Category: Ten Things of Thankful,
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17 May: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. Thankful for the Waze app, so we knew we weren’t exceeding the speed limit (because the instrument cluster went black, along with no satnav, and no tik.tik.tik sound from the turn indicator) on my husband’s car. 2. That the mechanics could plug (his) car into a computer, and a simple…
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10 May: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. A weekend in Southampton with one of my dearest friends (and her family). We last saw each other many years ago, and it was brilliant to catch up and give each other long hugs to last until next time. 2. It’s official: graduated with Distinction. 3. Irises are blooming. They…
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1 May: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=c0efdbe6b4add43dd7ef Welcome to TToT (Ten Things of Thankful) blog hop! Join bloggers from all over the world as we come together to share those things that we are thankful for. Ten is in the name, but no one is…
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25.04: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1) I’m thankful for the brilliant spring display from the tulips and daffodils this spring. The break in their colour is caused by a virus, which made them highly prized during the 17th, causing Dutch tulip mania. The virus is spread by aphids, and settles in the bulb. 2) The grapevines…
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18 Apr: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. £65 knocked off the price of switching winter wheels (tyres and alloys) for the summer ones (plus an oil change). 2. A pork loin roast that wasn’t as tough as a shoe and the crackling was perfect. 3. Six more tomato plants set into their permanent summer-long positions. 4. A…
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11.04: Ten Things of Thankful
Ten Things of Thankful (with a nod to near-rhyme and brevity) For my fishmonger in Eastbourne—fresh from the boat, cold catch, bold brine, day’s silver smoked. For a hunger to learn, wide-eyed and deep, books in a stack, and barely sleep. For the season’s turn—my apple trees flush, green in the breeze, sap in a…
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5 April: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: I’m thankful that endings lead to new beginnings The hypnotic bliss of deadheading daffodils A warm day and a barbecue—the scent of summer coming. Extreme surrealism and Borges’s The Aleph. The privilege of being at my friend’s side as her beloved dog died. Peter Gundry’s music To waltz around the kitchen,…
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27 March: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. I’m thankful that the footpath leading from the source of the River Mole (this river is West Sussex’s River Styx—it disappears underground and never resurfaces, hence it’s name, Mole)—anyway, the footpath has finally dried in the spring sunshine, and it’s navigable on foot again without slipping. 2. And I’m thankful…
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21 March: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: I am thankful for … You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=c0efdbe6b4add43dd7ef Welcome to TToT (Ten Things of Thankful) blog hop! Join bloggers from all over the world as we come together to share those things that we are thankful for. Ten is in the…
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13.03.25: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. Lunar eclipse on Friday—March’s full moon is the last winter moon, and it’s called the Worm Moon—and it should be gloriously red because of the eclipse. 2. Ladybirds on daffodils, and yellow bursting out everywhere. 3. The temperature soared to 18°C (65°F) … for two days—and then everything froze again,…
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