I spent New Years Eve in a local Cantonese restaurant and then watched ‘Jools Annual Hootenany‘ with a glass of bubbly to see in the New Year. I couldn’t resist trying to take a few photos of the show. I have spent a lazy day reading and playing board games and now I [...]
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2012 End of Year Review
At the time I was compiling my countdown to Christmas post at Vision and Verb, I mentioned some of the reasons why Britain should be proud of events that took place there in 2012.
In that post I didn’t mention I thought that 2012, despite one or two memorable occasions (such as meeting Ginnie and Astrid [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Dec 31st 2012
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The Case of the Flickering Lights!
Yesterday, when I turned on one of the upstairs lights it started to flicker and I thought that the bulb had gone, so I switched the light off. When I turned it back on nothing happened and I was about to get another bulb when I realised that all the upstairs lights had [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 30th 2012
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Lunch for Friends
Yesterday some good friends visited for the afternoon, a good time was had by all.
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 29th 2012
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Family Gathering
Yesterday was a quiet relaxing day at home with my Mum enjoying the traditions of the season. The festivities are ongoing as I am spending today with my brother and nephews, so bear with me if I am a little slow in commenting
I used the above photograph in the Vision & Verb [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 26th 2012
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Morning Mist
On the day I chose to visit the Eiffel Tower during my recent weekend in Paris, the tower was partially shrouded in mist. The mist was a bonus, it meant there were no queues and we were able to go up the tower without any delay. As I looked down from the tower along the [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 12th 2012
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Getting Organised
My trees are now up and decorated a little earlier than usual leaving one less thing to worry about. The Christmas day and Boxing day arrangements are also finalised so everything is eventually falling into place. This left me with Sunday free to chill out. I took the opportunity to visit Attingham park decked out [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 10th 2012
