ABCtales … ('X' yesterday zapped!) ie alphabetical string of words. ( This is a taking up of Gloskat's challenge: https://www.abctales.com/blog/gloskat/alphabet-you-can%E2%80%99t )
When the kids are jabbering nineteen to the doszen or quarrelling … when the … we long for … I used to be puzzled by the television being on in the Old People’s Home, not very loud …
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Deepest turmoils of the soul stilled for those who drink, abide with their Maker – hear His call – ‘thirst’...
You capture the delight of children having a case or box to rummage through! Useful too to sometimes put a load away for a while and bring out fresh! And yes, your painting seems quite something. Rhiannon
I'm not sure I've seen the giant one, but heard much about it. I gather war is waged on it, there was a concern about it's stems being used as blowpipes for children with awful blistering result.
Follies show us what some of the ruined castles etc looked like before their deterioration. Follies, castles, old bridges, cathedrals — all seem to show so much careful long labour. Rhiannon
Thanks, Dougie. I'm not into knowing what is edible and inedible I'm sorry, so used to telling the little ones not to put anything into their mouths without first asking! I think it is, but would have to check, and my husband seemed allergic to...
The details of the scenery and sounds of the occasion have reallhy stuck in your mind, haven't they? That seems to happen when something is a big fright or puzzle when you are young Rhiannon
That is interesting. My father spent quite a bit of time in Burma in the British forces in the war. He wrote a letter to his fiancee on the slow journey back by ship detailing some of his expeiences as he was free to do now that the war was over...
Your description of the anguish of a teenager aware of his attempt to help having consequences he could'nt have foreseen, brought back to mind my youngest son, I think probably in first year uni, but struggling a bit to size up social situations...
It is so worthwhile to stop
Posted on Fri, 16 May 2025
It is so worthwhile to stop and look at a flower more closely and see the pattern of shades and shape. Rhinnon
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You capture the delight of
Posted on Fri, 16 May 2025
You capture the delight of children having a case or box to rummage through! Useful too to sometimes put a load away for a while and bring out fresh! And yes, your painting seems quite something. Rhiannon
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Clear memory of you enjoyment
Posted on Sun, 11 May 2025
Clear memory of you enjoyment at such an age.
beneath velvety calm green algae, lies another world; minute living – breathing creatures probe and pry,
very descriptive!
Rhiannon
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I'm not sure I've seen the
Posted on Tue, 06 May 2025
I'm not sure I've seen the giant one, but heard much about it. I gather war is waged on it, there was a concern about it's stems being used as blowpipes for children with awful blistering result.
By parachute do you mean the whole...
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Follies show us what some of
Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025
Follies show us what some of the ruined castles etc looked like before their deterioration. Follies, castles, old bridges, cathedrals — all seem to show so much careful long labour. Rhiannon
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Thanks, Dougie. I'm not into
Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025
Thanks, Dougie. I'm not into knowing what is edible and inedible I'm sorry, so used to telling the little ones not to put anything into their mouths without first asking! I think it is, but would have to check, and my husband seemed allergic to...
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The details of the scenery
Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2025
The details of the scenery and sounds of the occasion have reallhy stuck in your mind, haven't they? That seems to happen when something is a big fright or puzzle when you are young Rhiannon
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I liked 'eyes patrol', 'skirl
Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2025
I liked 'eyes patrol', 'skirl of wind' and 'April rain which still bears the icesharp of a winter past.' Rhiannon
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That is interesting. My
Posted on Wed, 23 Apr 2025
That is interesting. My father spent quite a bit of time in Burma in the British forces in the war. He wrote a letter to his fiancee on the slow journey back by ship detailing some of his expeiences as he was free to do now that the war was over...
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Your description of the
Posted on Fri, 18 Apr 2025
Your description of the anguish of a teenager aware of his attempt to help having consequences he could'nt have foreseen, brought back to mind my youngest son, I think probably in first year uni, but struggling a bit to size up social situations...
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