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Beautiful! I love the sight of cherry blossom (wouldn't mind a chance to work with the wood either, but cherry seems to be hard to come by),
I have a beautiful cherrywood Mollenhauer descant recorder, Kitty. MJ I suppose I should say something about how fortunate you are to have a beautiful instrument like that. Truth is I'm positively Martling with envy  Oops I think there's no need for you to be green after all Kitty. I've found a picture of a mollenhauer recorder (though it's not the same design as mine) made of pear wood not cherry.  |
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The poppies that I grew from seed finally started flowering about a month ago. Now they're almost all at it, though they look a bit sad amidst the remains of the rest of summer's flowers and the leaves of which I don't seem to be able to rid myself.
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Ho! For the first time in quite a few years, our garden is ready for the winter. Beds have been turned; various shrubs removed; all pruning done; places ready and waiting for new arrivals expected in the next few weeks; grass cut; weeds eradicated and all garden waste and rubbish sorted for compost and tip. A strange, and rare glow of satisfaction has seeped into the Soundwave frame bringing a look of idiocy to the dial - or so my wife tells me.
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It's close to freezing here tonight - isn't it time to put some clothes on? As many clothes as possible, I would say. And would do, MJ ! I have already started layering. Brrrr. God bless Pyjamas. And socks. And wooley jumpers and .... You get the idea  |
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It's close to freezing here tonight - isn't it time to put some clothes on? As many clothes as possible, I would say. And would do, MJ ! I have already started layering. Brrrr. God bless Pyjamas. And socks. And wooley jumpers and .... You get the idea Vests. Hated when you're a child but once you're past a certain age...mmm so cosy!!  |
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« Reply #70 on: 22:28:48, 21-10-2007 » |
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It's close to freezing here tonight - isn't it time to put some clothes on? As many clothes as possible, I would say. And would do, MJ ! I have already started layering. Brrrr. God bless Pyjamas. And socks. And wooley jumpers and .... You get the idea Vests. Hated when you're a child but once you're past a certain age...mmm so cosy!! To hell with glamour! Give me warmth! More or less |
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Hmmm. There is something seriously amiss out there. I have just been wrestling with an unruly buddleia (is there any other kind?  ) and as I was happily stomping over the ground, I noticed that the grape hyacinths and alliums are coming up. And the Ceanothus is blooming again. Wrong wrong wrong! |
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« Reply #72 on: 13:44:55, 30-10-2007 » |
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Mort,
Didn't you know that the year has now been compressed into a fortnight? We now have a cold patch for 7 days (winter), then a bit of sun for 7 days (summer).
This is as a direct result of an EU ruling that has highlighted we don't have enough working years in our lives to afford our retirements. Sadly, in the usual non-joined up thinking type way, they haven't realised that I really am now over 1000 years old, when counted in 'new EU years', so I should have stopped working ages ago.
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« Reply #73 on: 13:51:41, 30-10-2007 » |
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Cripes Tommo! If you are over 1000 years old, then that must make me ...
SOUND OF FRANTIC ABACUS ACTIVITY
Huh, well that can`t be right! Damn thing never worked properly anyway.
SOUND OF ABACUS BEING HURLED AGAINST A WALL, FOLLOWED BY A DOOR SLAMMING.
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If the EU ruling applies retroactively, Tommo, that means your violin is 5902 years old. I suspect that's even more antique than Morticia!  I hope it wasn't an antique abacus that got hurled against the wall. Quite likely, though, if "antique" continues to be defined as anything more than 100 years old... |
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