Tag Archives: Farnham Park

Illegal barbi

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Gary

It’s been a while since I let Carmen choose where we’d walk so I decided to let her today. She led us to the Queen’s Bottom, as you’d expect but, rather than take the oak tree walk, she took off … Continue reading →

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Liz no more

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Gary

Elizabeth Taylor died today. While I’ll be the first to say she went a bit odd in the end, I must confess to having had a huge crush on her when she starred in National Velvet. To be fair, I … Continue reading →

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From tree to fence

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Gary

A while ago I wrote about the tree stump that had been turned into a totem pole and plonked into the ground near the castle. Well, similarly, another dead tree from the park has been whittled down and turned into … Continue reading →

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Sunny Saturday

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Gary

Today was the day before the night of the giant moon. Apparently it is the biggest it’s been for 19 years. We were lucky indeed that it wasn’t cloudy so we could gaze upon it’s magnificence. It was very bright. … Continue reading →

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Gout for a laugh

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Gary

Today was the deathday of Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (or Battoni, depending on where you research it), a Tuscan painter born in 1708. He painted a lot of tourist pictures during the Grand Tour days. The ones with the person sitting … Continue reading →

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Park worship

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Gary

After a few days of glorious sunshine, February has started gloomy. Apparently we had more rain in January than we normally have and the sun quotient was pretty dire. so it was a gloomy January. I hope that means we’re … Continue reading →

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Drawing Conclusions

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Gary

Today we had an architect in the house. His name was Chris and he was very nice. We showed him the plans left over from the previous owners and then Mirinda told him how we wanted it to look. The … Continue reading →

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In the pitch

Posted on October 26, 2001 by Gary

I didn’t find out about the Team Leader job. It’s between me and another (?) and they want to see the ‘other’ again. I’m assuming that means I’m not getting it. Hey ho. I’m not that bothered but I think … Continue reading →

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A fun day

Posted on June 16, 2001 by Gary

Painted the ceiling in the lounge/dining room, made Mirinda a book rest for her studying, our lovely new lounge suite arrived, then we went into the Lion and Lamb Yard for coffee and a baguette. Then we went to the … Continue reading →

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