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07:59 is looking out on the most gorgeous sunrise over Oxfordshire from the train to London… # 13:29 You have received a new message twitpic.com/3ec2pr # 17:33 twitpic.com/3ec2pr – has been to the other event happening in London today. Nice…
Continue readingThe Shepherd Family descended on London on Thursday to witness the investiture of my Dad to his CBE. Prince Charles stood in for the Queen in the Ball Room at Buckingham Palace to give out the investitures. A band played…
Continue reading11:58 has found something that doesn’t appear to be an olive amongst the olives in my @grazedotcom box. Dare I investigate further? # 19:18 is off to London Town tomorrow to see my Dad get his CBE at Buckingham Palace….
Continue readingI’ve just done the roundup of status updates from the year on facebook and I was reminded of this little gem I quoted from Marcus Brigstock: the big question is do I dare hit ‘shuffle songs’ and risk the horror…
Continue reading07:16 is wondering if I’m going to have to make more marmalade? Is 13lbs going to be enough?!? # 09:36 had the most beautiful drive in this morn; the mystical beauty of deep frosts and unearthly fog. Still puzzled by…
Continue readingThere’s been a weird micro-climate going on these past couple of days. The hill in Oxford, and specifically, the exact area area around Headington Hill Hall and Gipsy Lane have had a slight dusting of snow that is not to…
Continue reading11:00:31: was surprised to find that the heavy haw frost in Oxford this morning, was not in fact frost, but actual snow! Where did that come from? 11:15:08: is reminded of when my Dad gave his inaugural lecture as professor…
Continue reading~ Our honeymoon album arrived today. It’s only a year and a half for me to compile. Well, I started compiling it shortly before our first wedding anniversary, then my hard drive went boom and took all my work with…
Continue reading19:23:27: is feeling proper Christmassy. Tree up and house decorated. It’s stir up Sunday and the cake is in the oven. Marmalade is on the hob… Tweets copied by twittinesis.com
Continue reading~ Surely one of the nicest things about putting the Christmas tree up, is the delving into the decorations box and discovering again the collection of ornaments therein. With every unearthed treasure comes more memories as you hang them on…
Continue reading00:16:36: sees that its definitely snowing outside. I mean, big snow, proper snow… #UKsnow OX26 12:04:49: : Brilliant! My amazon homepage is now recommending ‘Depression fallout’, ‘Overcoming depression’, ‘Is he Depressed or What?’… 12:06:36: ….is he depressed or what? I…
Continue readingApparently this weekend is supposed to be single biggest weekend for online shopping in the run up to Christmas, and come Monday there will be a lorry leaving amazon once every four minutes. Some might say despair at how online…
Continue reading10:44:59: would quite like one of these: the Pocket Square Digital Camera http://t.co/u7jqKJ5 via @photojojo 10:57:54: : audio slideshow of a Britain, Snowbound… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11900122 via @bbcnews 21:38:29: wasn’t sure about Rapunzel when they mentioned magic pigs but maybe I should…
Continue readingIt is of course, now advent, and so completely forgivable to be thinking ahead to the time of Christmastide. With this in mind, this weekend I would like to: ~ put the Christmas tree up, and make the house nice….
Continue reading07:54:30: hears that there is upto a foot of snow in some parts of the south. Not here there’s not. Not a flake. Not fair. 10:29:39: can report that it is now snowing here, slightly. At this rate we should…
Continue readingI’ve been feeling a bit left out. It does seem that I live in just about the only county in Britain that isn’t currently affected by snow. There’s snow to the north of me, snow to the south of me,…
Continue reading00:30:50: : fit every 40,000 volt electricity pylon in the UK with 3 or 4 vertical axis wind turbines plumbed into grid via @Kevin_McCloud 11:59:33: wonders why everyone else in the country have to hog all the snow fun? 12:17:29:…
Continue reading~ I opened the first door on our advent calendar this morning; an illustration of a Mary on a donkey. It’s a pop-out calendar from Oxfam depicting the traditional crib scene. For two people who are not religiously-inclined it might…
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