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		<title>christmas blessings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May the spirit of the season bring you joy, may your celebrations bring you completeness, may your companions bring you love.
Thank you for all of your visits, encouragement and kindnesses this year.
Here&#8217;s to seeing you in the New Year.

Photo (taken this morning outside our window) courtesy of my lovely man. More at
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		<title>reasons why i grow things 1</title>
		<link>http://threadspider.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/reasons-why-i-grow-things-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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The sun shone this morning and after a frosty start, temperatures picked up to about 8 degrees C (46F in old measures). It is the first chance I have had in a while to get to the allotment and although the ground is really too wet to do much, I have produce to harvest. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2608&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>bloggers get together on a wet day in december</title>
		<link>http://threadspider.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/bloggers-get-together-on-a-wet-day-in-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We bloggers all know the joy of  blogging:- the friendships we build through the comments and contacts we make, the camaraderie that develops, the support we can both give and receive. It&#8217;s about two years ago that I first encountered VP through blogging, only to discover subsequently that we both lived in the same town, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2602&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>someone ate my week</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it just me, or does time behave differently depending on how old you are? It seems like a day since I was posting last,  but more than a week has gone by and I have produced little of interest to anyone but myself. Must try harder.
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		<title>this beautiful day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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This beautiful day I counted 28 swans, adult and immature, gathered on the river. They come here every winter, relying on endless supplies of free bread from the residents to help them through the worst of the weather. It is still mild here so they really could find enough to feed on without handouts, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2530&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>seasonal journey</title>
		<link>http://threadspider.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/seasonal-journey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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I am going to recharge the batteries, view new horizons, spend time with friends and family. Catch you all in September.
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		<title>the blues (again)</title>
		<link>http://threadspider.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/the-blues-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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The light has a special quality today. Colours are singing in the sunlight, shadows of leaves are dancing . I am learning to see, to notice. This is my garden bouquet for my birthday. I&#8217;ve had a lovely day.
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		<title>life in colour</title>
		<link>http://threadspider.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/life-in-colour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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It has been a wonderful family summer-both our children and their significant others have spent time at our house and we have celebrated their milestone events with them, culminating last weekend with a once in a lifetime Passing Out parade at Sandhurst.
Much time has been spent out of doors, gathering the harvest,  and the garage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2148&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a golden summer, doors open and close.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sitting here in contemplative mood, the scent of roses tumbling in through the open door, the first hollyhocks nodding their heads very gently in the lightest whisper of a breeze. High summer. July and the year turning already towards the shorter days. Difficult to believe at the moment. It is hot and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2096&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>still here but unplugged</title>
		<link>http://threadspider.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/still-here-but-unplugged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am still here-well and happy, but seriously unplugged and enjoying the most glorious sunny days out of doors-just in case it starts raining soon and doesn&#8217;t stop again until October. Like last year.
My garden is glorious,

my allotment producing vegetables and fruit including the first strawberries. The wildlife I see every day&#8230;

is fascinating and wonderful. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2045&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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