Friday 31st October 2008, written 3 weeks ago, Sunshine & Patchy Cloud, N 4 An adult Common Gull at Cortonwood lake, was the first of the winter for the patch, also the 6 Goosander remain. The best of the flyovers were : a flock of 11 Skylark W and several mixed flocks of Redwing/Fieldfare ( to...

The curse of the O-O-O reply, written 3 weeks ago, Swansea Council wanted to discourage truckies but the Welsh reads "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated." Oh, the dangers of bilingual signs and the Out-of-Office auto-reply.

A Christmas Carol: Venue news, written 3 weeks ago, Monday night saw a very productive visit to the Duchess Theatre in Long Eaton for the second of our technical surveys. Director Jayne Monie and I were joined by Kevin Ross and Jonathan McGrady, who are responsible for the sound and lighting on our...

Still Here!, written 1 month ago,

So yes it has been a long time from the..., written 3 weeks ago, So yes it has been a long time from the last time I wrote. I am now back in the US, in Bellingham. The rest of my time in Uganda was great. Holly is back and feeling much better and able to take back over her orphanage. I am now wo...

Write or Die, written 3 weeks ago,

DING, written 3 weeks ago, one hour too late - Bullring - market - Netto - writers at the Big Wok and a pub - a set on Flickr NETTO nine pounds Slideshow

Biblical Theology for kids, written 3 weeks ago, Hows about this great summary of how we read the bible - from the 'Jesus Storybook Bible' for children: Now some people think the bible is a book full of rules, telling you what you should and shouldn’t do.  The bible certainly does have some rul...

Starting a new quilt ..., written 3 weeks ago, I finished the remaining preemie quilts and everything has now been mailed off to Bonnie Babies. The picture I showed in the last post showed the fabric I used as a backing on these, now you can see the fronts! Today I decided on and cut the fabrics fo...

I'm still around!, written 1 month ago, Life has a way of taking over and the last few months have been so busy. We had some sad news: on 1st August mother-in-law passed away after a brave fight against vascular...

Christmas time, tra la la la la, written 1 month ago, Well the time had to come eventually, here's a blatant plug for my Christmas cards! They're available here, here and here! And soon on my very own website at long last. Now, drum roll for the winner of the mini-giveaway on my last post... the...

I'm a Conservative Councillor for Quinton in Birmingham. I'm also involved in the City Branch of the Conservatives. Email peter@petersmallbone.com.

Press Release from INWA (International Nordic Walking Association, written 1 month ago, . Following much speculation about the state of play at INWA following the end of their commercial funding agreements with Exel & Polar and hot on the heels of the recent INWA International conference in the ...

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In love with owls, written 1 month ago, I'm really loving the range of owl stamps that are out there at the moment - this one is by Hero arts and I combined it with some basic grey paper, stampin up felt flowers and some rub ons to create this little thank you card. I used diamond glaze on the owl ...

Best Man Fail, written 1 month ago,

colour IQ, written 1 month ago, How good is your perception of colour? Can you easily discriminate between and order hues? Test yourself here - http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77. The lower your score, the better, with 0 being a perfect eye for hues and shades, and around 1000 being the...

Photo Album: 080914 · Venice, written 1 month ago, 080914 · Venice 终于放晴的第二天，感恩激动得都要哭了。。。 居民楼 有特色的窗户 他们是TAXI. 临河而居 冈多拉 谁是谁的风景 我欲乘舟恐无银…… 狂欢节面具，骄奢�...

1940s fashion: The Good German, written 3 weeks ago, Stills from the film 'The Good German', starring Cate Blanchett, via www.screenrush.co.uk Fashion Era: Fashion and Costume in the 1940s The Costume Gallery: Womens Fashions: 1940s HowToLookGood.com: 2007's 1940s fashion trendV&A Museum: 1940s ...

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