Category Archives: Life

In communication

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Quite why Ani thinks I would really like a squashed spider I don’t know. Be that as it may, it is, with great care and delicacy, deposited on my lap. Perhaps she is working on the same principle that makes … Continue reading →

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Notes from a Small Dog: Walking the two-legses

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Sue Vincent

I have no idea why she thought she had to take the picture of us with the sign that mentions ‘animals on the road’… but she seemed happy enough to be out with the camera, so I let it pass. … Continue reading →

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The last bikini

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Sue Vincent

As most of me now refuses to move after several days of ‘extreme gardening’, I thought I’d share an old one that made me smile at the memories it raised when I came across it… “Mais, non!” The elegant, if … Continue reading →

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A restful weekend…

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Sue Vincent

“Don’t give me your excuses…. you’re a superhobbit and superhobbits don’t seize up!” My son had phoned me to discuss his garden, even though I had just spent yet another nine hours in it, moving tons of earth and stone… … Continue reading →

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Be careful what you wish for…

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

They promised storms and wind and rain… But sun was blazing once again. No gales to threaten fence or tree Or make air breathable for me. I hoped it would be fresh and cool But in the dawn, stood, like … Continue reading →

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The Ticket Inspector… Stuart France

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* I am late. I am expected in Leicester and now my only option is to catch the last train. The last train to Leicester is a slow train and also appears to be experiencing difficulties. Stopping where there are … Continue reading →

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Breaking barriers…

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Ten years ago today, July 4th 2009, I learned to fear answering the telephone. Four words changed the lives of everyone in our little family and that of many of our friends. My son, over a hundred miles away in … Continue reading →

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Pond update…

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It was odd, when we thought about it, that all the healthiest fish had died, The ones we’d had concerns about were still with us. It was also odd that all our special friends amongst the fish had gone… the … Continue reading →

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A surreal Sunday… Life, death and beauty

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Sue Vincent

You could see, just from Nick’s posture, that something was very wrong. As I walked towards the garden from the street where I had left the car, there was just something in the bleak way he was holding himself, looking … Continue reading →

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Cost of everything… Stuart France

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* “They want Messiahs who walk on water not men and women who appreciate the beauty in not being able to.” * Count-Jack-Black Reblogged from Stuart France

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