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Yesterday........ Was Lunch with a friend who is having a bad time. Mary’s vet visit and steroid treatment for her bad ear, A troll who irritatedly took my time A heavy heart at work tomorrow when I’m not quite ready for it But at dusk I stood in the garden and realised that the climbing rose around the door had bloomed again And everything was well

 FRIDA  " There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst. "  ( We have had tree trimmers on the street right below us and they have been taking down a very very dead tall tree with their high crane and many workers helping to lower it down and then cut the trunk up.  So, a saw has been going for hours and lots of loud voices for the last two days.   Down in town dead trees are also being removed (trees that died from the Bark Beetle.   The more dead trees they remove the safer the power lines will be in winter which is a good thing).  While waiting for cooler weather a little later in the day to go out for a walk, I've been taking care of things in the house.  I found a folder with a lot of old art that I want to throw away so I took photos of them.  Here is one of Frida I did back in 2008 when I was interested in learning about her life.   Her life was filled with physical challenges and she died s...

The new cockerel on the block Old cock  Yesterday a new cockerel has suddenly appeared in this part of the village and the resulting “ Cock off!” between him and the single and rather lonely bantam cockerel who has lived between Church and gardens for over two years now was loud and never ending since around 4am. Like my fellow blurry eyed neighbours , I am very much in need of my bucket of coffee this morning. The new cockerel with his distinctive crow has proven to be a minor irritation today Yesterday I was irritated by a troll, which is the way of the world , if you have, like me,  blogged for any length of time. Trolls surface like pond scum Or as Julia Robert’s Julianne said in My Best Friend’s Wedding  “ pond scum. Well, lower actually. like the fungus that feeds on pond scum.“ Anyway the analogy is true Trolls surface, like pond scum, from time to time. For those that didn’t pick up on it, my troll appeared in Sunday’s blog. She ( and the language and way of writing proves the ...