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Reasons to be cheerful, part several.

Here are the new perennial sunflowers, blooming in the place of the triffid, which is now just an envelope of seeds and compost. As you can see, unlike normal sunflowers, which are one stalk and a flower, these bear multiple … Continue reading

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Resentment.

Regular readers may be surprised that I’m visiting the dementia diaries again.  If you are a new reader who has found this blog by putting dementia into a search engine, hello.  There is information here, accessed by clicking on dementia … Continue reading

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Don’t do as I do, do as I tell you.

The above is a favourite saying of my Victorian grandmother.  She was utterly brilliant and knew a very great deal, having been brought up in a pub on the River Tyne and raised five children through two world wars.  The … Continue reading

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Learning to dance in the rain.

One of my hobbies is making greetings cards.  I’ve been doing it for so long, people get very upset if they receive a bought card.  You can get assorted sentiments to rubber stamp on a card, one of my favourite … Continue reading

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