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Category Archives: memories
Naturalised Londoner: Part One – prior to the beginning
In February 1979 I finished my last ever exam. I stood outside the Victoria Rooms on a bitingly cold Bristol afternoon as the sun set and vowed with all the molecules that I possessed that I would never again sit … Continue reading
Forest Tops #backtothebeginning
(The images in this post are from the Ornamental Drive in Rhinefield in the New Forest) We moved to the New Forest in January 1970. It was cold. And wet. It stayed that way for weeks. I had to cycle … Continue reading
Posted in memories, miscellany, New Forest
Tagged 1970, butterflies, memories, New Forest, Pearl Bordered fritillary, Rhinefield, visits
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Michael Bond, creator of Paddington Bear, 1926-2017 #inmemoriam #MichaelBond #Paddingtonbear
I don’t struggle for posts, not usually and mostly I know from a way out what I’ll write about. But today my plans were thrown when the news came through that Michael Bond, creator of Paddington Bear had died. Regular … Continue reading
Apprenticed to my Mother: on camera
My mother was 81 when she moved into her new bungalow. She had a knee replacement soon after dad died having been putting it off while he was ill. Never one to exercise or indeed do anything that might be … Continue reading
Apprenticed to my Mother: The Great Outdoors
My mother loved her garden. The family home in Hampshire morphed from an awful clay pit with a few decrepit fruit trees into a beautiful oasis. My parents put extraordinary effort into the conversion. Fortunately their skills were complimentary: mum … Continue reading
S is for Steam #atozchallenge
For the last two years I’ve joined in the #atozchallenge, namely to post every weekday in April using each letter of the alphabet in turn. In 2015 it was places I’d been to, in 2016 it was London themed. This … Continue reading
Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, family, memories, miscellany
Tagged A to Z blogging challenge, brother, experiments, family, pets, steam
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O is for Opportunities #atozchallenge
For the last two years I’ve joined in the #atozchallenge, namely to post every weekday in April using each letter of the alphabet in turn. In 2015 it was places I’d been to, in 2016 it was London themed. This … Continue reading
Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, gardening, memories, miscellany
Tagged A to Z blogging challenge, chances, family, gardening, law, paddington
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