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Tag Archives: garden
Flood, theft, and burglary (Rousse)
It rained so heavily that the entire garden turned into a massive, muddy, swamp. Our tandem was stolen in front of our very eyes. When I stepped out of bed onto the rough surface of an inferior replacement for our … Continue reading
UK parakeet problem hits Edinburgh (Rousse)
I pulled back the shutters and looked out of the window of the first floor. Imagine my surprise when I saw a someone come flying through the sky on the back of a man-sized robin! Also, on the branches of … Continue reading
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Tagged garden, makeover, parakeet, problem, robin, shutter, window
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Through the bedroom window – with dead pigeons (Rousse)
I was already distraught when I opened the bedroom shutters to find three live pigeons trapped between the wood and the window. I was beyond consolation when I saw through the glass that the back garden was completely overgrown.
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Tagged bedroom, dead, garden, overgrown, pigeon, shutter, window
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Unwelcome gate-crasher knowledge extractor (Rousse)
DTJ set a large table in her garden then erected a tent-like structure around it. This allowed her to host a party under some form of shelter outside in winter. She then asked me to carry a sputtering candle from … Continue reading
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Tagged candle, contraption, decoration, extractor, garden, gate-crasher, gatecrasher, guest, husband, knowledge, table, tent, TPR, wax, winter
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Defunct orange toilet stars in garden makeover disaster (Rousse)
I should never have allowed my sister S anywhere near my garden. It was now triangular in shape, with a steeply sloped lawn. She had planted the beds with huge white flowers, and at the point furthest from the house, … Continue reading
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Tagged bed, disappointment, flowers, garden, house, lavatory, lawn, makeover, Orange, seat, toilet, triangle, white
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Teenage criminals target Sainsbury shopping trolleys in Gateshead (Rousse)
Poor Darren had his work cut out on the Customer Services counter at the Gateshead Sainsbury’s megastore. His queue grew longer and longer as I explained the whole sorry tale of my purchases. I had selected a mix of groceries … Continue reading
A happy heiress and Nottingham University fraud (Rousse)
My greatest delight in inheriting my maternal grandmother’s house was that I now owned a proper pantry. The battered and beautifully engraved silver napkin rings left in a kitchen drawer also fascinated me. Which of my ancestors was born (or … Continue reading
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Tagged blonde, campus, fraud, garden, grandmother, heiress, lockdown, medical school, napkin, Nottingham, pantry, party, research, ring, university, woman
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A foul-mouthed husband in a frilly shirt (Rousse)
It was Sunday and TPR was in a terrible mood. From my corner of the garden I could hear him swearing as he dug deeper and deeper into the hard ground to prepare a spot for repositioning the pond. From … Continue reading
Urban garden design knowledge management exam (Rousse)
I remembered my request for the removal of the multiple choice section from the Knowledge Management exam. Instead, the students would be required to answer three essay questions rather than two. On the day of the exam itself, I took … Continue reading
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Tagged boy, design, exam, examination, garden, knowledge management, lift, makeover, paper, question, students, urban
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