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As I walked around Ljubljana I noticed (what to me) was an unusual sight of shoes dangled across overhead cables and wires. I had never seen anything like it before and was curious to find out why they had been placed in that way. My searches have not revealed how or when this behavior started [...]

15 Comments CherryPie on Jan 26th 2016

12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 18th 2016

I was a little bit slow off the mark this morning. Mr C left the house for work earlier than usual because he had to catch an early train to London for a meeting. The lack of movement in the house and the fact that the radio’s Breakfast Show had a different presenter than normal [...]

18 Comments CherryPie on Jan 6th 2016

As 2015 comes to a close and we herald 2016, I am once again wondering where all the time has gone. It seems like only 5 minutes since I was reflecting on 2014.
We were lucky to be able to go on more than one holiday this year, the highlight being our stay in Piran, Slovenia; [...]

23 Comments CherryPie on Jan 1st 2016

I arrived home to be informed that visitors (family members) were due to arrive shortly. It was a nice surprise but it meant that my evening Christmas preparation plans were put on the back burner…
Whilst we were enjoying a catch up with our visitors the doorbell rang and on opening the door we found yet [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 22nd 2015

We had some complications along the way but both Christmas trees are finally up and decorated. As I was going to bed on Saturday evening I noticed that even though the heating was turned off it still appeared to be running. It is only a few weeks since we had a similar problem fixed. This [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 14th 2015

This is what happened when when the wind changed direction and the light rain turned into a torrential downpour. You can now see why we left the breakfast table in a hurry…

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14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2015

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