Happy Anniversary to Me, Prizes for You

Since I first dipped my toes in the blogging waters a year ago, these girls have gone from falling in the fishpond(only one of them, thank goodness!) to helpfully gathering seaweed for my garden this…

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Beautiful Portugal

Snapshots of Figueroa del Foz, our first stop in Portugal after renting a little Fiat in Lisbon and driving north and towards the coast, pleased to find that navigating the main motorway, at least, was…

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You say it’s your birthday . . .

Just for Thomas, if I had unlimited funds . . . I think the first Sunday Bestpost I ever read and commented on was one in which Thomas spoke of wanting eventually to buy a…

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Meme, the Second! Mater Trivia

Having just barely finished one meme, I got tagged with another one today, by Deja Pseu over at Une Femme d’un Certain Age. I’m going to have to start running faster. Truly, though, this is…

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Meme Time — some Paris reading

IndigoAlison tagged me with a meme that requires me to 1. Pick up the nearest book. 2. Open to page 123 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the next three sentences. 5. Tag five…

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Copyright

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