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Tag Archives: garden
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 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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Scottish Highland secret 1920s house and garden (Rousse)
The huge house in the Scottish Highlands was hidden under fifty years growth of vegetation. To anyone passing it was just an ancient ruin invaded by rampant weeds. But I had a feeling that I had been here before. Wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s, carp, garden, house, housekeeper, koi, pond, pool, scientist, Scotland, secret, staff, wall
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A lobster-pot daughter and dodgy art work cleaning (Rousse)
Even though he obviously was not her father, TPR was the primary carer for our tiny new African baby. She was so beautiful that even I found it hard to believe that she was my very own daughter. We were … Continue reading
Photographing ferrets in Stockton-on-Tees (Rousse)
From an upstairs window I could see my sister S and her partner C standing on the front step of their house with a couple of black ferrets in their arms. “They would be great to photograph!”, I thought, so … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowesfield Lane, drug, ferret, fight, garden, Georgian, ghetto blaster, hoarder, house, kitchen, neighbour, photograph, reggae, Stockton-on-Tees, tattoo, Teesside, utility room
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Garden help and a yellow jacket (Rousse)
DH made two trips to Edinburgh before taking up his new post. Although these were supposedly for house-hunting, I was delighted when he started weeding our garden and – at his own expense – planted out some new flowers and … Continue reading
A private performance by the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre (Rousse)
Edinburgh’s East Claremont Street was closed to traffic for a performance of the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre. We all gathered on the northern side of the road against the high hedge of Claremont Crescent Garden. The performers lined up … Continue reading
