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Cat-a-tonic

These are picture of my lovely cat ‘Scratch’……

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Treason

I’m not entirely sure, but what I’m about to do may well be considered an act of high treason! Every newspaper front page or TV news report in Britain for the last week or so has started with this…

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Jettison foliage NOW!

Spent a wonderful afternoon tramping through the New Forest, taking in all the amazing colours of the trees – I see orange is big again this year! We took a picnic and fed salt and vinegar flavour Snack-A-Jacks to…

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Art and soul

I’ve found out today that my Great-Grandfather’s brother was a famous artist in Australia! His name was Ralph Balson, and his work is actually pretty cool! Maybe if I hadn’t grown up in a world of computers and technology…

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Remember, remember the 5th of November…

All wrapped up warm to watch fireworks in back garden, wearing my lovely new hat – also doubles up as a giant tea-cosy or shopping bag. This particular firework was called ‘Etna’. I think it was supposed to have…

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Fire!

Tomorrow evening, we, a nation of civilised(ish) human beings will join together and burn effigies on giant bonfires, set off cheap fireworks from Asda and eat lots of sausages. Walking through the streets will take on the feel of…

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Cash or glory?

It’s quarter finals time in the Rugby World Cup 2003. Woo hoo! (That’s the game with the funny shaped balls isn’t it)? My obvious alligience should be with my home nation – England. As I write this I can…

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Cockles

I have a stinking cold – which is ironic as I can’t smell anything, stinking or otherwise! I have managed to make myself feel a little better by chomping through half a metric tonne of halloween sweets (so glad…

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What a carve up!

Had great fun carving up a huge pumpkin. He’s sat on the window as I sit and write this – watching out in starry-eyed suprise at all the neighbourhood kids in Harry Potter costumes. I made sure I brought…

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Big and orangey

Today we went to Asda and brought the hugest pumpkin we could find – it’s way bigger than my own head (and that’s bigger than most people’s heads, it really is – I can never get hats to fit).…