Jan
31
2012
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Jan
31
2012
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2012 Project365 (Day 31)

Day 31 - A Cat HammockNot the most exciting of pictures today but hey ho.

The cats like the roof of Mum’s funky little Fiat 500 car. I am not sure whether it is because it is warm, or whether it is hammock like, but they definitely spend a reasonable amount of time on it. Justin spends the most time up there and seems to readily shed his ginger fur everywhere. Usually when we get home Justin lies down in the middle of the driveway and waits for his tummy to be tickled. It’s quite cute, although I suspect he is just performing for his dinner!

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Jan
30
2012
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2012 Project365 (Day 30)

Day 30 - Pink BunnyYesterday I saw Barnabas sitting and clutching this soft toy and it made me smile.

Pink Bunny is mine and she is over 30 years old. I am not exactly sure when I got her but I do know that I had her when I went into hospital to have my tonsils and adenoids out which was when I was about 5 years old.

She is well loved, her fur has rubbed off in some places and she has been through the washing machine several times.

I happen to think she looks pretty good for her age! I like the well-worn look.

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Jan
29
2012
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2012 Project365 (Day 29)

Day 29 - The Mister's birthdayToday is The Mister’s birthday and we have had a lovely relaxed day.

We spent the morning lying in bed watching the Australian Open final on TV and then my sister, brother-in-law and the children descended to have roast dinner with us. They were all on good form, and in particular Barnabas was very keen to help his Uncle blow out his candles on his birthday cake!

I have to admit that I made a fabulously good chocolate birthday cake… however when I tried to work out the Slimming Wold syn value I got scared!

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Jan
28
2012
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2012 Project365 (Day 28)

Day 28 - Titanic and GuernseyToday The Mister and I went to Candie Garden Museum in St Peter Port. We went to see the Titanic exhibition there, which looks at the Guernsey people who were aboard the Titanic when it sunk. It was a very small exhibition, with only a few things to look at, including a mock-up of what a Second Class cabin would look like.

The thing I liked though was the tickets to get in which were made to look like a boarding pass for the ship and included the names of real passengers on each one. We were then able to go and have a look at the folder and see what happened to the people. The Mister and I were Mr Dickinson H Bishop and Mrs Helen Bishop and the information said that we were, “Husband and wife travelling home after their four month honeymoon. In the years following the disaster Dickinson endured rumours that he had dressed as a woman in order to secure a place on the lifeboat Helen regretted leaving her newly acquired dog Freu Freu in the cabin.”

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Jan
27
2012
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2012 Project365 (Day 27)

Day 27 - JugsFor years Mum has collected little jugs which live on these shadow shelves in the kitchen. Every time a family member goes abroad we try and track down one of these to add to her collection but I think she might be about to run out of space!

Take a look at the massive cobweb in the top left hand corner. Mum pleaded with me to put up one of the pictures I took after I removed the cobweb, but I thought it added interest…. and it showed how slovenly we are!

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Jan
26
2012
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2012 Project365 (Day 26)

Day 26 - High TideToday has been a really high tide which means a weather warning was issued as the sea has a tendency to come right over the wall, bringing with it a variety of stones and other debris. I took a quick trip to Cobo before work with my camera to get a photo, although at one point I managed to get soaked by a wave that caught me unaware.

A very high tide also means a very low tide, which at this time of year means an Omering Tide. Ormers are a type of shell-fish that can only be gathered at a very low tide and there are strict rules about the size of ormers that are collected. I think they are rather revolting but Dad loves them and he was given a couple as a present the other day. The Mister and I were lying in bed when we heard a loud noise coming from the kitchen, it would seem that Dad was battering the poor ormers into submission before plunging them into the deep freeze. Poor little dead sea creatures.

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Jan
25
2012
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2012 Project365 (Day 25)

Day 25 - Yoghurt catWhen we sit down for dinner we are often joined by the cats who are little for a little share of food (not that we would ever feed them from the table, would we Dad? hmmm) In particular Justin appears as soon as the yoghurt pots come out and he is especially partial to licking out the empty pots. Very cute, especially as he always ends up with little dots of yoghurt all over his nose!

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Jan
24
2012
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2012 Project365 (Day 24)

Day 24 - What a mess!I arrived home from work today to be greeted by this….

Mum’s words were “Can you tell the grandchildren have been to visit?”

Er… yes! The dead giveaway are the toys thrown all over the floor and Mum’s resigned and vacant look!

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Jan
23
2012
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2012 Project365 (Day 23)

Day 23 - CloudsOne of the advantages of living on the West Coast is we get some truly lovely sunsets. I raced down to the sea to take a photo and I thought it wasn’t such a great sky, but the picture seems to highlight how beautiful the clouds are this evening – they look almost like a painting. Lovely.

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