tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66099699174732917932024-03-06T09:19:41.733+00:00Cats, Dogs and EiderdownsA blog about cats, dogs and all things vintage, especially fabrics and eiderdownsJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07519222546233157254noreply@blogger.comBlogger413125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609969917473291793.post-5395659321585224752013-07-04T15:33:00.002+01:002013-07-04T15:40:50.546+01:00We Had The Night of Our Lives ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello there! Many "Thanks" for all your kind comments on my last post and "Hello" to a new follower. I have certainly enjoyed the Photography Course and would recommend it. It helped me not only to better understand the camera and its capabilities but it also mentally helped me - being so ill last year with Glandular Fever and secondary infections as it made me have a reason to get out of the house.The course was through an Adult Education Centre and cost £120 for 10 two hour sessions. Worth the money, I think.</div>
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Anyhow, what did we get up to on Saturday - Do you know where we were from the above photo?</div>
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We were at Wembley Arena - not to watch a football game. Oh, no we were here to see Robbie Williams and his support act, Olly Murs.</div>
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This photo was taken on Sunday morning as being so excited the day before I had forgotten! KP is a huge Olly Murs fan and I regretted never having seen Robbie or Take That live when I bought the Robbie Live at Knebworth CD many years ago.</div>
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I'm not one of these people who can stand in one spot for hours on end so we ended up paying more money but we did have comfy seats! Most of the time we weren't seated though as we danced our way through the evening.</div>
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KP was enthralled with Olly and sang along to his hits songs - Troublemaker in particular, was a favourite.</div>
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In the bouncy ball there was a camera so that members of the crowd could later see themselves at Wembley when they accessed Olly Murs Twitter Page. I think that's what he said anyways!</div>
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And then Olly Murs left the stage and there was a huge silence and then some yellow smoke appeared.</div>
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And Robbie emerged down a zip wire singing none other than - Let Me Entertain You!</div>
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And boy entertain us he did. Vocally they were both brilliant but Robbie is a showman too and had the audience in the palm of his hand.</div>
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The Robbie face turned into a monkey as he sang - Me and My Monkey.</div>
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And then the face turned back into Robbie's and he sang his last song - Angels. As he left the stage the crowd were still singing for at least another five minutes. We sang all the way back to our hotel.</div>
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If he ever tours again, we will be first in the queue for tickets.</div>
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What else has been happening - well, on our way home on Sunday we stopped at B&Q to buy some paint. Last week I had painted our shed which then made the garage side door look grubby, not to mention the back and front door. So we selected a colour - pillar box red and I have been busy painting and received some assistance from Charlie!</div>
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As KP commented when she came home from school yesterday and witnessed this new look - "It looks as if Charlie has dip dyed his beard!"</div>
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On Monday night as I was asleep I was awoken to a strange noise - half bark, half howl. I initially thought that it was some youths in drink who were trying to get Charlie and George to bark as sometimes happens on the weekend. Charlie and George however remained completely silent which is unlike them. The noise continued for some time so I thought that I would get up to see what it was - I peered through the curtains and couldn't believe my eyes - there in front of me an animal with a pointy face and pointy ears and a long bushy tail - a fox, making that noise at our cat, Poppy who seemed non-plussed by it all. </div>
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I tried to wake the OH up but he was in a deep slumber. So, I watched - the cat went and tucked herself underneath the OH's car next to one of the front tyres. Then to my amazement another fox appeared. I was now getting a bit apprehensive about Poppy but didn't know quite what to do. I was just about to make a noise to try and scare them away when both foxes about turned and ran off and into a nearby housing estate.</div>
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The first fox that I saw was huge. The second one was smaller but not a cub. We have lived here for over 15 years and I've never seen foxes outside the house before. I hope this does not become a regular occurrence. </div>
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I asked the OH the following day why he thought the dogs hadn't whimpered let alone barked. His reply - "They were probably cacking themselves!" There's not a lot you can say to that!</div>
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Hello there! Many "Thanks" for all your comments on my last post. Some of you asked what happens to the art - it is painted over by another street artist! Sometimes the works are there for quite a long time and others a matter of days only. Artists from all over the world participate - artists frequently travelling thousands of miles to paint on the streets of London. We usually therefore try and go up to Brick Lane three or four times a year and there has always been many different artworks.</div>
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On to other things - on Tuesday I attended the last Photography Course lecture. The above photo was taken the week before shortly before I fell flat on my face! I have incorporated photos from the two lessons as a memento. Although I would rather forget the session where I flew in the air and crash landed face first!</div>
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We were at a place called The Silent Pool near Guildford. It is called The Silent Pool as the story goes that King John on his horse abducted a woodcutter's daughter who was forced into the deep water and drowned. The Pool has also been linked to the crime writer Agatha Christie who infamously disappeared in December 1926, it was feared that she had drowned in The Silent Pool after her car was discovered at nearby Newlands Corner.</div>
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This photo was the one I took just before the fall - it's not even a good photo. The water has been blurred through the use of a slow shutter speed.</div>
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On Tuesday of last week the class was at the home of one of the class members. The plan was to take photos of plants in her garden and then have some lunch - each member having brought something with them to contribute to the meal.</div>
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The bee to the right was very aggressive towards other bees. It would lie dormant and then when another bee landed it would get all vicious. I've never seen bees behaving like that before!</div>
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The classes have been quoting from "Miranda" - "Such fun" - we all agreed that we should meet up after the Summer Holidays to go and shoot together - photographically speaking! A date has been set for September, I do hope that we stick to it!</div>
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Hello there. I'll start with the usual customary "Thanks" for your comments on my last post. I have had a few computer related problems this week - I have tried to leave comments on some of the blogs that I follow but the computer has for whatever reason said "No". On certain blogs this has not been a problem. That's technology for you!</div>
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Anyhow, I'd better do a post about our recent trip to London, not that recent any more - it will be two weeks tomorrow! What with my fall and the computer glitches I have been a bit disillusioned with writing a post. I'm well on the mend now - purple bruises are now a yellow colour!</div>
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It was strange going up to London on the train without KP. She was away in Cheshire with the school for the weekend - plenty of fun outdoor activities to celebrate the end of the exams. There were tears when the results came back - she'd done really well in all subject apart from Maths. I was the same, Maths was like an alien language. The OH has bought those revision type books that you can get - as she'll need to hone her skills over the Summer holidays. Poor KP!</div>
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We arrived in London and as it was early in the morning we found a cafe to have a crepe and coffee - as you do!</div>
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Near to the above there is a car park and we have always been allowed to walk in and take photos as there are a lot of work on the car park walls. This time we came across an obnoxious car park attendant and some thuggish looking security guards. The car park attendant told us that we couldn't come in, the OH offered to pay the equivalent of parking a car but the guy said really aggressively "This is private property - Get Out!" The OH asked who we could contact to see if we could get permission. He said, "It's me and you can't come in!" The four or so security guards then started getting closer to us so we decided to leave pretty sharpish! A real jobsworth. It left me quite shaken. </div>
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Hello there! Huge "Thanks" for your kind comments on my last post. This Blogging community is a pretty special place at times. I feel a bit better today. My teeth aren't hurting so much and the swelling in my cheek seems to be getting smaller. The bruises are already turning yellowish, so hopefully in a few days time I will be back to normal! The fall did knock my confidence a bit and I have been a bit apprehensive around the house - I even asked the OH to carry the Hoover upstairs for me, I just got this thought in my head that it could propel me downstairs head first before landing on top of me! </div>
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George, has also been in the wars. He was out in the garden and I heard this terrible whimpering noise. I called out to him and he came hobbling on three legs. A trip to the vets showed that he had soft tissue damage to his paw. I couldn't understand what had happened but the following day I saw that the metal watering can was overturned - I have now moved the can to a safer place.<br />
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Do you see the cow / young bull between the pylons in the first photo. Well, it stared at me and I stared at it. It gave out a call and, he and his mates decided to come and see who the daft person with the black box in front of her face was!</div>
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Hello there! Many "Thanks" for your comments on my last post. I am very behind with this blogging lark but will try to persevere. If truth be told I'm slightly off colour at the moment. On Saturday, the OH and I went up to London and walked around Brick Lane and Shoreditch looking at all the new street art and then went off for a Curry before catching the train home. That was a good day. </div>
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Hello there! Many, many "Thanks" for your comments on my previous post. I could regale many stories about my education and school teachers. Some stories are quite hilarious and probably you wouldn't believe that they were true! I may well feature some more in later posts - once I'm up to date with the things that we got up to at Half Term! Seems such a long time ago now - so I'd better get a wiggle on.</div>
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KP had her last few exams today - French, Chemistry and Geography. She's off on a school trip tomorrow - she'll be away the whole weekend - the place will be quiet without her for sure.</div>
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Anyhow, moveing swiftly back to Half Term - we visited Monkey World and KP's cousins, their mum and the OH's aunt came too.</div>
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The chimpanzee about is not eating an ostrich egg - it's actually some ice as the weather was so hot. It's hard to remember now that it was only a few weeks ago. The weather has been pretty nasty the last few days - lots of rain. I think it promises better weather over the weekend, let's hope so.</div>
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This chimpanzee had its arm amputated - after she had been attacked by her own mother. They were both working in a circus somewhere abroad and the baby chimp was rescued and brought back to this country. It was amazing to see how agile she was the one arm.</div>
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Hello there! Many big "Thank Yous" for your kind comments on my last post. Forde Abbey is indeed a very special place for us and if you are in the area, do go and visit, you will not be disappointed. I should have mentioned that they also have a cafeteria and a small nursery that sells some of the wonderful plants that you see in the garden. On our way home from Forde Abbey we decided to stop and have a walk along the river in Colyton. This had been recommended to be by Sarah from <a href="http://www.downbytheseadorset.blospot.co.uk/">www.downbytheseadorset.blospot.co.uk</a> Do visit her blog - it is well worth the visit.</div>
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We were amazed as to how many other dog owners we saw en route. This is clearly a popular place for dog walking.</div>
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We took a slight detour out of the field along this little path - the smell of wild garlic was heavenly and there was plenty of cow parsley.</div>
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My worst ever subject at school was Physics. It didn't help with the fact that the teacher was slightly bonkers. He used to preach outside Woolworths on a soap box on a Saturday! None of his experiments worked. They all failed. I remember one about the elasticity of string. We were told that if a certain amount of weight was placed on the string it would eventually snap. We kept placing weight after weight on the string. Eventually the amount of weights had reached the floor and so we couldn't put any more on - the string still hadn't snapped!</div>
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Another experiment was to do with mercury and how heavy it was. The experiment was for someone to blow down a U shaped tube to try and move the mercury. The teacher choose a boy called Huw. We all said "Not Huw, Sir, he has bad asthma." "Blow Huw, blow!" said the teacher. So he did and he huffed and puffed and then fainted!</div>
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We did have some funny old teachers. We had another called "Jet" as he used to fly down the corridors - he was always late. We had odd windows to some classrooms - they were the type that opened inwards as well as outwards. "Jet" taught us RE and if we all rushed to the classroom - we would open the window by the door inwards and so "Jet" couldn't get in!</div>
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Hello there! A huge "Thank You" to all those who kindly left a comment on my previous post. Although I did delete two comments as they were re-directing me onto a site to loose weight! I had left a comment on a blog about as a youngster not really understanding the term middle aged spread until I arrive in my 40's and now know only too well what it means! At the same time it was disclosed in the press that sites are storing information about us and sharing them with others. As Boris Johnson commented today in The Daily Telegraph nothing on the world wide web is private!</div>
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You see, I have waffled on yet again. I will now keep to the point (I hope). During Half Term we ventured once more to Forde Abbey. It is without doubt one of our favourite haunts when we're in Devon. Forde Abbey is just across the border into Somerset.</div>
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Hello there! Well, by the time Monday came around we were dead on our feet. We decided to stay at home and recuperate! It rained anyways and so was a good day to spend indoors. On Tuesday it really, really rained - the rain fell pall mall and if we had ventured outdoors we would have been soaked to the skin. On Wednesday morning we opened the curtains keeping our fingers crossed that there wouldn't be any more rain - we were all rained out and wanted to get outside. It wasn't raining, it was cloudy and a bit overcast but hey, this is Britain and sometimes that's all we can wish for - no rain, please.</div>
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The question was where to go - the dogs hadn't had much of a walk. We decided to head out to A La Ronde a National Trust property. We had been inside before and thought that we would have a gentle stroll around the meadow, have a bite to eat in the little cafe and then move on to the beach at Budleigh Salterton.</div>
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The views from here are gorgeous - lush green, the rolling hills and the sea - what more could you want!</div>
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This is a quaint National Trust property. It was owned by two sisters - spinsters. The house has 16 sides and the inside is decorated with various bits that they gathered on their travels - shells, feathers, etc. These are used to great effect - there is even a room completely decorated with shells.</div>
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Onto the beach at Budleigh Salterton. It has many beach huts.</div>
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This reminded me of The Eagles song of the same name - Take It Easy. The Eagles were one of my favourite groups in the 1980's along with Fleetwood Mac.</div>
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Hello there! Many "Thanks" for your comments on my last post. After our overnight stay in the Cotswolds we travelled down to Devon. We had only been away a few weeks but how quickly the plants in the garden seemed to have grown. The cockerel that I'd purchased at the Garden Centre in Colyton had almost disappeared amongst the greenery.</div>
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On the Sunday we went to a family BBQ. KP with her cousins.</div>
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It was my Birthday today. I attended my Photography Class and everyone sang Happy Birthday as I entered the classroom which surprised and delighted me.</div>
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Hello there! Many "Thanks" for your comments on my previous post. It's what I like the most about blogging - the interaction. Well, half term has been and gone - wasn't the weather glorious for most part anyways! Anyhow, I have a number of posts to write up about the things that we got up to.</div>
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On the Friday after KP finished school we jumped into the car with the dogs and our luggage and set off for Grandads house in the Cotswolds. The above is a woodpecker from a bird table in the garden.</div>
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This is the home of the OH's dad and his wife. They moved in six years ago. The house was originally just the bit with the french doors and the previous owners had tacked on the bit to the right. With planning permission in place the rest of the house was built.</div>
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The garden has a swing. By the look on George's face - he didn't like it, but KP loved it!</div>
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Archie, Grandads dog. We had a fab time here although our stay was very short, just an overnight visit on our way to Devon. The OH didn't enjoy the stay as much though as he was struck down by a virus - whilst we ate he was upstairs being sick! He's usually never ill but he did look rough.</div>
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We took the dogs with us. It was surprising how well all three dogs got on. I had visions of our two misbehaving and doing some damage to the house but they didn't.</div>
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We walked along the River Coln.</div>
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The village is small - it only has 40 houses but look at their sheer magnificence.</div>
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One minute she was a cute girl who listened to what her parents had to say now she has her nose glued to her mobile phone.</div>
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A few of the houses in the village.</div>
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And enjoy an ice-cream. KP didn't have two - one of them is mine!</div>
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Arlington Row.</div>
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Hello there! Many "Thanks" for your comments on my last post. It has been a busy week here - KP has been busy revising for a French Exam. It's an oral exam and I've been trying to help her with what little French that I remember from my schooldays. Remarkably I remember more than I thought! The human brain is an amazing thing. The last time I had anything to do with learning French was over 30 years ago! Where does the time go. It really does seem to fly.</div>
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On Sunday we went for a walk and a picnic along the River Itchen.</div>
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George spent most of the time in the water chasing his ball. At one point on the walk, he just without a moments hesitation dived in - to retrieve what he thought was a ball but in actual fact was a feather! An easy mistake to make, not! He had jumped in at an area where the river was fast flowing and we thought that the OH may have had to wade in after him as he was struggling against the current. With a lot of coaxing of "Come on, George!" he finally managed to get back to the bank.</div>
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Despite this escapade a few minutes later in an area where the current wasn't so bad he jumped in again. They say that spaniels are stupid - there's the proof!</div>
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The walk took us along the River Itchen but also into some villages.</div>
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After his jump into the river Charlie was once again as stubborn as ever refusing point blank to look at the camera. There was nothing in particular for him to look at in the direction he is looking but I've learnt that this look is par for the course! Absolutely anything is better to look at than that black thing in front of your face!</div>
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Just after I took this photo I saw in the distance something that caused the water to splash. I couldn't make out what it was and then a few seconds later - no more than 10 feet from where I was standing on the bridge two red deer jumped into the river. I called out for KP to come and look as she had already crossed the bridge and had her back to the deer. She quickly turned around and saw the deer - they stood startled at seeing us and then legged it as fast as they could. If only I had the forethought of calling KP and to take a photo at the same time! </div>
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We came across two donkeys in a field. They are Poitou donkeys from France. The one on the right was very skinny. We came across a lady who was walking along the lane with a beautiful white horse and she told us that they were rescue donkeys being looked after before they could be transferred to the Donkey Sanctuary in Devon.</div>
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And then we saw the pub and went and had a pint of cider in the late afternoon sun. KP collected some daisies and as we supped our cider and KP her water (she doesn't like fizzy drinks) as KP and I made daisy chains.</div>
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Hello there! Woo Hoo - the Blogger problem seems to have been resolved! Thank you to all of you who commented to let me know! Although the weekend wasn't a scorcher, it didn't rain which was a bonus from last weekend when we twice got caught in it. On Saturday morning we went to the local garden centre and purchased a few plants for the garden. Having been unwell for most of last year the garden had been looking a bit neglected - both front and back gardens have been tidied up, the weeds have almost gone (until next week when they'll be back, no doubt with a vengeance), a few plants had died and so needed replacing. The dandelion from above is not from our garden but from a walk we had on late Saturday afternoon!</div>
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The OH's father arrived with his dog late afternoon and so we all went for a walk along some local footpaths.</div>
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George enjoyed running around, chasing his new ball and bringing it back for us to throw again and again! He is quite expensive to maintain on the ball front as something always happens to his balls - the either get lost or when we're not looking he chews them to bits!</div>
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Hello there! Well, I've still got the old problem with Blogger not updating my posts on followers reading lists and now that I had discovered Flickr and, was quite enjoying it, that has changed too and I seem to have lost access to most of my photos that I spent a week on and off uploading. I was just in the middle of uploading another batch of photos when something happened to the screen and there appeared to be a new layout which was CRAP! So, I think that will be the last of my foray into Flickr. How can a site just change its layout without any warning. I noticed that there were many negative feedbacks already and I added to them. The new site is horrid, horrid, horrid!</div>
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We sat here to have a picnic - it started to drizzle but we didn't mind! A picnic in the rain. It was quite refreshing.</div>
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George minus his ball which got lost in some stinging nettles.</div>
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After our picnic we ventured further along the footpaths. What a view.</div>
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The rain didn't last long and we didn't get too wet.</div>
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On the way home I asked the OH to stop so that I could take a photo of this sign - what a great road name. I conjure up thoughts of thatched cottages with wonderful cottages gardens.</div>
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And look at what else we spotted. </div>
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Not much more to say. We've been busy in the garden and the OH's dad came visiting on Saturday but that will all have to be done in another post. </div>
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I think that I am jinxed with computers - the Blogger issue and now the Flickr one. God help me with tomorrow's Photography Course lesson on Photoshop!</div>
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Hello there! Still no joy from Google about my posts not updating but for those of you who still drop by and leave a comment - "Thank you". I am way behind on my posts! Life just sometimes gets in the way. It's been a busy old week here - not seemed to have stopped but not achieved much, if that makes sense!</div>
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Last Saturday, it was raining. Never ones to be daunted by a few drops of rain we headed to Hinton Ampner, a National Trust property that is fairly local to us. We have been here many times before but there is always something to see of interest and the gardens are beautiful.</div>
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A peek at the Church.</div>
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I really liked the colour combination of these tulips growing near to the greenhouse.</div>
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This photo was taken with the flash on and has bleached the lead.</div>
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A fabulous house seen across the field from Hinton Ampner.</div>
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There we have it - a short tour around the gardens at Hinton Ampner. On Sunday we took the dogs with us to Farley Mount. More on that in a later post.</div>
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June.</div>
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P.S. I've just discovered Flickr and just realised that my photos on there are much crisper in quality than on Blogger - does anyone know why this is?</div>
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Hello there! Blogger still playing up I'm afraid. I've sent 10 e-mails now to Google. I think that there's a bottomless pit that they have and that's where my e-mails have been thrown into!</div>
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On Friday I had arranged to meet up with two fellow students on my Photography Course and we went to Winkworth Arboretum in search of bluebells!</div>
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It was only when I got home and looked at this photo on the computer that I noticed the daddylonglegs!</div>
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There were literally millions and millions of bluebells. They are stunning to look but really hard to capture on camera so as to do them justice.</div>
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I thought that this tree trunk looked like a face - the hollow circle to the left is like an eye. Can you see what I mean?</div>
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A good day out with like minded souls. This weeks Photography Course was class based and all about Photoshop. I know zilch about Photoshop and so I sat there like a bloomin' idiot for most of the lesson. The others on the course had tried Photoshop and were far more knowledgeable than me :( It was all about you can "lasso" this and TIFF that - I was all at sea!</div>
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Next week is going to be much of the same! Every one else will have been practising. The tutor told me to download a 30 day Trial of Photoshop Elements. I did try this before but got so confused I couldn't even open the darn thing up! I don't know whether you can download another free Trial - only one way to find out I suppose! You probably get the gist that I don't get along with technology nor does technology get along with me - as demonstrated by the Blogger problem! I can't believe that the Blogger issue has gone on for more than two months but alas, it has :(</div>
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Anyhow, I have two more posts to do about what we got up to at the weekend - On Saturday we visited Hinton Ampner and walked around the garden in the pouring rain and on Sunday we went to Farley Mount with the dogs where we went one better and had a picnic in the pouring rain - it was quite refreshing!</div>
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Hello there! On Tuesday I attended my Photography Course. We all met at Newlands Corner on the outskirts of Guildford. The object of the lesson was to learn to take landscape shots and also to take good photos in low light conditions such as woods.</div>
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We had all just got our cameras out of our bags when the tutor called out, "Quick, some horse riders are approaching, get snapping!"</div>
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We were then taught how to spot meter. In truth for weeks, the tutor has been mentioning spot metering and I was too shy to ask what all this meant. For those of you who know, I hope I'm getting this right! Basically, when the camera is on a manual setting, you can direct it to take the photos you want to take. The first photo above was taken without spot metering, see how grey the sky looks. In the second photo the sky is far bluer. The second photo is how the sky looked but when the shot you want to take has both light and dark, the camera doesn't really know what to focus on - it takes several readings and guesses what shot you want to take. </div>
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To spot meter all you have to do is point the camera at the lightest thing - usually the sky, half press the shutter and see what shutter speed is recorded. You should then point at the darkest thing in the image you want to choose and again half press the shutter to get the shutter speed.</div>
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When you then compose your shot, rather than getting the shutter speed to go to 0 you can ignore this and rely on the readings you obtained earlier by half pressing the shutter.</div>
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It has been a busy week - on Thursdays KP has a singing lesson followed by a tennis lesson. This Thursday there was also an Arts Festival at the school - KP was singing in the Junior Chamber Choir and in the Senior Choir. She got home on Thursday at 5.45 p.m. and then it was a quick meal of pasta before she had to be back at school for 7.00 p.m. The Festival finished at 9.00 p.m. KP was asked to go to bed straight away when we got home as there was a school trip to Calais on Friday and she had to be at school by 5.50 a.m.!</div>
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Hello there! This is a continuation of the things that we got up to on Bank Holiday Monday. We had thought of grabbing some lunch at Knightshayes but the queue to the cafe was unbelievable. As the OH commented, "Do you want to queue here for 40 minutes before we even get to order and so waste a lot of time or shall we go somewhere else?" We all agreed "Let's go somewhere else!"</div>
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We headed for the Canal Tearoom and Garden in Tiverton which is just a stone's throw away from the canal.</div>
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We sat in the garden and had delicious jacket spuds with some salad. Delicious it was too. Having a fairly big lunch meant that once we got home we could just have a snack before setting off from Devon back to Hampshire.</div>
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After lunch we headed to the canal. My eye was immediately drawn to these cute ducklings.</div>
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We came to this swan, sat looking forlornly on its nest. Whilst at the Tearoom we had been told that a group of Sea Cadets had been responsible for the death of its partner! They had got too close and it had gone to attack the group who had then struck out. I couldn't believe that this had happened. I'd thought that a swan would only have attacked if it had felt under threat or that it's partner and nest were. There was a notice near the swan saying that an incident had occurred on the 27th April. There was concern that the female swan may abandon it's nest. </div>
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The story and the swan saddened me greatly. I took this photo at the beginning of our walk. We walked back past the swan over two hours later and it still had its head tucked under its wings.</div>
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In the car someone volunteered that they had forgotten to do their French homework which was to be handed in on Tuesday! The journey home usually takes us just over two hours, it took us four! The traffic was at a standstill in many locations. We saw several cars which had over-heated. We didn't arrive home until gone 10 p.m. and KP didn't get to bed until gone 11 p.m. as she had to finish her homework! Guess who didn't want to get out of bed on Tuesday morning!</div>
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Hello there! "Hello" too, to new followers who found me through Gillian from <a href="http://www.talesfromahappyhouse.com/">www.talesfromahappyhouse.com</a>. Many "Thanks" also for your well wishes concerning my issues with Blogger. It's been over two months now. I will try out what Annie from <a href="http://www.knitsofacto.com/">www.knitsofacto.com</a> suggested and see how I get along. Hopefully, there will be no need for me to update you as Blogger will be doing its job! </div>
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On Bank Holiday Monday we visited Knightshayes, a National Trust property and then went and had a walk along the canal at Tiverton.</div>
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The only downside for me was that as it was such a fabulous day weather wise and a Bank Holiday the world and his brother and some, had also decided to visit too. I prefer going around these places when they aren't as busy so we will have to come back another day. It may be however that it's just very, very popular. The car park could accommodate many cars.</div>
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Not a gargoyle but KP in a tree. Can you spot the nail varnish - I was pestered to buy it after she saw it advertised in one of the magazines at the hairdressers. A quick trip to Superdrug and the glittery blue varnish was purchased. I've never been a nail varnish person and was quite gobsmacked at the price - nearly £5!</div>
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Hello there! After we had come home from our trip to Burrow Farm Gardens - thoughts turned to tidying up our own back garden here in Devon.</div>
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I thought I'd show you some of the tidier corners!</div>
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I must "Thank" Sarah from Down By The Sea blog as she commented on a recent post of mine about a small nursery in Colyton - this we located and the cockerel was discovered there and well, he just had to come home with us! As did the silvered glass baubles that you can see.</div>
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P.S. It's more than a bit depressing that my posts are still not updating on followers reading lists. I think that I'm being forgotten and a lot of the pleasure from blogging has gone. I have sent 9 feedback reports to google to no avail. I really don't know what else I can do!</div>
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Hello there! On Sunday we decided that another trip out was in order - it was once again fabulously hot. Having had such a harsh Winter makes you appreciate the suns' warmth. No hats, cats or gloves to worry about - just dogs and their leads!</div>
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We headed to Burrow Farm Gardens. We have been here many times before and so there have been previous posts about this wonderful garden, set deep in the Devon countryside.</div>
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We were dazzled by the sheer beauty of the tulips.</div>
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The gardens are so peaceful - all you hear is birdsong.</div>
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This is the view of the coutryside from the bottom of the garden. I like the use of the low wall - it makes it seem as if the formal gardens and the countryside have merged and, of course here, they have in a way.</div>
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A lone tadpole - I wonder where all the others were ...</div>
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A bluebell - one of my favourite flowers. It takes me back to days when I was a Brownie and playing hide and seek in the woods. </div>
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We went to the small cafe - this is where the robins hang out, waiting for someone to throw them a few morsels.</div>
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They have the most delicious scones at the cafe and so we all had a Devonshire Cream Tea. Well, you can't be in Devon and not have one, can you!</div>
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On the way home - we stopped for me to take a photo of a pylon within a pylon! Sad, I know!</div>
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Hello there! Many "Thanks" to all of you who commented on my previous posting and "Hello" to new followers. How you found me I don't know - especially bearing in mind that my posts are still not updating - Grrrrr!</div>
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Anyhow, moving on to the things that we got up to at the weekend - wasn't the weather just glorious, by the way - but before I do, a photo of Archie, our cat, sitting in the flowerbed where I had the audacity to try and remove some weeds from his favourite place to snooze! He's looking pretty disgruntled.</div>
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And here's my latest - push along. I was looking at eBay - I know I shouldn't - this one came up on a Buy It Now and I just couldn't resist it.</div>
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He arrived well packaged a few days later.</div>
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The house sparrow is still chirruping away noisily outside for most of the day.</div>
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After KP finished school on Friday we drove post haste to our little bolt-hole in Devon. On Saturday afternoon (after a stop at the hairdressers) we headed for Forde Abbey - on the outskirts of Chard. We have been here many times, it is one of our favourite haunts. We also visited Burrow Farm Gardens, Knightshayes - NT property and had a walk along the Tiverton Canal but I will discuss these in more detail in later postings. </div>
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We walked up to the statue we call "Black Beauty" and stopped at a nearby spot for a picnic.</div>
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The fountain is switched on twice a day - usually about 1.00 p.m. and then again at 3.00 p.m.</div>
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Playing some more with the Manual Settings - I got this effect. Although the colours are distorted I quite like it. The daffodils have been bleached to an almost translucent quality.</div>
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We came to the lake and saw a few ducks - then our attention was grabbed by Canadian Geese and their off spring.</div>
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Well, I snapped away, like a thing possessed. Aren't they the cutest little things - primrose yellow in colour.Both Mum and Dad were clearly the proudest of parents - standing by, watching and fussing.</div>
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They got out of the water and were pecking the ground for food - still under the watchful gaze of Mum and Dad.</div>
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I was amazed as to how close I was to them. These photos were taken with my slightly longer than usual lens but I have not cropped beyond that.</div>
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After a brief sojourn on dry land they were ushered back into the water.</div>
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Before once again moving back onto terra firma. I had left a few pieces of bread on the grass for them. I don't know if this is Mum or Dad but whichever it was, it guzzled all the bread in no time at all, without sharing!</div>
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We must have been sat watching for about an hour. A wonderful way to while away the time. We will have to have another visit soon to see how the chicks are faring.</div>
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We then moved along to the Bog Garden. I once again played with different settings on the camera - I think I prefer the top photo to the bottom one.</div>
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The dogs came with us but Charlie was once again determined not to look at the camera.</div>
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Remembering my photography class homework to create creative shots - KP posed by the fountain!</div>
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KP looking a bit smarter than normal with blow dried hair.</div>
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We were just about to leave when we saw that the fountain was being turned on again and saw this fabulous rainbow effect.</div>
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The metal work roof of the temple.</div>
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There we have it photos from our trip to Forde Abbey. In the evening we went out to a local pub for a meal with our next door neighbours who came back to the house afterwards for a cup of coffee. </div>
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Hello there! The Photography Course that I am on now is on Tuesdays. The title to this post is a bit of a giveaway! It had been agreed at last weeks class that if the weather was good that we would go to an area near to the leisure centre in Guildford to take some landscape photos. I can't believe that we have lived a 30 minute distance from this place without knowing about it. I quite like some of the photos that I took and so have made a post to include them.</div>
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It was great to be able to be out and about and to learn on the hoof as opposed to a classroom setting. I think I learnt far more being out for the whole two hours. There was some walking involved before we got to this area but it just meant that we had a good opportunity to get to know the people on the course better.</div>
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Although initially we were to take landscape shots I couldn't resist taking this photo of a Canadian Goose.</div>
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These made me think of Ken Dodd and his diddymen! Showing my age!</div>
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This was a wonderful place to while away a few hours and in the distance there were some canal boats. I'm sure that I'll visit this place again - with the family and the dogs.</div>
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And a last shot of a pylon. Everybody else in the class was trying to avoid them being in their photos but I've grown to like them!</div>
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Hello there! This is a continuation of our walk on Sunday. I took far too many photos, as usual! Better to split it into two posts! We were in Winchester having completed our walk along the River Itchen.</div>
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My eye was drawn to this stone sculpture and I have to admit that my first thought was - what an ugly baby! The proportions are all wrong - look at those massive hands and the face is that of an ageing bald bloke not a child!</div>
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As we were walking past the house where Jane Austen spent her last days the OH said, "Get a photo of that dog - it's a good photo opportunity!" He's getting into this camera lark - only slightly, mind you. I know that at times he gets frustrated as I take too long!</div>
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And then we walked past another window. This terrier went absolutely berserk when he saw George. He was snarling and baring his teeth. Poor George, he began to quake!</div>
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KP discovered a lollipop in her sleeveless jacket. How long it had been there, who knows - she decided to eat it anyway!</div>
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And sat awhile resting out tired feet.</div>
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There we have it, our tour of Winchester. We had to stop and shop in White Stuff - I got myself a scarf and KP went into a shop called Tinc and bought a pen, pencil and some tortoise shaped erasers. I think that she has that stationary bug that I have!</div>
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Hello there! On Sunday the weather was pretty gloomy but it wasn't raining. As KP had a friend round on Saturday the dogs had missed out on their walk. What better therefore than to go for a long walk to compensate for the one that they'd missed out on. The question was where to go. Last week we had been to Twyford Lock and although it was very tempting to go back there we decided against it. If you keep going back to the same places you don't get to see somewhere new.</div>
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We eventually agreed to a walk along the river from Winchester. When we arrived we found it difficult to park - the town was heaving. We later discovered that there was a St. George's Day Parade. KP joked that it was a Parade for George, our spaniel who was born on the 23rd April!</div>
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These houses face on to the river. The photos were taken with my longer lens. I actually took it out with me and used it for the very first time. The zoom on it is fabulous - you can get so much closer than with my other lens. It does have its downside as when you want to get an entire building into a shot and you're relatively close - you have to stand a long distance away! I therefore found myself alternating the two lenses, which to be honest was a bit of a faff and although the lens is good I think I would only take it out when visiting places like Marwell Zoo where the animals are sometimes quite some distance away.</div>
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On our walk we came across many dogs. This is where the longer lens came in handy as I could snap away without being noticed. This made me think how many sick people are out there though taking photos of children etc without us knowing. I remember when we were on holiday in Mousehole in Cornwall when KP was very small and two men started taking an interest in her. They looked very creepy and shifty and I noticed that they had a camcorder concealed in a bag and seemed to be recording. I just grabbed KP and made a dash for it. Perhaps I should have phoned the Police but I was more concerned about just getting away.</div>
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We admired the tree house. I would have loved something like this to play in as a kid.</div>
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George and his ball. He will chase it anywhere but not after Sunday - as he lost the ball! The OH threw it and he chased after it, caught it and then he dropped it and it rolled down an embankment and into some undergrowth - despite our best efforts and his, it couldn't be found. He was whimpering and sniffing the ground. We eventually had to drag him away otherwise he'd still be there!</div>
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I always find it amazing how animals can swim without ever having any lessons. George just dives in, no matter how deep the water is. Charlie, on the other hand, likes to be on dry land. He doesn't even like his feet getting wet.</div>
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We had brought a picnic with us and this was our view from the picnic area.</div>
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We came across a lady with this dog - a Petite Bassett Griffon Vendeen. The breed that won Crufts this year. The OH has always wanted one and in truth, Charlie, is a substitute for one - he looks similar. We got talking and the dog's owner said that he was stubborn - quite similar to Charlie then!</div>
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The swan poked its tongue at me! This seems to be a habit - last week, it was the red panda at Marwell Zoo.</div>
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I was trying to capture the drips but the swan didn't really want to play ball.</div>
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At the end of our walk we came across an ice cream van! An ice cream with all the trimmings! I tried some, and have to say it was one of the nicest ice creams I've tasted.</div>
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We were now back in Winchester and decided to have a quick trip looking at some of the sights. As this post is already rather long I will place the rest of what we got up to and what we saw in another post.</div>
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Last week I had been admiring the tenacity of a female blackbird in our garden, determinedly pulling at a worm in the lawn. This morning I opened the back door to see a dead female blackbird - no injury to it whatsoever. Sometimes, I just dislike cats. I know it's in their nature and that nature is often cruel, it's just so sad and pointless. The sparrows from my previous post are still alive and becoming more and more noisy. I just hope they don't attract the cats attention.</div>
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I have been tidying up the garden and now that all the weeds are gone, it's looking a bit bare with just a few new shoots popping through. We have lost some plants due to the harsh weather. In a few weeks time, when the risk of frost is less likely, I can see a trip to the garden centre.</div>
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June.</div>
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