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July 2003

bouncy castle

we went to a party yesterday. i was carrying kezia and she shouted for joy when she saw a giant (to her) bouncy castle. i put her down and she ran to it. instead of jumping on, she threw herself on to the pile of shoes left in front of it and, with much squeels of delight, started playing with them instead.
she loves shoes does our kezia.

another three wheeler

another three wheeled vehicle. This one has an inner sanctum and is ideal for cabinet reshuffles.
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3 wheeler

more congestion charge avoidance schemes. this time a tea-trolley. one wheel has been removed to reduce drag and add additional excitement.
this trolley had been abandoned on the street. i suspect this was because there are no dedicated trolley parks around here (other than in-house supermarket provided ones)
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Food For Thought

As some of you may know, I suffer from Chronic Pain. It was really bad, but now it’s not so bad.
One of the things which really helped me when it was at its badest (and I suspect contributed to my improved condition) was having a good look at my diet.
I was greatly helped by a friend from church called Eileen Fletcher. She wrote a fantastic book and has just produced an even better web version.
Food For Thought
Highly recommended (nice photos too!)

dinton pastures

we went to a party this afternoon and had a quick walk round Dinton Pastures on the way back. was looking very nice.
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dog waste

another sign with a dog on it. notice how the person has not bent their knees to pick up the waste. The dog looks eager to get away before any serious back injuring is sustained
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passport photo

found a passport photo today in reading, broadstreet, at about 10.30am
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l-i-t-t-e-r spells bin

whilst stuck on a train today (usual journey time 5 mins, today 30 mins) esther and i did some spelling practice.
i saw a sign saying ‘litter’ by a bin. i went through the word phonetically –
“li spells ‘li’
double tt is ‘t’
er is like at the end of esther, so is ‘er’
li – tt – er , li-tt-er. what does that spell ?”
“it spells bin” said esther.
“don’t be a fool” i said. “it spells ‘litter'”.
“what’s litter daddy” said esther.
and therein lies the problem. kids today read everywhere “do not drop litter” yet they don’t even know what litter is.

esther’s party

we started esther’s fourth birthday party by makling the kids stand in a line as if in detention. we had to assert the ground rules and a little fear never hurt anyone.
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There was a bit of a stampede when the Pin The Tail On The Donkey competition opened. (click photo for bigger version – everyone is in motion!)
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the excitement got a bit too much for one of the parents
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the girls were made to sit in line for afternoon tea. standards couldn’t be dropped just because we had friends round.
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jane made the cake which took her ages. it was brilliant and a pile of pooh.
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the birthday girl with new hat, sunglasses and face tattoo (hopefully not permanent)
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dog and kid waste bin

this has a feel of infinity (binfinity maybe). it’s on a dog poo bin and seems to requesting kids’ waste too.
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in the picture the grown up looks like they are carrying a box with themselves and the kid and dog in. or perhaps it’s a portable tv showing a video of themselves.
whatever, it’s a mirror within a mirror within a mirror or real life don’t you think ?

signs on the pavement

New Ed Sings. We listened but didn’t hear
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New Edge. Which i think is a musical style in our village
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busy train line

today this station was very busy because of the Henley Regata. The picture doesn’t really show how stupid busy it was.
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Quote from Thames Trains:
Around 25,000 more passengers will use the Henley branch line during the 5 days of the Regatta, with a staggering 10,000 users expected on Saturday 5th July

here are my starters: 2 and 7 of clubs

it’s not really right to take photos of things at the local rubbish tip.
however, i’ve decided to start looking for a complete deck.
here are my starters: 2 and 7 of clubs
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wood work

i mended our summer house this evening. Nothing too tricky (otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to do it) – it was just replacing the decking at the front.
To get the old decking out I had to chisel out some old bits of wood. Esther asked me what the tool which looked like a screwdriver was. I told her it was called a chisel.
“Why do you call it a twissel ?” she replied
“I don’t” i said.
but a “hammer and twissel” has a nice right to it. prancing carpenters. that’s the future (perhaps I should commission a series on this for daytime TV)
here’s what it looks like now (the decking on the front step is the bit you have to be impressed by!)
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dog

don’t say dot say dog.
as in funkypancake dog com

bus !

i live in a no through road, fairly close to the point of no return. it surprised me therefore to see a bus going up the street.
it surprised me slighlty less when it reversed slowly back down the road a few minutes later.
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