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Our Magnolia 2014-123/365

Posted by Ellie
When we moved here, this magnolia was about 7 feet tall. It is now …. this big! Our friend Ursula in Germany wanted to see a photograph of it, so here it is, for you! Also, our American friend Lynn posted pictures of his magnolia tree, day by day, until it became covered with snow! So perhaps he would like to see it too – we have no snow here, I’m glad to say. I think this was the best day for it, as most of the flowers were out and hardly any had lost their petals. They last such a short time, it’s sad really. I like the fact that the forsythia is so rich and yellow behind it with all of this colour and scent, flanking the drive. It’s such a welcoming sight.

The Last Soft Toy-122/365

Posted by Ellie

Isn't this a sweet picture? (Almost too sweet?) Looks as if Joni had found her new best friend? Don't be deceived.  This was taken just before the death of Lamb Chop. In fact, if you look at this, the first part of the destruction had already started. The first soft pink ear is already being chewed off as she looks at us so innocently. This was within 5 minutes of the introduction of Lamb Chop to Joni on Saturday afternoon. I won't go through the gory details of the process, but you should know that by Monday morning she had been disembowelled and today she is a shred of fluffy fabric, minus squeakers, ears, in fact almost everything.

So Lamb Chop is the last fluffy toy for Joni. From now on it's tough toys only. Even the famous blue balls have been chewed up and eaten (at least mostly eaten). So we are in the market for some indestructibles. Any suggestions? (Preferably blue, by the way, and if they can be bounced like the blue ball, then that would be a bonus.) 

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Feast for a Bee-121/365

Posted by Ellie


The magnolia tree is out in full bloom and the bees are busy gathering the pollen. They barely took any notice of me hovering over the blooms as they foraged between these anemone-like centres of the flowers. Take all you can carry, little bees, these flowers last only a very short time! (I wonder what magnolia honey might taste like?) The perfume is almost overpowering, with such a large tree so full of flowers.

Bugshirt – the essential Frisbee Accessory-120/365

Posted by Ellie

Spring and summer are such wonderful seasons and we look forward to them so much after a long, hard winter. It is so wonderful to get outside and really enjoy nature. But with the warmth come the bugs: the nasty biting black flies that hover in clouds around your head and you don't notice that you are being bitten until they have been and gone and you have a bleeding and swelling sore spot behind your ear, or in your hair, a spot that festers and easily becomes infected; the mosquitoes that swarm in the evenings and make sitting outside impossible. Games of Frisbee have to be enjoyed with full concentration, not with the constant irritation and brushing away of these pesky creatures. So here is the solution. Steven is modelling The Bug Shirt, the essential accessory to Frisbee games. With each of us having one, we can really focus on the game at hand. 😀 

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