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Tag Archives: lawn
Party crashers (Rousse)
It was meant to be a small gathering of my immediate colleagues, but the invitation had spread much further than intended. Now I found myself serving food and drinks to a wide range of staff. I was so overcome that … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, colleague, crash, feeder, friend, garden, invitation, lawn, party, school, smoke, TPR, university, vandal
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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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Cliff-top holiday cottage beach huts on the beautiful Isle of Lewis (Rousse)
We spotted a few changes during our winter visit to our favourite guest house on the Isle of Lewis. For example, the big sitting room was now serving as the kitchen, and the high tides delivered huge waves all the … Continue reading
Second wedding wildlife (Rousse)
The bride wore a bizarre blue patterned lawn cotton gown, as did her chief bridesmaid daughter. Two of her three sons, dressed in black suits, vied for the role of best man. This all seemed pretty pointless to me since … Continue reading
Darts and death with Prince Charles (Rousse)
When Charles, Prince of Wales challenged TPR to a game of darts, I wandered out into the damp garden. The peace was interrupted when a woman ran across the terrace screaming ‘He’s dead, he’s dead, David is dead!’ Then a … Continue reading
Home decor beach style makeover ideas (Rousse)
The latest in bedroom flooring was beach pebbles – or so believed my mother-in-law. ‘This is going to be rather uncomfortable underfoot’ I remarked as I gingerly made my way over to the single bed in the spare room. The … Continue reading
Liberty lawn cotton and unfashionable wallpaper (Rousse)
Two of my school friends (one KMcL) dressed in Liberty lawn cotton blouses admired my bedroom wallpaper. Meanwhile JB made snide remarks that it was ‘unfashionable’.
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Tagged admire, bedroom, blouse, cotton, fashion, friend, lawn, Liberty, remark, school, snide, unfashionable, wallpaper
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Aberystwyth University serials acquisition librarian (Rousse)
‘Weren’t you once the serials acquisition librarian at Aberystwyth University?’ asked the tall dark lady in the flowered lawn cotton dress. ‘No, never’, I replied. Eventually we worked out that she recognised me from the early 1990s at an institution … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990s, Aberystwyth, acquistition, cotton, dark, dress, flower, institution, lady, lawn, librarian, recognise, serials, tall, university
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White rabbit moves in with deer (Rousse)
I lay in the bath pondering the state of my surroundings. TPR had done his best to make minor repairs to the bathroom but they could hardly be called professional: the toilet roll holder was crammed into a corner where … Continue reading
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