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our new stove

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fresh bread rolls - straight out of the oven, so warm that the butter melts

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a gift of jelly

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blue skies

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goodies from the garden

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birdsong

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hawthorn leaves

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spring has arrived - lighter nights and warmer air :)))

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the first spring flowers in our garden

this is a belated post, these are pics i took back in feb, but this is the first chance i've had to download them and put them up here!

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thanks to a post by donna clement i learnt what a petroglyph is and also discovered cryptobiotic crust - every day's a learning day :)

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leisure by w. h. davies

what is this life if, full of care,
we have no time to stand and stare?
no time to stand beneath the boughs,
and stare as long as sheep and cows:

no time to see, when woods we pass,
where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:

no time to see, in broad daylight,
streams full of stars, like skies at night:

no time to turn at Beauty's glance,
and watch her feet, how they can dance:

no time to wait till her mouth can
enrich that smile her eyes began?

a poor life this if, full of care,
we have no time to stand and stare.

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an electric blanket warming the bed ready for an early night, aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh :)

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being woken by m calling me on his way home from work in the morning so i didn't miss this sunrise ...


i swear i didn't alter these pics - this is as they were taken by the camera, it really was an amazing sight (as i'm sure my neighbours were thinking as i stood out in the garden freezing my ass off in my pj's!)

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living in a place where i can see this ...






and this ...






on the way to work, apparently there's also a kingfisher who fishes on the river but i haven't seen him yet.

thanks to the great rspb site for these pics, if you would like to learn more about birds and the great work that the rspb does, please visit their site here

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waking to the sounds of birdsong in the morning - the birds are just starting to get back into the swing of singing and boy are they going for it :) you can't help but feel your spirits soar (even if they are waking me up earlier and earlier!).

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being able to appreciate the 'little' things! :)

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time with m's family - we went across to see m's folks for the afternoon, and had such a great time with them. i live really far away from my own family so don't get the chance to just pop over for a cuppa, it was really nice to get the chance to do this with m's folks :)

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nan's button box - my mum came to visit for a long weekend a little after my nan had passed away. she was sorting through things she said, in preparation for her house move, and she had found my nan's button box and thought i might like it. we sat, time passing unnoticed, as we uncovered many, many memories with each button we held.

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green traffic lights - my journey to work involves an inordinate amount of traffic lights per mile travelled! however the other morning, i must have timed it just right - can you believe it, almost every set of lights was at green! i worked with a chap years ago who had timed the sequence of the traffic lights on his commute so that he could leave the house at precisely the right moment to hit all of the lights at the optimum time, thereby reducing his commuting time. i was slightly in awe of him.

snowdrops - a little sign of renewed life and the hope of spring to come.

longer days (just) - it's just starting to get light now as i arrive at work, and the other day i made it home in the dusk as opposed to the pitch black! spring is coming, the longer days are on their way :)

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red kite - while we were at the race the other weekend i was standing at the transition area along with a lot of other folk and i started to wonder what all the forest fauna made of this intrusion: loads of folk; marquees; generators; fires; vehicles; a temporary camp-site. at this point i happened to look up, and there, circling above, in the grey sky was a red kite - obviously seeming oblivious to us all.

http://www.redkites.co.uk/