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Ice #2 Originally uploaded by shepline on 29 Dec ’05, 7.04pm PST. Burnt gorse, frosted Originally uploaded by shepline on 29 Dec ’05, 7.06pm PST. Frost on gorse Originally uploaded by shepline on 29 Dec ’05, 7.05pm PST. Woodland Frost…
Continue readingRoast beef for lunch! Originally uploaded by shepline on 28 Dec ’05, 4.08pm PST. Bit of a mammoth road trip, but Dad went and fetched Granpa over from Maidenhead for a day in the New Forest and to see Postbox…
Continue readingHoliday Tuesday Morning Originally uploaded by shepline on 27 Dec ’05, 12.17pm PST.
Continue readingBurning pud! Originally uploaded by shepline on 26 Dec ’05, 10.38am PST.
Continue readingChristmas Day Originally uploaded by shepline on 26 Dec ’05, 10.36am PST. It’s Christmas morning, and a walk on the forest before returning to open the presents from ’round the tree… Christmas Dog Originally uploaded by shepline on 26 Dec…
Continue readingChristmas Eve Originally uploaded by shepline on 26 Dec ’05, 10.38am PST. It’s Christmas Eve, the curtains are drawn, a single present from ‘The Tree’ and a glass of port maybe; the cutting of the Christmas cake on Christmas Eve……
Continue readingCarols at Salisbury Cathedral Originally uploaded by shepline on 23 Dec ’05, 11.45pm PST.
Continue readingYes, I have worked my last 7¼ hours of 2005. Yay, Christmas!! 🙂
Continue readingMy head is imploding in words and ways of saying things The two pages of my life the curriculum vitae Sit there; new and updated and the letter One side of A4 and a tangled mess of ideas of thoughts;…
Continue readingSo, another year has passed, my dear friends, and so comes my annual Christmas witterings. Work continues, as always, filling up those 7¼ hours of each working day – the accompaniment to everything else that I have been doing. The…
Continue readingI have to say it is not a great surprise to me that the BBC have decided to end Home Truths, as was annouced today. When John Peel died a year ago, I felt that the show was, as Radio…
Continue readingThe problem about very enjoyable four-day weekends, is that the Tuesday that follows them, is very busy. At the end of the day, I seem to have only barely made a dent in the backlog of journals to work through….
Continue readingHandwriting Personality Quiz What does your handwriting say about YOU? The results of my analysis say that: I plan ahead, and I am interested in beauty, design, outward appearance, and symmetry. I am a shy, idealistic person who does not…
Continue readingEither that, or I’m a pathetic, emotional sap. Just listening to tonight’s episode of The Archers, and I find myself welling up, and getting emotional tears at the exchange between Betty Tucker, recovering after last nights heart attack, and her…
Continue readingA fridgeful of chocolates Originally uploaded by shepline on 12 Dec ’05, 7.02pm PST. I haven’t counted them, but there’s one kilo of plain chocolate making up something like 120 plus brandy chocolate truffles sitting on a plate in my…
Continue readingI’m feeling properly Christmassy now. On a cold, crisp, sunny winter’s day I got myself up early on a Saturday morning to head on down to Millets Farm Centre, outside of Abingdon, and play a few carols. It’s good fun,…
Continue readingI had a day off today, so I had the obligatory lie-in, before waking again, breakfasting and realising that the morning fog was still lingering like a blanket over my corner of Oxfordshire. Then I took my car round to…
Continue readingNo, I haven’t been to a recording of The News Quiz, but tonight at band we played Leroy Anderson’s Typewriter – the music which is (now) more famously known as the theme tune to BBC Radio 4 number one comedy/quiz/panel…
Continue readingFriday night was my department’s christmas lunch. As it worked out, this was very nicely timed with my parents coming to stay for the weekend, in that i was able to get a lift into work in the morning, go…
Continue readingGirls always say that they like a nice guy; that they just want a nice guy. So why is it then, that nice guys never seem to get the girl?
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