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Month: January 2018

My Week in Pictures – Searching For Snowdrops

January 28, 2018

My week started with ripping off the next page of my desk calendar, with its wisdom perhaps pointing to what kind of week I was going to have.

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A Short (True) Story About A Boy

January 26, 2018

Once upon a time, there was a little boy who grew up at an alarming speed.  All of a sudden he was 17 and his mum didn’t know how it happened.  17 meant he could learn to drive, so on his birthday, he posed for the obligatory holding the car keys and L plates photos then … More A Short (True) Story About A Boy

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My Week In Pictures – A Winter’s Tale

January 21, 2018

Hold the front page!  Orkney has a week of winter weather in Winter.  It’s to be expected right?  Winter heralding snow, but we still act surprised, annoyed and in some cases a tad dramatic about it when it comes. There’s nothing we can do about the weather except get on with it, but it doesn’t … More My Week In Pictures – A Winter’s Tale

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My Week In Pictures

January 14, 2018

judging by some of this week’s contributions it looks like the calendar hates January as much as I do. … More My Week In Pictures

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My Week In Pictures

January 7, 2018

Does anyone else feel like Christmas already feels like it was months ago? I was quite glad to get back to work just to finally find out what day of the week it was and to stop eating all the leftover cheese and chocolate. Miss Lashes and NotPhil came up just before New Year and … More My Week In Pictures

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Happy World Introvert Day

January 2, 2018

it’s a chance for the introverts of the world to celebrate their special day in their own homes, quietly, alone, with a book or jigsaw. … More Happy World Introvert Day

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