX0uCujvAz7xSC7vHd_tsLgrDTqF/s4160/Kitchen%20on%20card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZhfpnQ5IIrlXbEtjdcTesukTo86SE1yq88f3UYpfLBaNY-yW3vDtA8zUw95NR6U0Ix3v1SCJL0bUa2_AJs8_WZfsesiGYlufMbi859T2-eiwXSszaG5nneDUdVidDhAe_UaxcQJ2N_nd-0qkAKGQ6T9CPxofUfuiFX0uCujvAz7xSC7vHd_tsLgrDTqF/w571-h429/Kitchen%20on%20card.jpg" width="571" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span>which presented a problem a</span></span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">t the side of the house. The wires couldn't go through the side as they would be in full view, they have to go out through the back. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;">I was going to thread them through the first cupboard, behind a shelf, through the second cupboard, the corner cupboard and out through the back wall. That would have been time consuming and very difficult in a small confined space, </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">so I decided to mount the whole lot on card stock</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjerXxusYJbJsH3bICMTAzetuQ_SvXQkHu8L4oa1UTEVzO-rVtxNI9CLezAFt94jC_kP1rNHfiE-VADXf7xb28gAnNsA-Q_QswqO1TODxyAWGlXlaje5Wswd28VaAYCn4WMWQpy2Du2V2t11l6dLA57Z3LkOcgSWDy2HmxzlKR1lclmqRAXvMI-q5I3yW/s2078/Kitchen%20utensils2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="2078" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjerXxusYJbJsH3bICMTAzetuQ_SvXQkHu8L4oa1UTEVzO-rVtxNI9CLezAFt94jC_kP1rNHfiE-VADXf7xb28gAnNsA-Q_QswqO1TODxyAWGlXlaje5Wswd28VaAYCn4WMWQpy2Du2V2t11l6dLA57Z3LkOcgSWDy2HmxzlKR1lclmqRAXvMI-q5I3yW/w551-h291/Kitchen%20utensils2.jpg" width="551" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">then the wires could go through the back of the cupboards, through holes in the card, along the back of the card and out throught holes at the back. Also if there is a problem with the lights at a later date I can easily remove the whole unit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOuSLbcDPFAspYx3ZlNgk6t01PhWH9FZBucp9BlASOfVqKFpWumvcqAXdOGd2dnCA9VjZFxZ8Lqii7Tia31f_4CrwbTuihZpuJYfxKIbhrAoiNTwGuLU0r3GdNsPXD-gk3erNMpyaxGBYKxNy5yGvAOl36bqp9vrYQFaPsGietfU_GKvFaW29R5jQfzFz3/s3978/Kitchen%20unit%20top%20&%20bottom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="3978" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOuSLbcDPFAspYx3ZlNgk6t01PhWH9FZBucp9BlASOfVqKFpWumvcqAXdOGd2dnCA9VjZFxZ8Lqii7Tia31f_4CrwbTuihZpuJYfxKIbhrAoiNTwGuLU0r3GdNsPXD-gk3erNMpyaxGBYKxNy5yGvAOl36bqp9vrYQFaPsGietfU_GKvFaW29R5jQfzFz3/w550-h431/Kitchen%20unit%20top%20&%20bottom.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shelves, tiles and taps fitted</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">The top corner unit was easier than I thought it would be.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQ18tHoZaKx98u0FQZfsTq7aLSsAG5-Amk_hQwosDUDvobfQRQLE-LVK7SkqnDeijHo6xhgS4Vm2oJ69RM0cK1I4P2xHFT9a-0iZjvXTLlD6nCWsfsQ_udw0eAhtPM6hDQjUYrS_qDSMwhJcC8aI5QNDClARZbkKGj1yFUzEPA3Zpq9VEtA1LrKfufR9K/s3743/Kitchen%20corner%20measure.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3743" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQ18tHoZaKx98u0FQZfsTq7aLSsAG5-Amk_hQwosDUDvobfQRQLE-LVK7SkqnDeijHo6xhgS4Vm2oJ69RM0cK1I4P2xHFT9a-0iZjvXTLlD6nCWsfsQ_udw0eAhtPM6hDQjUYrS_qDSMwhJcC8aI5QNDClARZbkKGj1yFUzEPA3Zpq9VEtA1LrKfufR9K/w534-h640/Kitchen%20corner%20measure.jpg" width="534" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">I measured the distance between the wall and the units</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQvgdJv9PW6bMV7eVZ8mgbQacmLW7aBEHRDZHUVsCI8koZgOo9VQ-jJZ0vChTBfNwlE6HGQxaiBqMzkucomdgqOSf_65X3W3YgczI0ttqDE-825rzmnIbcCPN9iOabV3oEy0LxC06A3B5cw2vqHmuEpB43PL9U1esmhNP2n0bwyamQsAYuTnwLB4cTRrt7/s4160/Kitchen%20corner%20template.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQvgdJv9PW6bMV7eVZ8mgbQacmLW7aBEHRDZHUVsCI8koZgOo9VQ-jJZ0vChTBfNwlE6HGQxaiBqMzkucomdgqOSf_65X3W3YgczI0ttqDE-825rzmnIbcCPN9iOabV3oEy0LxC06A3B5cw2vqHmuEpB43PL9U1esmhNP2n0bwyamQsAYuTnwLB4cTRrt7/w552-h414/Kitchen%20corner%20template.jpg" width="552" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">made a cardboard template</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaMK7klf2rFeUsoo-0igQiDG-h94VxwLa1sTBBV1AAiaVq0wawMgbekxASPyoLL3VN9Sh9Te1oCeZWUtsGVtvJVXxVCVCxbRQu3t4TVD8WUoSnsLj_BAxIpNMeTUe9NwsFvL_10LdoP8xttlWw0CW5ZLBGkuLPErcbkYkLGCBjTei0MFGv_oLQ6E--Gaa/s3229/Kitchrn%20corner%20unit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2942" data-original-width="3229" height="515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaMK7klf2rFeUsoo-0igQiDG-h94VxwLa1sTBBV1AAiaVq0wawMgbekxASPyoLL3VN9Sh9Te1oCeZWUtsGVtvJVXxVCVCxbRQu3t4TVD8WUoSnsLj_BAxIpNMeTUe9NwsFvL_10LdoP8xttlWw0CW5ZLBGkuLPErcbkYkLGCBjTei0MFGv_oLQ6E--Gaa/w564-h515/Kitchrn%20corner%20unit.jpg" width="564" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">made it with wood</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ClquntRNVpTvuODt9HY4ajVGrF3OyVyYfRGPvP_tOyMTM-Pspk1zQFrd1FLgSXMiX-65KWsdqUWnDK2HXTObnyx8-dmD84o7L2LnDn_2TuAhYRnTHvVSKxZmOcUu-KZc0ILPFn6sLhkq41NMQbG28xcmnFOtelBbswv5RnI-KHSVwE82PKTD1Fa2mfo9/s2659/Kitchen%20corner%20unit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2659" data-original-width="2653" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ClquntRNVpTvuODt9HY4ajVGrF3OyVyYfRGPvP_tOyMTM-Pspk1zQFrd1FLgSXMiX-65KWsdqUWnDK2HXTObnyx8-dmD84o7L2LnDn_2TuAhYRnTHvVSKxZmOcUu-KZc0ILPFn6sLhkq41NMQbG28xcmnFOtelBbswv5RnI-KHSVwE82PKTD1Fa2mfo9/w559-h560/Kitchen%20corner%20unit.jpg" width="559" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">added a shelf and painted it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">I made more work for myself when I changed my mind about the splashback!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJua3hYRlw4PpeyJNCzxoakBTLlg3cCUrGkzt44eXeT_1wobMRmEju2Nb6CTTL_5GI9LF6dOzx9UAH6CT0O1E-vTzOg9wepuKv_PScLkleUbx2UpMej8q3DYxzte8ttVo8-c65H6qdW6X9Og_3nU4dzePSuIeNgYOSwrYKU0oS-hCLsn_vqVTQpyEJnxuv/s250/Kitchen%20splashback.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="203" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJua3hYRlw4PpeyJNCzxoakBTLlg3cCUrGkzt44eXeT_1wobMRmEju2Nb6CTTL_5GI9LF6dOzx9UAH6CT0O1E-vTzOg9wepuKv_PScLkleUbx2UpMej8q3DYxzte8ttVo8-c65H6qdW6X9Og_3nU4dzePSuIeNgYOSwrYKU0oS-hCLsn_vqVTQpyEJnxuv/w325-h400/Kitchen%20splashback.png" width="325" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This was my first choice which is very nice but after glueing it in place it just didn't look right, there was too much white space and not enough tulips</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKpI_5WxymCwQCCBEgvhIj6pysDplImFxTlRVTrXcWt9vhe0FBlbm7GrU9sIImPvmftQcHFXivYWywIZ3tHtSE4Pw0PU3esn4ONsjx67NaCSHArsvYS1LRWHKe8296b4fRCVAFqRSH6NDii2EhyphenhyphenanwRMH5Z6QU9S2_uEwXCxyZBWM7CpziJqIJ0HwkRng/s4039/Kitchen%20splasback.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4039" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKpI_5WxymCwQCCBEgvhIj6pysDplImFxTlRVTrXcWt9vhe0FBlbm7GrU9sIImPvmftQcHFXivYWywIZ3tHtSE4Pw0PU3esn4ONsjx67NaCSHArsvYS1LRWHKe8296b4fRCVAFqRSH6NDii2EhyphenhyphenanwRMH5Z6QU9S2_uEwXCxyZBWM7CpziJqIJ0HwkRng/w578-h448/Kitchen%20splasback.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">I'm much happier with this one</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdJ5Aopdsih-LcY5uhqN84iwdpuwfIH6cI-T5gV_00Dl2zpRuqLqQflI645viAuxjGBd9LoAl4-RePUVphks6WQtO1k7oq1we09tf4X0JCb0-604kQtOVnBaCTgdSrlO2X7UZt93iAZFw1jfaOhq7tmW87Mq3P-kpDlhYmg77gBrVXphy4uG7pgkoQU3_/s1866/Kitchen%20wine%20rack%20mock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1866" data-original-width="1407" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdJ5Aopdsih-LcY5uhqN84iwdpuwfIH6cI-T5gV_00Dl2zpRuqLqQflI645viAuxjGBd9LoAl4-RePUVphks6WQtO1k7oq1we09tf4X0JCb0-604kQtOVnBaCTgdSrlO2X7UZt93iAZFw1jfaOhq7tmW87Mq3P-kpDlhYmg77gBrVXphy4uG7pgkoQU3_/w259-h344/Kitchen%20wine%20rack%20mock.jpg" width="259" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTYiO2xbNpfAsOlLg4mrMlPMBsVzpl6v794QZWNNBZzpeFH4-5wsllsU56g9MhtkXfdczgOOl8IMaC8xwq-_I1TcLlDPzLvqVwZkSf5KgQrZCDG3BrjLv_yhzDV66yYSy_3OXPvO25NgZUFKOU1xxHbl7Dz3jSnI8xriKNCTmzbY2_8vjG2R0B3O2UZ-G/s3192/Kitchen%20wine%20rack%20casing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3192" data-original-width="2554" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTYiO2xbNpfAsOlLg4mrMlPMBsVzpl6v794QZWNNBZzpeFH4-5wsllsU56g9MhtkXfdczgOOl8IMaC8xwq-_I1TcLlDPzLvqVwZkSf5KgQrZCDG3BrjLv_yhzDV66yYSy_3OXPvO25NgZUFKOU1xxHbl7Dz3jSnI8xriKNCTmzbY2_8vjG2R0B3O2UZ-G/w276-h345/Kitchen%20wine%20rack%20casing.jpg" width="276" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Tinos; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">The wine rack was a bit fiddly, it took a few attempts to get the shelves even.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Tinos; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">I made a template out of cardboard, </span><span style="font-family: Paprika;">then made the outer casing in wood</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEED7s0YSOdDzFDAw8gR1-YYxCqvcMxf6acCzvGxIv-tdf7Ta1bIVfb6PVRw7zZd2J-0ljPypBqrqEaQ7DKbsyQh4tIxq73EtipeVKpyKOrzA8Vy68vPM0u5XvlTyymHoOMlwh5Vs589x7kfsfKF7f8VWLeuhdP-DooXBWtiHY_tyIg12q0ho5W781TswD/s3512/Kitchen%20wine%20rack%20pieces.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3512" data-original-width="2969" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEED7s0YSOdDzFDAw8gR1-YYxCqvcMxf6acCzvGxIv-tdf7Ta1bIVfb6PVRw7zZd2J-0ljPypBqrqEaQ7DKbsyQh4tIxq73EtipeVKpyKOrzA8Vy68vPM0u5XvlTyymHoOMlwh5Vs589x7kfsfKF7f8VWLeuhdP-DooXBWtiHY_tyIg12q0ho5W781TswD/w270-h320/Kitchen%20wine%20rack%20pieces.jpg" width="270" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqY33bI7Oqn3SoUyjbgrKWuTsWS4s9Ngm_-JjqRPX0byxk4QF1kKuRz2_xNf0GRim_k5adZftj5zZrm7mf5FJ0hCsc9i_ZOoNtX8ZSMo08GFkQGi7iRzM5NUj-khXfayfKzOuM7IoATYXvAIBM2NwGww66BbmcRigH-KEeep-LUelfXJhgbCqBttZcUEC1/s2359/Kitchen%20wine%20rack%20shelves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2359" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqY33bI7Oqn3SoUyjbgrKWuTsWS4s9Ngm_-JjqRPX0byxk4QF1kKuRz2_xNf0GRim_k5adZftj5zZrm7mf5FJ0hCsc9i_ZOoNtX8ZSMo08GFkQGi7iRzM5NUj-khXfayfKzOuM7IoATYXvAIBM2NwGww66BbmcRigH-KEeep-LUelfXJhgbCqBttZcUEC1/w270-h320/Kitchen%20wine%20rack%20shelves.jpg" width="270" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">the shelves</span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3081" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGg7WpAszPsbT_scEuQnb6OzmKYqf-WAco9yK7SZVEyx3q-jSm-It30G1lonUH7s9ueRWEhrJVc0xPSQZOr12WOkcWgvFQJUv82bhdpdq-i_1-c-ZinOzn_s1rUejvtVtZZXbPehTQzxpM1fX5e95LeZaXLYS9fDMMEC1iaFnKofEM5GtT3hS-xkOB_Wfg/w291-h284/Kitchen%20island.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span>put it all together and </span>incorporated it into the island unit. I'm checking this before publishing and I've just realised those cupboards on the right hand side won't work because of the wine rack!! Oh dear, I'm not doing it again, they can be dummy cupboards, miniaturists license 😄</div></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdug0NcZGMrhU4Tjpkxv3EPQ3DmDtEMQOsvVbUxlCQ0qqhyphenhyphen256ZDnlkc-rfd_mYPvEAvg_3ZZ2WY23l_PFo9uM4lfofLvIEWeszYtO02SbaqoM3Lk8CeusyTsJv2SeBtNZavN1Dq_aC3k1jcbCfIT1V8Gpal29YTxmgsuCU5VKrYMsVNK0sowOjpNG28n/s2431/Kitchen%20seating%20pieces.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2431" data-original-width="2295" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdug0NcZGMrhU4Tjpkxv3EPQ3DmDtEMQOsvVbUxlCQ0qqhyphenhyphen256ZDnlkc-rfd_mYPvEAvg_3ZZ2WY23l_PFo9uM4lfofLvIEWeszYtO02SbaqoM3Lk8CeusyTsJv2SeBtNZavN1Dq_aC3k1jcbCfIT1V8Gpal29YTxmgsuCU5VKrYMsVNK0sowOjpNG28n/w580-h614/Kitchen%20seating%20pieces.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: Paprika;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pieces for the island seating</span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was difficult to construct. The pieces of wood that make up the unit are only 2mm thick which made it VERY difficult to hold them together after glueing. </span><span><span style="font-size: large;">I made foamboard units to glue the wooden pieces onto.</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUD2jrVvpCbEnH8Vod48m2pKsu6_sRFsyOMYgB_rBicESk2KmOjQeGwG5e_S_kwAVXdMs4J19wdjmktFGQ8ChX-HEbbiE_XbwKQZ7VgRl4cLvXSa9OJknpqQH7-z0VEUnxhmM6TPGypRXNEvLlJYbFZIEV-Stv0NdhmJts4dYmtPuitRBwIPeEKYEaTcx/s3951/Kitchen%20seat%20unit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2802" data-original-width="3951" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUD2jrVvpCbEnH8Vod48m2pKsu6_sRFsyOMYgB_rBicESk2KmOjQeGwG5e_S_kwAVXdMs4J19wdjmktFGQ8ChX-HEbbiE_XbwKQZ7VgRl4cLvXSa9OJknpqQH7-z0VEUnxhmM6TPGypRXNEvLlJYbFZIEV-Stv0NdhmJts4dYmtPuitRBwIPeEKYEaTcx/w551-h391/Kitchen%20seat%20unit.jpg" width="551" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">They are rough but they do the job of keeping everything in place. I had problems with the end pieces, trying to get them in the right place with the plinths in place too. Eventually I was happy with it glued in place with elastic bands to secure pieces that warped a bit and weren't quite making contact with other pieces. </span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes, at bedtime, I check what I have done during the day to make sure everything is ok. Occasionally something isn't quite right and I have been known to re-do it, working into the early hours dressed in my jim jams!! (Not the chocolate spread jim jams, that would be wierd!) </span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1a7p_H_ab2khM29JE9B-vprbkhDkQWXvX305tg7T4kcQJSSOQHtANWdd4iFeskURJtfjTCw2obL-0WfsYPOychaeMVgRYmqtkflDjZQDEcDDYJA4qvTdWGg3jPiKS0FnjZ0WRBQdLaaF2AS4f4DmeACYuRmKtgh1fHXz48QkqI-Y8cMT-z4dF7VBOnDB/s4085/Kitchen%20seating%20painted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2628" data-original-width="4085" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1a7p_H_ab2khM29JE9B-vprbkhDkQWXvX305tg7T4kcQJSSOQHtANWdd4iFeskURJtfjTCw2obL-0WfsYPOychaeMVgRYmqtkflDjZQDEcDDYJA4qvTdWGg3jPiKS0FnjZ0WRBQdLaaF2AS4f4DmeACYuRmKtgh1fHXz48QkqI-Y8cMT-z4dF7VBOnDB/w564-h363/Kitchen%20seating%20painted.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">At last it was ready for the first coat of paint.</span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUH4-FrUsnqjrit_70W7ulL23Fa6Pe9K4Dchz-KIykkCI1kpuuagNFI9-XypcmxMBlxhhEqCmwkhXqWzoQx4LyvYCKxqcMusdHQc4heLZe9tiizU3h1pEu0Ny4iuUr5y6AmcKIna43HoJ4oMz4xgObjuPgmdSAVX4ilJQaRwxKvICKvP53R0suC-upHCA/s2677/Kitcen%20seat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2677" data-original-width="2129" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUH4-FrUsnqjrit_70W7ulL23Fa6Pe9K4Dchz-KIykkCI1kpuuagNFI9-XypcmxMBlxhhEqCmwkhXqWzoQx4LyvYCKxqcMusdHQc4heLZe9tiizU3h1pEu0Ny4iuUr5y6AmcKIna43HoJ4oMz4xgObjuPgmdSAVX4ilJQaRwxKvICKvP53R0suC-upHCA/w318-h400/Kitcen%20seat.jpg" width="318" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: Paprika;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I expected problems with the seating cover. Achieving a tidy inverted corner that doesn't fray is tricky, but I found a very good video on youtube and was pleased with the result.</span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjVJfmvR5cuSx1lfK_fDSXTGUyBgaUgHbAP5x54PDBOEMFcmjT716K4DlsJJhbZtilS0dXVb7Urzp-HE6jiHX5bzdpOrCa_x5ncR37xEderqYKpAs12JL1ksgSk1UJE8gm5Si_HAcPZjsa2_zbMQgnFdm49exSy9uAdO6833kQH0p0g8wRMJhV3YHtyOA/s3860/Kitchen%20seat%20unit%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2984" data-original-width="3860" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjVJfmvR5cuSx1lfK_fDSXTGUyBgaUgHbAP5x54PDBOEMFcmjT716K4DlsJJhbZtilS0dXVb7Urzp-HE6jiHX5bzdpOrCa_x5ncR37xEderqYKpAs12JL1ksgSk1UJE8gm5Si_HAcPZjsa2_zbMQgnFdm49exSy9uAdO6833kQH0p0g8wRMJhV3YHtyOA/w562-h434/Kitchen%20seat%20unit%20(1).jpg" width="562" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Putting it all together at last.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The seat was made with a piece of </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>sponge glued to </span><span>cardboard and covered with material. For the back rests I used wadding instead of sponge as they didn't need to be as thick. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9gYPt4MkgLkXpCQog8oH4OBbNRwRHIadYZBSX1uN1lS4e0fX68O0vfvg_6te77Ua1rRq8icCo3RVeJmPDJRDcGtG7XuG3KtCd95nD_euXXtBsoIpjLx8za6UmWJp9BUWkDzhLGdUi3EKmvIxwN9CjY4KpH0vaCH5Cy2v7Gc1d6HZ5yN5qsr3hPUVV_vP/s3203/Kitchen%20hall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3203" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9gYPt4MkgLkXpCQog8oH4OBbNRwRHIadYZBSX1uN1lS4e0fX68O0vfvg_6te77Ua1rRq8icCo3RVeJmPDJRDcGtG7XuG3KtCd95nD_euXXtBsoIpjLx8za6UmWJp9BUWkDzhLGdUi3EKmvIxwN9CjY4KpH0vaCH5Cy2v7Gc1d6HZ5yN5qsr3hPUVV_vP/w400-h375/Kitchen%20hall.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I made the cheese plant the same as the one in the <a href="https://oliveandpru.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-dollshouse-lounge.html" style="text-decoration-line: underline;" target="_blank">Manor House</a> lounge</div></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlQLTcIvXAAcNok6M11K-hDTq5wQUFkIFf-1_2uDL35WTwhfsDUYWXrdG8acmJuWLInO7BgdqnO7qoF_JjVOabT3p88bjlIjFW27kA-opDmq5PGQEUMz-WOCLIoD0OSIt2NaX0SK1K9NCRub_pJbHaimkCKD06BQmoB4xBZ8Xvx7NZjDL4SdpizmR3_cJ/s4160/Kitchen%20utensils.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2597" data-original-width="4160" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlQLTcIvXAAcNok6M11K-hDTq5wQUFkIFf-1_2uDL35WTwhfsDUYWXrdG8acmJuWLInO7BgdqnO7qoF_JjVOabT3p88bjlIjFW27kA-opDmq5PGQEUMz-WOCLIoD0OSIt2NaX0SK1K9NCRub_pJbHaimkCKD06BQmoB4xBZ8Xvx7NZjDL4SdpizmR3_cJ/w559-h349/Kitchen%20utensils.jpg" width="559" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Appliances and accessories added</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTj7VB-ZKbwMjkWMNNXE8FykOom34Fj0o1exPLQZGOv8gTzsgeAuNBhTvk4TBbMywUi9b2TtlI77VfgXq1gND-SazQER6BVUP1XfmXRW2JB5MPdNGmo7FxznLxRRvgRq1SMoKXSC57GuXtEjXT2jUdXKY5t0xkeN8VyXT3JpgCA1UXgINCYda_eQ60NBM-/s3698/Kitchen%20accessories%20mixer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2101" data-original-width="3698" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTj7VB-ZKbwMjkWMNNXE8FykOom34Fj0o1exPLQZGOv8gTzsgeAuNBhTvk4TBbMywUi9b2TtlI77VfgXq1gND-SazQER6BVUP1XfmXRW2JB5MPdNGmo7FxznLxRRvgRq1SMoKXSC57GuXtEjXT2jUdXKY5t0xkeN8VyXT3JpgCA1UXgINCYda_eQ60NBM-/w400-h228/Kitchen%20accessories%20mixer.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EtoF4tA5tz8NHwJahva4y35lN8OQnhyAhTYRdq9tLHJHf-e9QIw89zWim3FvfzIWcmXOdo-3tKqhN9bJ2rglcjj7igthlMeHLzqNrwVsBIq0SfHeHlR4saVRnRtfJowsxVhBcSjL7p_qJxdl-47Luh0pOP7OO6DuaxJlRvpJZFc7yGCWmKpocbuGMBaY/s2091/Kitchen%20cats.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1988" data-original-width="2091" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EtoF4tA5tz8NHwJahva4y35lN8OQnhyAhTYRdq9tLHJHf-e9QIw89zWim3FvfzIWcmXOdo-3tKqhN9bJ2rglcjj7igthlMeHLzqNrwVsBIq0SfHeHlR4saVRnRtfJowsxVhBcSjL7p_qJxdl-47Luh0pOP7OO6DuaxJlRvpJZFc7yGCWmKpocbuGMBaY/w285-h272/Kitchen%20cats.jpg" width="285" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZRFIOJq5DLR06qEJQPVCLlvhRcI-CTFDj2k0ydSCuQ9X1_7JATdDngK-rga9-xAnhMGiRXo-F5_zbXKrKG4FLu1tWesKfDeUAPzzHcTbSTWxbEGi4q5VZjBoXAdSESHaIafhVS-d2xelZ0KgjsqUGyKE2H-2PryyzDHI7pBj59FwGupW63C6hZX8PHKR/s1981/Kitchen%20jars.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1981" data-original-width="1754" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZRFIOJq5DLR06qEJQPVCLlvhRcI-CTFDj2k0ydSCuQ9X1_7JATdDngK-rga9-xAnhMGiRXo-F5_zbXKrKG4FLu1tWesKfDeUAPzzHcTbSTWxbEGi4q5VZjBoXAdSESHaIafhVS-d2xelZ0KgjsqUGyKE2H-2PryyzDHI7pBj59FwGupW63C6hZX8PHKR/w242-h273/Kitchen%20jars.jpg" width="242" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have three favourites</span></span></div></div></div></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCf2IhUSj7tSR-4sgaZzTNjqOauyDrVJK1Ehguz_W8jc-qPYv1pbTA8Pdl0GIao23yDw9LrpOKC5WABpzsNYXHuuSt3KStkQa3CffcmF6PFYuojYb95yNeXtIRHe271-teYsrwQCvM_V9Fn0-zMy1bRfs-f-2JKvG0xY9YSHp5zWgIuyoOQtuMTMZuQPPE/s1833/Kitchen%20coffee%20machine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="1833" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCf2IhUSj7tSR-4sgaZzTNjqOauyDrVJK1Ehguz_W8jc-qPYv1pbTA8Pdl0GIao23yDw9LrpOKC5WABpzsNYXHuuSt3KStkQa3CffcmF6PFYuojYb95yNeXtIRHe271-teYsrwQCvM_V9Fn0-zMy1bRfs-f-2JKvG0xY9YSHp5zWgIuyoOQtuMTMZuQPPE/w400-h320/Kitchen%20coffee%20machine.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">this gorgeous coffee maker</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFUoNI4iiyZqDFHQANzmDnk0TUtsDN8eX0Ew-Iz9a9q2N3Fc4mJ3EUZMILBQb8KwE19yOCCcmot28VRoSbj9o4obaCYnPTOmIBSlfUFeMWi72oIILUT1qAdfo7DaKhQ6hoYKGw2Bm0GAjjv-yQVPMPdlk2iRlNnX1RLkduA9TTlOqdRqUPlPvRmgxMQIm/s2591/Kitchen%20utensils2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2591" data-original-width="2030" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFUoNI4iiyZqDFHQANzmDnk0TUtsDN8eX0Ew-Iz9a9q2N3Fc4mJ3EUZMILBQb8KwE19yOCCcmot28VRoSbj9o4obaCYnPTOmIBSlfUFeMWi72oIILUT1qAdfo7DaKhQ6hoYKGw2Bm0GAjjv-yQVPMPdlk2iRlNnX1RLkduA9TTlOqdRqUPlPvRmgxMQIm/w314-h400/Kitchen%20utensils2.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">these lovely kitchen utensils</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4OsOuBVa9Tg2AGhdwK2aBv67z8rFrfINJ2HztQE0hR-R1X72lG_e99kwFc7mg5cr86WwIPEwTlNQ17c4BrpFSOWBAiIl-pa6r3Xcp1WPRKq0SNFdUJDncwKgJp2-KcU7Ymykwx8xG-ACg6NkZGqo_QAM8xrY_xSNFKsGyZO3kaDn0SavTutj7zFgagXR/s3120/Kitchen%20teapot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2990" data-original-width="3120" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4OsOuBVa9Tg2AGhdwK2aBv67z8rFrfINJ2HztQE0hR-R1X72lG_e99kwFc7mg5cr86WwIPEwTlNQ17c4BrpFSOWBAiIl-pa6r3Xcp1WPRKq0SNFdUJDncwKgJp2-KcU7Ymykwx8xG-ACg6NkZGqo_QAM8xrY_xSNFKsGyZO3kaDn0SavTutj7zFgagXR/w400-h384/Kitchen%20teapot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">and this darling Japanese style teapot </span></span><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large; text-align: left;">which was thoughtfully packaged in a solid plastic container, complete with a Werther's toffee!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="761" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjKGFN3UCf0BJWB7XvUEhwTc1drfNHyJtuK0pq_Jeqb_2oXKudek1PXD68nP9WbM2_xu_47SIKRSgGASi5ee32YQ9aDb6-B7D1uEDsANHvuguomwuIKHHll5CcUzCHhVkLYTrJYIB4Xf4AyXVM662OC6XpTmJw6KIDl1vgoMDoelSr30oBWb2IMj0Ew/w640-h229/Middle%20floor%20before.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">Middle floor before</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKhhFoBRW5h4uOaQk54Li15ASuOyb8CLEDP8HZc0aGqII16HRJ2ZZgad2yiiW1r_6L04g61p14zSATe1fhC9lFgDpdIgKpVbmq7Z707UsOAmYief0ZD7eZpoyV9AXnuokFPOfUWUw9Djb9QTLbBThm1CblZt2FKyj9_a1jXY-Mixd_joupWm_KJZiqWRM/s4000/Kitchen%20after.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1701" data-original-width="4000" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKhhFoBRW5h4uOaQk54Li15ASuOyb8CLEDP8HZc0aGqII16HRJ2ZZgad2yiiW1r_6L04g61p14zSATe1fhC9lFgDpdIgKpVbmq7Z707UsOAmYief0ZD7eZpoyV9AXnuokFPOfUWUw9Djb9QTLbBThm1CblZt2FKyj9_a1jXY-Mixd_joupWm_KJZiqWRM/w640-h272/Kitchen%20after.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">and after</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;">The lounge and the top hall are the next areas to be done. I was hoping to get them completed before the end of the year, but I don't think that will happen because I can't make up my mind what sort of fireplace to have, or which furnishings! the only thing I am certain of is a reclining chair and matching footstool!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #059d8e; font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><b><i>∼ </i><i>Be safe and well ∼</i></b></span></div><p style="font-size: x-large;"><span><b></b></span></p><div style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Paprika; font-size: xx-large;"><i><b>Polly x</b></i></span></div></span></div></span></div></div>Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.com14