Monthly Archives: January 2006

happy birthday mum

Posted on January 31, 2006 by lynsey gedye

Woo-hoo! My mum’s 89 today. She still drives her own car. She still runs her own business. And what exactly is your excuse? At 81 I took her to China because – well – because. They love each other – … Continue reading →

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chip off the old block

Posted on January 30, 2006 by lynsey gedye

Back on the 9th I mentioned the flash card for my new camera. It did arrive a day or so later which was great. The downside was I found that my new laptop (Toshiba) can’t read the Fuji 1Gb chip. … Continue reading →

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the long way home

Posted on January 29, 2006 by lynsey gedye

Over the weekend I started the long night’s journey into day as I convert the weed patches into garden. It’s not as bad as it was last year and in just two days I managed to get most of the … Continue reading →

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happy new year!

Posted on January 28, 2006 by lynsey gedye

Here’s hoping this year won’t be like the last year of the dog – I spent the entire year barking at everything that went past. How utterly annoying and futile. Here’s some new year’s wisdom, so we can all avoid … Continue reading →

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four crying out loud

Posted on January 27, 2006 by lynsey gedye

Four crying out loud, Mike the Accoustic Dad has slipped this meme into my mind. Thanks Mike. Four jobs you’ve had in your life: Adult teacher guy, wholesale/retail houseplant guy, desktop publishing and web guy, video production guy. Four movies … Continue reading →

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leaves of grass

Posted on January 23, 2006 by lynsey gedye

Well, you come into the world like a blade of grass,     you flourish through the summer, then the winter comes and you blow away. You’re gone and you never come back, so just enjoy life now. Burt Monroe … Continue reading →

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for wifes with one husband

Posted on January 21, 2006 by lynsey gedye

Truely, the things that get asked here… I have no answers for wives with two husbands – I’ve been lead to believe one husband was quite enough, in fact more than enough in some cases… It appears there’s a crisis … Continue reading →

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my husband’s a slob – what should I do?

Posted on January 20, 2006 by lynsey gedye

I get asked strange things here – this is one of the latest and at first I thought it was a joke. And then it gradually became clear this was a serious question. The first question on my part is … Continue reading →

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roast snipe

Posted on January 20, 2006 by lynsey gedye

It’s been one of those days where you just want to roast snipe. Here’s a couple of recipes purloined from the Old Louisville Recipe Book: Snipe After cleaning the snipe, remove skin and eyes from the head, draw it down … Continue reading →

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no oil painting

Posted on January 19, 2006 by lynsey gedye

Snapshot moments today spending time getting images made with Mark from the Dom. Very interested to hear that they (the Dom) have a strong policy that images cannot be retouched. What you see is what they made, in the camera. … Continue reading →

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