Category: #TToT
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0801: Ten Things of Thankful
I’m back home after a glorious holiday with family. I am thankful to have seen a Savannah Hawk land a few metres away from me (in Anapoima Colombia). Its wingspan was so large that when it took flight, I felt the pressure of the air under its wings. To see the night sky in all…
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01.01: Ten Things of Thankful
I am still in Colombia, and in the loving arms of my two grandchildren and family. We left Bogotá the day after Christmas for Anapoima, which is a much lower altitude at 710 meters (2,329 feet). We’re in the mystical Magdalena River Valley. I’m thankful to be in Colombia: Back home in Sussex it’s -6℃.…
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24.12: Ten Things of Thankful
1 Thankful to see an Andean condor in the wild. I know it’s not a very good photo, but he/she was a long distance away, and I only had my iPhone to take the photo. It’s wingspan was enormous! 2 This is a Blushing Bromeliad. It’s an entire ecosystem on to itself; collects water, feeds…
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18.12: Ten Things of Thankful
Greetings from Bogotá Colombia 1 Ceilings to look at when the queue at security in Madrid airport is longer than when all those animals boarded Noah’s ark. 2 Thankful that the assembly task isn’t mine. Yes, Bogotá also has Ikea. 3 Laughter. Shouting. Games. Jokes. Grandchildren. 4 For the abundance of amazing flowers, fruit and…
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11.12: Ten Things of Thankful
1. Thankful for a break in the weather so I could take a walk and breathe fresh air. Too stormy to risk the falling branches from trees most of the week. 2 Thankful for dreams that inspire. 3 Thankful for hacks that work. Clean tarnished silver by lining a bowl with foil, add baking soda and…
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4.12: Ten Things of Thankful
1. Thankful that my nerves held. One of the things that terrifies me: public speaking. Thistle = metaphor: prickly nerves. 2. Discovered why the boiler was leaking water. New part ordered; it arrive the next day. Thank you DPD. Seal fixed before the next storm blows in off the Atlantic. 3. Nine more days, and…
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27.11: Ten Things of Thankful
… plus a few AI images created on Midjourney 1. Fabulous old words that really shouldn’t be archaic, like GLOAM or GLOAMING archaic, twilight, dusk, the fall of the evening. Germanic fem. 2. Spicy tinned tomato and limp vegetable soup with orzo and big fat prawns. That’s orzo not ouzo. And that’s a real photo,…
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20.11: Ten Things of Thankful
In no particular order: 1. Snow. SNOW! I woke to icy cold weather, damp and drizzling, and my mood plummeted. I’d been feeling under the weather, and now I was really under the weather. And then it started snowing. How exciting! How fun! How child-like snow can make me feel. Time for a video. 2.…
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13.11: Ten Things of Thankful
1.Thankful that I was able to catch a photo of this before sunrise clawed back every flash of hoar frost that was left overnight. A hoar frost is one of nature’s true magical exhibits. All it takes is a cold, clear night with calm, dry air to form delicate ice crystals. As a child, I…
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7.11: Ten Things of Thankful
1.Grateful that we waited to buy travel and medical insurance for our Christmas trip to Bogotá because we received a 25% discount voucher. The early bird doesn’t always catch the worm. 2.The start of a new Six Sentence Story series for Brigid. Thankful for the opportunity to stretch my writing beyond poetry with very talented writers.…
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