The penultimate prompt for the 2019 December Reflections is: Thank you for… I can offer nothing startling in response to this prompt – the usual gratitude for my health and continuing existence, I suppose. At my age this is definitely something to be grateful for! But who do I offer those thanks to? I do …
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A walk on the wild side (December Reflections 25)
Today’s December Reflections prompt is: Today is… Today is (or was) a good day for a hike and a picnic. it was also a good day for laundry. I washed our bedding in readiness to depart from Sagres tomorrow, made some ham and cheese sandwiches, then pegged out my laundry and off we went – …
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Light? or Shade? (december Reflections 22: Solstice Light)
The Solstice happened a little after 4am. Let us face it, I’m just not that keen and after all, there was precious little light at that time. We did however rise uncharacteristically early and I got the laundry on then we took Nell and Dusty out for a walk. It was still early and the …
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It makes a change (december Reflections 19)
A chilly prompt today: Cold Due to our habit of over-wintering down south, we don’t really experience much in the way of cold these days but we did experience a few chilly days in Spain in January this year. Our frosty morning at the Alhambra has already been mentioned during December Reflections so I had …
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Behind the lens (December Reflections 18)
This December Reflections prompt is not my favourite topic: Favourite Photo of Me. Made all the more difficult by the fact that the blog will not allow me to upload images right now. I confess that personal photographs are not my strong suite. I do not have a favourite photograph of myself – not this …
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Absolutely the right choice (December Reflections 15)
Today’s prompt is: Best Decision of 2019 It was about this time last year when Mr L raised the subject of the Keto dietary regime and asked if we might try it once we arrived home in the spring. I was somewhat aghast – it sounded cranky and extreme but he told me of one …
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