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Category Archives: Pets

Mud and stuff

26 Comments Posted by Diane on April 7, 2010

These are the last few photographs from my sister’s visit to Dorset, the weather ranges from wet and windy through misty and cold and on the last day – the sun came out. I thought I would try out the new WordPress slideshow option – quite nice. My #2 son arrived home on Friday for [...]

Families, Humour, Interesting facts, Pets, Photography, Places, Travel, Uncategorized, weather ammonites, beach, cliffs, Dorset, Durdle Door, fossils, Lyme Regis, mud slips, wet dog

Doesn’t time fly when you are having fun?

7 Comments Posted by Diane on March 1, 2010

Well, I have just returned from another trip – this time to Switzerland. Zurich to be precise. Schindellegi to be even more precise. It’s a small town sitting above Lake Zurich. Very pretty but unfortunately shrouded in fog most of the time I was there. I knew the lake was there but didn’t see it [...]

Birthdays, Blogs, Dance, Families, Movies, Music, Pets, Photography, Places, Travel, Videos, weather, Weddings Crans Montana, Einsiedeln, George Clooney, Javier bardem, Russell Maliphant, Schindeleggi, snow, Switzerland, Sylvie Guillem, toboggan, Zurich

Wedding bells…

19 Comments Posted by Diane on September 2, 2009

I had a lovely weekend. I was invited to accompany a friend to his niece’s wedding and as I do like a good wedding, I dusted off my posh frock and my dancing shoes and accepted. I had promised to make the bride and groom a guest book for the the wedding guests to sign [...]

Book arts, Bookbinding, Books, Families, Food, Handmade books, Interesting facts, paper arts, Pets, Photography, Places, weather, web design, Weddings Claire Fordham, Dorset, jousting, knights, Lulworth Castle, wedding

I’m a hothouse flower…

14 Comments Posted by Diane on August 25, 2009

Well, that’s all my travelling done for this year. Unless some miracle happens, I am doomed to the rain and grey skies here in the UK until next year. It was 37°C every day I was in Mallorca, clear blue skies – I loved it. I am definitely a hothouse flower. I arrived back in [...]

Birthdays, Book arts, Bookbinding, Books, Design, Families, Gardening, Handmade books, paper arts, Pets, Photography, Places, Travel Bridport, Canon PIXMA Pro 9500, flowers, fruit vegetables, Mallorca, Milo, photo albums, Torchlight procession

A narrow escape…

32 Comments Posted by Diane on August 3, 2009

Warning: The following post is not for those of a nervous disposition, touching as it does on the removal of a sensitive part of the male anatomy… Today, Milo had a reprieve. I had finally tired of his adolescent dog behaviour, particularly the need to mark his territory all over the house and had booked [...]