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“Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.”
Theodore Roosevelt.
A late snap ‘cos I almost forgot…
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“A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.” Shakira.
I’m not sure I’d like to be identified with this particular fragrance description…
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“It might be just a drop to you but it's life and death to some poor sod.” Tony Hancock (The Blood Donor).
It’s going to take a few more drops to refill the water butt…
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“I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn't have one. So I got a cake.”
Mitch Hedberg.
A supplementary celebration; carrot cake decorated with real carrot sticks… 😋😋😋
#birthdaycake
#happydays
#lovelycolour
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“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.”
Benjamin Franklin.
Cake day!
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“Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime.”
Red Skelton.
Wabbit Watch today and we found some unexplored paths.
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“It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired - you quit when the gorilla is tired.”
Robert Strauss.
6 1/2 hours drive today of which 1 1/2 hours was stationary traffic. Glad to be (hic) home.
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“An oasis is a reminder that even in the driest of times, life can flourish.” …
… Is a common, evocative saying and doesn't have a specific, known author or origin.
On the coast in Irvine and so reminded of the Sinai… Hope we get some precipitation soon.
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“Close Colonel but no cigar.” Annie Oakley.
Them there last two windows… Seems dangling from the roof to paint them wasn’t an option.
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“To escape and sit quietly on the beach - that's my idea of paradise.”
Emilia Wickstead.
Paradise spotted in Ruddington…
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As Lillian walked into the orangery, she was suffused in the scent of... oranges.”
Lisa Kleypas.
More a surprise from the mock oranges which even I can smell…
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“Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” Boris Pasternak
Seems that our new chucks have brought along an extra guest.
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“I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.”
Queen Latifah.
My favourite model taking a slim shower this morning.
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“Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it.”
Gustav Mahler.
A lovely view up the river Trent towards Beeston weir.
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“Do you mark how the wisteria, sun-impacted on this wall here, distills and penetrates the room…”
William Faulkner.
A sunny evening…
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“He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.”
Bertolt Brecht.
Just found this at mother’s house, when did this all kick off then?
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“‘Bend ze knees’ is a common instruction given by ski instructors, particularly in French-speaking areas, to help beginners adopt a more stable and controlled skiing posture.”
AI Overview.
15kg, 2 people? 🤔
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“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”
Helen Keller.
Next door has left a floodlight on; nice one…
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“Are we the first to arrive here?”
First dialogue in Close Encounters, Steven Spielberg (1977).
On Clifton Grove again and happened upon a bunch of these guys. Spring is sprung, indeed.
On the run up to Christmas, busy as ever…
Lovely to see a local independent business with a constant 30-40 people queuing outside. Open from 8:00am ‘til 5:00pm with no time for lunch.
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“Next contestant; Sybil Fawlty from Torquay, special subject, the bleeding obvious.” Basil Fawlty.
Seems straight forward.
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“Such a pleasant diversion to be cornered by a Hollyhock when I should have been watering.” William Turner.
It only takes a few warm days and the months of rain vanish into the soil probably to pop out again in 2,000 years somewhere; perhaps Bath?
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“The secret to humour is surprise.”
Aristotle.
Seems our hotel doesn’t have first floor which is a surprise as that’s where our room is…
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“A lily does not blossom without the rain. Unknown.
Well, it was certainly raining hard outside so I had a little time to play with stacking images inside.
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“Red is the ultimate cure for sadness.” Bill Blass.
Not when it stops you while you’re walking home in the rain it isn’t.
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“I'm a builder, first and foremost.”
Jamie Hyneman.
Finally found a competent fella to rebuild our arch…
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“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.”
St James Magazine, 1871.
Another Saturday, another lovely wedding…
@windowstomysole
#whenharrymetsanjay
@hazzgaz
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“See ‘em off…”
Carol.
Buddy on the charge, chasing wood pigeons. Not a chance of catching any, mind you, but he loves the run.
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“Location, location, location…” Attributed to Lord Harold Samuel (1926) and ‘debunked’ by the New York Times who still can’t say who first said it in relation to property sales… Phoooey.
A nice spot for our first run out of the season.
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“Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.”
Theodore Roosevelt.
A star spangled sky tonight over Sinies Valley. I even managed to catch some of them on this image.
#siniesvalley
#siniessky
#thelimitsoftechnology
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“Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.”
George Santayana
It’s still August, sigh.
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“This is kind of weird, but I eat lemons with salt as snack. They're so good!”
Becky G.
Well, it saved me walking all the way over there to read it!
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“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”
Walter Winchell.
An evening with a buddy of long standing.
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“Tout vient a qui sait attendre.”
Violet Fane.
It’s lovely that Ben the Butcher offered us a special pair of steaks that were hung last October.
That’s about 22 weeks or 154 days… Think about it.
Careful cooking and resting are required.
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“Every time I go and shave, I assume there's someone else on the planet shaving. So I say, 'I'm gonna go shave, too.'”
Mitch Hedberg.
Early morning.
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“Yellow corydalis.” Siri Knowledge.
I’ve wondered for sometime that this is and finally along comes Siri Knowledge…
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“A formally harmonious product needs no decoration; it should be elevated through pure form.”
Ferdinand Porsche.
Two forms in the garden with sparking reflections, not that you’d see it on a day like today. Tomorrow will be better…
#gardendecoration
#abitofsparkle
#maybetomorrow
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“I love the sounds and the power of pounding water, whether it is the waves or a waterfall.”
Mike May.
A splash in the garden…
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“Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.”
Olafur Eliasson.
Popped into the city for a while, today.
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“Everyone loves to get a letter. I love sending them. I love getting them.
Kate Spade.
A lovely surprise this morning, sealed with wax…
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“The first year they sleep, the second year they creep, and the third year they leap.”
Found in a guide book at the Prairie State Park, Missouri, about clematis.
Seems to be a great year for all the climbers…
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“Get your ducks in a row.”
Washington Post, 1932.
More a case of ‘get your chucks in a line’… Bedtime for the girls.
#bedtime
#zzzzzzz
#nightnight
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"Society is a masked ball, where everyone hides his real character and reveals it by hiding.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Moth Orchid, incognito.