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January 2005

a welcoming bridge

some paths and bridges are just crying out to be followed. this was one looked like it would be great to walk along. the kids thought so too.
but we snubbed it as it wasn’t on our route.
there’s probably a message about life in there somewhere.
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mess

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rothley station

over christmas we went to visit my dad in the village where i grew up. it’s got a restored steam train in it so jane, my father and I took the girls along for a look.
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it was a cold day and the heating on the carriages was a little leaky hence all the steam.
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relaxing tunes

here are kezia and esther entertaining you with their drumming. i haven’t included an audio file for obvious reasons.
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push button

here’s a button you can press next to Buckingham Palace.
tourists can press the button and all the lights in the palace turn on, a twinkly tune is played and the queen and all her family pop out of the upstairs windows like a cookoo clock. perhaps.

click to enjoy an enlargment opportunity

model church

here is a model of a festive church which we saw at our friends’ house last night.
it was all sparkly and glowey and quite kitsch.
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modelling

here are esther and kezia playing with some clay:
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and here is a rather sad looking clay birthday cake made by kezia:
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drive slowly old cats

here’s an intriguing sign which has many possibly meanings.
* was it written in the 60s when ‘cat’ was a funky word you appended to any sentence to be cool ? the ‘old’ referred respectfully to the fact that only rich people could afford cars ?
* are there lots of old cats hobbling around with little catty zimmer frames just round the corner ?
* or is it for cat drivers driving their catty cars ? cats are notoriously fast and unsafe drivers. this is a purr-fect sign for chauf-furs (chauffeurs).
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the bloggies

i’m not sure what you think about such things (i’m not sure what i think about such things either), but anyway, you might have noticed that the 2005 bloggies have been launched:
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You have until 10th January 2005 to get your nominations in (hint hint).
I’ve not got a clue which categories Funkypancake would fit, but i guess photography, british blog and humorous ? Dunno. Up to you. but only nominate if you think Funkypancake is worth voting for !
thanks