tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804541347211064262024-03-13T14:14:31.367+00:00Little Blue MouseLittle Blue Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180454134721106426.post-45911952010689507602014-12-02T17:41:00.000+00:002014-12-03T09:15:51.250+00:00November 2014 Photo Scavenger Hunt<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It comes round to the scavenger hunt so quickly; here we are for another month!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was really about 3:30 when I took this, so don't believe everything!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I liked the different coloured jackets of these people on Ilkley Moor when I was there at the beginning of the month</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Simple things like a steely blue sky and the sunshine at the same time</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't come across anything funny, so this is one from the archives of my daughter doing her impression of Cousin It</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I found this in the undergrowth while out walking, and thought it was just a head off a doll, but on closer inspection I saw that it bizarrely has feet! I'm guessing that a dog dropped it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As usual other interpretations can be seen over on</span><br />
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<br />Little Blue Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180454134721106426.post-89616209776344808172014-11-02T11:55:00.000+00:002014-11-03T23:31:10.496+00:00October 2014 Photo Scavenger Hunt<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I can't believe the last time I posted was for last month's scavenger hunt!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm sorry about that, but here are my interpretations for this month</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'll let you into a secret....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When my kids were little I would see their Grandad most weeks and he would give me a tube of Smarties for each of them. After a few years my daughter remarked that there were orange Smarties pictured on the tube but there were never any in them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Erm... that was because I'd eaten all the orange ones before I passed them over!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For anyone who hasn't had Smarties, all the other colours are just chocolate inside, but the orange ones are actually orange flavoured chocolate and I love 'em!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last week I went to Denby Dale with my daughter and part of the walk was at the side of the Kirklees narrow gauge railway. We were on a bridge when one of the little steam trains came along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You probably can't tell how small it is from that photo so here's a closer one with the driver waving to us</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A bunch of wallflower plants sold the traditional way wrapped in newspaper</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">if you don't know what it is, I'll put a photo of the whole thing at the end</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I walk past a house sometimes and there are usually peacocks on the roof of the car, so I guess it's their favourite place to be</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A smoothie. And I'd like to sing the praises of Jamie Oliver here, because if I hadn't seen one of his programmes recently, I would never have known that frozen spinach existed. I have to say it's the best thing since sliced bread! It's frozen into balls that you can add to all sorts of dishes like stews and curries. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My favourite thing to do with it though, is put a couple in a smoothie. I put them in the blender first with some hot water and leave them for a few minutes to thaw before adding whatever else I'm using. This one has also got a banana, a small avocado, oats, apple juice and milk and it's delicious (you can't taste the spinach). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I really struggled thinking of something for this one. This is a page from our family album with photos of some of my cousins when they were babies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our neighbours are having their conifer hedge cut back and we can now see a whole lot more sky!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In this photo there are half a dozen on the left hand side that haven't been touched yet. If you imagine that they were that tall all the way to the other side, you can see what a difference it's made. Some of them have had 60 feet cut off! When it's completely finished there will just be the stumps along the bottom which seem really short in the photo but they're about eight feet high</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you want to see more entries for the scavenger hunt, or maybe join in next month, hop along to </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They say if you see a hedgehog in the daytime it's probably not well, but I couldn't do anything with it because I saw it whilst out walking. It did look ok though.</span><br />
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Little Blue Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180454134721106426.post-34966096723934134492014-09-30T22:10:00.003+01:002014-10-01T13:32:13.247+01:00September 2014 Photo Scavenger Hunt<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks to Greenthumb for organising the photo scavenger hunt again this month. You can see more entries over at <a href="http://suzzie43.blogspot.co.uk/p/scaerngera.html">Made With Love</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hadn't got a photo for this, and then I saw this tin 'hat' on my husband's scrap pile</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought there was a large snail in the corner of the car wing mirror and was going to pull it off when I noticed it had legs! Can you imagine if I had touched it and then found out it was a massive spider? No matter where in the world you are, you would have heard my screams! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the beginning of the week I went to Go Ape at Buxton with my daughter. For anyone who hasn't heard of it, it's a tree top adventure where you cross from tree to tree by different methods, go down zip wires and swing into cargo nets. We've been to the one at Sherwood Forest before, so knew what to expect, although all the courses around the country are different. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You're kitted out with a harness and have a full safety briefing before you're sent off on your own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This stirrups one was slow going because with them being on long ropes, as soon as you put your foot in one it sent it away and you did the splits! It was very tiring trying to hold the ropes as close to your body as possible to minimise that, although you got the knack eventually.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I managed to land on my feet at the end of all the zip wires, except the last one where I came in backwards and got pockets full of bark chippings!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I can highly recommend it, and the one at Buxton is only a 20 minute walk from the train station so very handy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I found this month's list really difficult and have ended up taking the last five this morning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I looked at this so many times on the list, and each time I started singing - "Everyday it's a getting closer, going faster than a rollercoaster", that all I could think of for this was rollercoaster! Unfortunately I didn't come across one, so I've resorted to taking a pic of an old LP with Buddy Holly on (he's not actually singing that song on it, but hey ho)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can see other interpretations of this month's list over at <a href="http://suzzie43.blogspot.co.uk/p/scaerngera.html">Made With Love</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were just going to go for the day, but a comedian that she wanted to see was on too late in the day for us to catch the last train home. As we were only planning this a couple of days beforehand I thought that there was no way we would find any accommodation in a city that would be heaving with visitors, but by a stroke of luck my brother was staying with us for the weekend and he has friends in Edinburgh. A couple of phone calls later and we were all fixed up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Although there's all kinds of performances at the Fringe - theatre, comedy, music and dance; it was comedy we were after. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are so many acts to choose from (The Royal Mile is littered with people giving out flyers), some free and some paid for; and in some very unusual places.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">we were led up very narrow, darkly lit staircases, through small doors, and more staircases until we reached the venue which was called The Cave. I forget what the act was called but I'm glad it only cost £2.50 because it didn't live up to my expectations. The comedienne herself had given us the flyer in the street and was talking to us for quite a while in her lovely West Country accent that had me smiling all the while. Sadly the act didn't raise any more than a smile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We booked in advance for Paul Foot so as not to miss him. I must admit that although I recognised his picture I didn't recall ever seeing him on TV.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway there's something about him that had me in stitches from the very start, which I think is why he came straight over to me, with his nose touching mine! Luckily I was laughing so much I didn't have time to be embarrassed. It was a real good laugh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had such a good time and saw lots of funny acts, as well as a couple of duds - in one, apart from a few titters, the biggest laugh was raised by a member of the audience!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We briefly thought about going on the London Eye, but instead did 'Up at the O2'. This is a guided walk up to the top of the O2 (formerly known as the Millennium Dome). You're all harnessed up and attached to a wire on the suspended walkway, which is made out of a kind of rubber, and is quite bouncy, (I had to really resist the urge to make it bounce more than it already was!). Several times you think you've got to the top, but then it goes further on until you reach the viewing platform. You can detach yourself from the wire here and walk about to see the views.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As someone who jumps at the slightest thing, I was expecting (and hoping) to be scared witless. It was not to be; in fact I found myself falling asleep! Don't go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Talking of food, I'm a dinosaur when it comes to technology but my daughter has all these apps on her phone - ones that show you exactly how to get from A to B, from what buses to catch (even showing you where the bus stop is), to tubes and maps showing where you are; ones that show you recommended eating places in the area where you are; and things to to in the same area. All really useful and saving a lot of time compared to my way of asking directions then forgetting what was said after "turn left". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> But guess what? Her phone battery ran out on the first night and we managed to find a restaurant with fantastic food all by ourselves, and without having to worry how many stars it had been given by reviewers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We finished off by going to the fabric shops in Goldhawk Road, which I'd read about but never been to. I was amazed at how many there were - in fact my daughter got fed up half way round and went off to sunbathe in the park!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You may remember a (long) while ago that I bought a piece of gorgeous 1950s fabric from the charity shop. It's 36" wide and there's only 1 3/4 yards, so not a lot to play with, and I've been looking for the right pattern for it ever since. I thought something with a full skirt would suit it and I've since bought a remnant of plain blue fabric to go with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And now I think I have the pattern - Simplicity 2444 which has been around for quite a while but had passed me by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After I found this pattern I've seen lots of versions on blogs, like <a href="http://oddsocksandprettyfrocks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-day-at-races.html">Alex's</a>, <a href="http://bunnymummy-jacquie.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/sewing-dresssimplicity-2444.html">Jacquie's</a> and <a href="http://dinoprincesschar.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/sewdollyclackett-simplicity-2444.html">Char's.</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">No-one else seems to have trouble with the fronts pleats in the skirt, but I found them very confusing and they've ended up very bulky, so I'll have to fix that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Overall though I'm very happy with it (and it's got pockets!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's my collection for this month's scavenger hunt, with thanks to Greenthumb at <a href="http://suzzie43.blogspot.co.uk/p/scaerngera.html">Made With Love</a> for organising it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you probably know, the Tour De France started over here, in Yorkshire this year. I was in Skipton the day before the start so a few of my photos are from there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My daughter wanted to borrow a clutch bag of mine, and when I got it out,there was a ticket for a disco from 1981, a nightclub membership card from 1986 and a few aspros!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm so sorry for being away so long, and for not keeping up with your blogs too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She put a drawing game on her Dad's ipad and I became addicted! Morning, noon and night I've been playing it, to the detriment of everything else - cooking, cleaning, ironing (no not ironing, I do very little of that anyway!), blogging - you get the gist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway I've managed to get it under control now, or rather my husband has - he keeps hiding the ipad!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So.... I've bought myself a new camera after losing my other one on holiday (thanks to Greenthumb for mentioning insurance; I take it out and forget what it covers! In the end, after the excess and depreciation, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I would only have got a few pounds towards a new one. And that would have been too much messing about to claim - I needed some kind of proof of losing it like a police report. I did go to the police station when I was there to see if it had been handed in, but it hadn't, and the policeman asked me if I wanted to report it and like an idiot I said no! I didn't see the point, when it wasn't a crime and I was going home that day anyway. Never thought about insurance!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway yesterday I made my new camera a case</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love this fabric with the little strawberries and flowers. It's from some that my friend gave me after his mother passed away, and I lined it in a sample that matches the orange flowers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the small market town of Epworth, North Lincolnshire there will be about 40 different groups performing in various outdoor venues all over the town from 10 in the morning through to 5 ish , with an indoor evening concert, plus day long folk sessions in two of the pubs. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's all free and there will be more types of music than you can shake a stick at, including choirs, medieval music groups, hand bell ringers, jazz bands, folk groups, guitarists, brass bands, groups playing songs you can sing along to, and much more.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And should it rain there will be provision for it all to be under cover!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've just come back from a few days in Palma, Majorca. It was quite unexpected; my daughter just phoned me up last week and said "Do you want to come away with me next week?". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She wanted it to be an active holiday and I don't do action in the heat, so, bless her, she found a lovely walk for us to do on one of the days which was mainly in the shade. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We hired bikes another day and cycled to El Arenal which was 28 miles altogether. I don't t</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">hink I've cycled more than 10 miles before but the bikes were sooo comfortable! There is a cycle path along the coast with a breeze most of the time, so it was very nice. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Unfortunately I lost my camera while we were there, along with my holiday photos of course (I think I stupidly left it on a bench). Luckily my daughter had taken a lot on her phone too, but 98% of them featured one or both of us, and I don't like putting recognisable photos of us on here so I haven't got much to show you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is one of the many signposts along the walk. I was very impressed with them, they're a lot better than we have in England - even tells what length of time you've got left to walk </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I fell in love with some hens at a sale last week and bought two. It wasn't until I got them home and compared them to the others, that I realised they're younger than I thought. Which is why I haven't named them yet, just in case they're not both girls! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the time when I wasn't able to blog, our cat Spaghetti died. We buried her in our little woodland, but a few days later I saw her walking across the top of the field near the woodland. Then I saw her again and shouted her, and she stopped and turned round, but then walked off.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course I don't really think it's Spaghetti or her ghost, but I'd never seen that cat round here before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For once I wasn't racking my brain this month trying to think what I could photograph, and ended up with quite a few to choose from, which I think is a first!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">LINE of sunbeds on the horizon, and a LIGHTHOUSE, in Jandia</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Going up the church spiral staircase to bell ringing practice (well it's actually looking back down because it was a better picture)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a very simple gadget that my Mum used for grading the eggs that she sold when I was growing up. You put the egg on the balance and if one peg was lifted up it was small, two - medium, and all three - large. Simples</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was out walking when I saw something dark land on my glasses. When I took them off I was surprised to see this brown ladybird with white spots. I'd never seen one before. I wanted to show this somewhere, so I've squeezed it into this category because there is some reflection on the lens!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was an exhibition of paintings in the art gallery at Scunthorpe and local flower arrangers had been asked to interpret the paintings in a flower arrangement. These are two of them</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The organ in St Nicholas church, Haxey. Well I'm presuming it's antique, but if it isn't then the building must be; if buildings are ever classed as antiques that is!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other interpretations for this month's photos can be seen at <a href="http://suzzie43.blogspot.co.uk/p/scaerngera.html">Made With Love </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I'd finished all three pairs and saw them together, it took me right back to my childhood</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I was a kid I loved rings and built up quite a collection. Mainly out of lucky bags, but the corner shop had a selection of kid's rings on a tray (the ones with expanding bands). I eventually got three of the same ring in different colours. They had a large coloured 'pearl' in the centre - in pink, lilac and blue, just like the laces. I thought I was the bees knees wearing them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you saw that title and started singing Madonna's 'Holiday' then you're a woman (or man) after my own heart (and now you won't get it out of your head!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been on holiday for a week to Jandia in Fuerteventura. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Lazing by the pool</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It would have been too hot for me but there was a lovely breeze which was very welcome.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I could never live somewhere so hot (and I'm talking about 27/30 degrees which some of you will think is just warm!), from the airport to the hotel the landscape was very barren. These photos were from the coach</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the welcome sight of the English countryside from the aeroplane window when we came home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This dress cost me £1 from a charity shop. I love how the body part is stretchy and ruched, so it's figure hugging but is also very forgiving, then it flips out at the bottom giving great movement for my Modern Jive. The only problem was, that it had narrow straps which showed too much of my skin for my liking - (you'll have to imagine that because I forgot to take a before pic) so I fashioned some floaty sleeves out of a bit of sheer black fabric I had, and voila!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm so sorry it's been such a long time since my last post, but I've had all sorts of problems with my computer and blogger. Hopefully back to normal now and I'm joining in again with Made with Love's photo scavenger hunt (although a little late for April). I'm not risking changing the size of the photos so please click on them to enlarge</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been away to Barcelona for a few days with my daughter and at 11 am on the first morning we took a walking tour of the city. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The roof of this house that Gaudi designed in Barcelona is supposedly a dragon's back covered in scales</span></div>
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<br />Little Blue Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180454134721106426.post-85248374077822974222013-12-05T00:39:00.000+00:002013-12-05T10:35:16.069+00:00Really?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think it goes without saying that plants are slow moving (a few inches a year is slow in anyone's book) but I wonder what there is about this particular plant to be wary of?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Similarly I think the person in charge of safety for this water filled hole in the ground didn't want to take any chances. Putting a sign up saying no diving or swimming is in my opinion just asking for people to try it; which is probably why they covered it with a metal grid and put a fence round, just to be on the safe side. Though why anyone would want to dive into a four foot square hole is beyond me, and what kind of swimming could you do in something so small?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It also seemed very strange as it was a Homebase DIY store</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Closer inspection revealed that it was a section for weed killer.</span><br />
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<br />Little Blue Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180454134721106426.post-55233591957737338202013-12-03T01:54:00.001+00:002013-12-06T09:43:09.737+00:00November 2013 Photo Scavenger Hunt<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As usual Greenthumb over at <a href="http://suzzie43.blogspot.co.uk/p/scaerngera.html">Made With Love</a> has organised the photo scavenger hunt. Here are my interpretations for this month</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A statue of Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdoch in Birmingham</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Little Blue Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180454134721106426.post-29418677950245968122013-11-20T23:57:00.000+00:002013-11-22T00:30:18.240+00:00The early bird<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It's not in my nature to be up with the lark, I'm much more of a night owl; but inspired by <a href="http://bunnymummy-jacquie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/sunrise-corner.html">Bunny Mummy</a>'s post with lovely photos of the morning light, I thought I would check it out for myself. With sunshine forecast for yesterday it was perfect for me to see what I've been missing. I suppose being out and about at half seven may be the norm for a lot of people but it took a bit of effort on my part!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This has been a very photo heavy post, so well done if you've made it this far, and I hope you enjoyed my early morning walk as much as I did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Little Blue Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180454134721106426.post-41046262860565392652013-11-16T23:43:00.000+00:002013-11-16T23:43:12.539+00:00Appeal of bells<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes a chance remark can set the wheels in motion in unexpected ways... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was out country/barn dancing with some friends on Thursday afternoon, when Audrey said that the local church was starting up a handbell ringing group that evening. Someone else said they fancied it too, so they both arranged to go along and give it a try. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It didn't really interest me, but I said that I've always wanted to have a go at ringing the church bells (I demonstrated this with a mime of pulling a rope down!), and low and behold Audrey said she thought they needed new ringers at the church. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She gave me a phone number to ring and two hours later I was up in the bell tower of the church!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The little slit in the side of the bell tower is the window of the room where the bell ropes are (click to enlarge)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The room is reached by a very narrow stone spiral staircase that seems to go on forever.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's six bells of different weights (and sounds) and I had my first lesson on the lightest one - some weigh about a ton each.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately I can't go again this week because I'm going to see War Horse the play, but I'll be raring to go the week after.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd never have thought that morning that I would be ringing church bells in the evening!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Little Blue Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180454134721106426.post-80648972025331954852013-11-03T18:31:00.001+00:002013-11-03T18:31:07.481+00:00October 2013 Photo Scavenger Hunt<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've really struggled with the list this month and only got the last five yesterday. I'd had (great) ideas of what I wanted to get for some of them, but never came across the things I was looking for. Sod's law I'll see them all the time now I don't need them!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So this is my selection</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Usually in October we've had a frost and the nasturtiums have been killed off, but they're still going strong even now</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A spoon I whittled from a bit of branch. Appropriately It's resting on a dress I made from bark cloth!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think this looks like it could be in a little seaside town with the cobbled road, but it's in the middle of Leeds</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coffee Time</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I came upon this coffee shop with just the right name</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Balloon</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weather Cock</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or horse in this case</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fridge Magnet</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not much to look at but the only fridge magnet I've got</span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see what other people have come up with for the scavenger hunt over at <a href="http://suzzie43.blogspot.co.uk/p/scaerngera.html">Made with love</a>, and there's next month's list if you want to join in.</span><br />
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