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A Wild Garden
Monday, 20 Jun 2022, 19:59
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My wild garden!
Monday, 20 Jun 2022, 16:34
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Monday, 20 Jun 2022, 23:07
My garden has not been cut for over a month and It looks great! It is full of wild flowers!
A Meadow of Poppies on a Housing Estate!
Monday, 20 Jun 2022, 16:28
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Tuesday, 21 Jun 2022, 20:33
I was so delighted to see a beautiful little meadow in the middle of the council estate so pretty!
How people are cutting down to cope with the crisis
Monday, 20 Jun 2022, 15:35
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How people are trying to save money in the cost of living crisis
Sunday, 19 Jun 2022, 20:02
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Tuesday, 21 Jun 2022, 20:34
Reading a book in the french language
Saturday, 18 Jun 2022, 13:29
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Sunday, 21 Jan 2024, 18:26
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I am reading my new book at the moment in the french language. The book is by Agatha Christie, a translation from the english to french. I have always enjoyed Agatha Christie's books in english, so now I can try to read them in french. Of course I need my little dictionary to hand, also the help from Google Translate, for some of the words I don't know. I am reading mostly because it is a good way to learn the french language. Maybe one day, one day, I hope to return there to France on holiday , hopefully I will understand the spoken language and be able to speak and ecpress myself in french.
Ce que je lis actuellement.
Friday, 17 Jun 2022, 20:10
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Monday, 20 Jun 2022, 22:38
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J'ai fini de lire mon livre à propos Maigret le detective francais, et maintenant, J'ai commencé à lire un autre livre. Ce livre est d'Agatha Christie et s'intitule 'Meutre en Mésopotamie'. J' ai deja lu le premier chapitre. C'est en francais.
Je me suis assise dans le jardin sur mon banc vert, mais j'ai du rentrer à l'intérieur car il faisait trop chaud dehors. J'ai bu un grand verre de grenadine avec de l'eau minérale (sans sucre).
J'ai alors décidé de m'asseoir dans le salon frais, et Je continue à lire mon livre.
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La Chapelle de St Marie
Thursday, 16 Jun 2022, 22:25
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La Chapelle de St Marie (in french)
Thursday, 16 Jun 2022, 22:23
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022, 22:47
C'est une belle petite chapelle, que j'aime visiter, quand je passe durant ma promenade. La porte n'est jamais verrouillée, il fait bon et chaud a l'interieur. C'est très calme et spitirituelle
Parfois je rentre pour me réchauffer et prier Dieu.
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A friendly church- St Mary's
Thursday, 16 Jun 2022, 14:33
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022, 22:48
This is the beautiful little chapel, I like to visit there when out walking. The door is never locked , it's nice & warm inside and I sometimes go inside to warm up and say a prayer to God. It is very calm and spiritual.
Un chat qui se détend
Thursday, 16 Jun 2022, 13:40
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Un chat pensif
Thursday, 16 Jun 2022, 13:10
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Thursday, 16 Jun 2022, 18:45
Lire, écrire et comprendre la langue française.
Thursday, 16 Jun 2022, 11:36
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Aujourd'hui, J'ai lu mon livre. J'ai parcouru les trois quarts de ce livre. j'ai presque fini de le lire maintenant.
Je vais essayer de le finir avant le week-end, alors je choisirai un autre livre de la même série de Maigret. C'etait tres interessant!
J'ai rassemblé beaucoup de nouveaux mots dans mon carnet de notes digitales.
Les champs de blé sont presque prêts à être récoltés
Wednesday, 15 Jun 2022, 12:07
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Saturday, 18 Jun 2022, 06:02
Le blé change lentement de couleur, du vert á un Or clair.
le salut par jésus donne de l'espoir.
Monday, 13 Jun 2022, 21:17
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Sunday, 19 Jun 2022, 22:52
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Studying, Walking and recovering from Covid 19 suffering.
Monday, 13 Jun 2022, 19:55
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Friday, 24 Jun 2022, 09:15
8am
I pass the morning reading my french novel. This included looking up certain words, that are still unfamiliar, using a little dictionary. I copied the new words on my digital notebook. When the sunshine arrived at last, I could go outside in the garden to sit and read. It was good to be in the sunshine! I wondered how my french friend was getting on. We had not met together for some years now since 2015. Maybe I will ring her soon.
I watered the roses growing near the door. I just cut back some sharp brambles fron the footpath, so that I can reach the clothes line, in order to hang the washing. Finding things very tiring recently since Covid.19
12am
After, a lunch of french cheese and crackers also a nice herb pâte with Crackers. Fizzy orange juice to drink for dessert with an apple. All vegetarian of course.
2pm
I go to the supermarket to find some cheap brands, as our prime minister advised, but they didn't have any, so I had to buy a few of the expensive brands.
Otherwise I would have to pay the bus fare, which is too expensive, to go to the nearest city to shop around, so that would defeat the object!
2.30pm
I Cleaned up all the downstairs rooms, kitchen, hall, porch, lounge and bathroom. I will clean the upstairs rooms tomorrow.
3.00pm
Time for a walk before the hoards of school children descend upon the park! Where I live it really is just like a Sleepy Hollow!
It is calm and quiet in the park, with a variety of birds such as woodpigeons, crows, couple of magpies and some smaller birds, chaffinches and goldfinches who had landed on the hedgerows, growing all around the park. I sit on the bench under the trees and I watched the birds coming and going.
There used to be a lot more tables and benches here, but unfortunately looks like they removed all the other benches- or they have been stolen!
That's a pity because I used to like to come here and sometimes, to eat my lunch at the table, now there is just one solitary bench to sit on.
Never mind I will take a long walk around the park, then finish back at the same bench again to rest. It is quite a large park, about as big as a few football pitches so it takes a while to get round it!
It is surrouded by lovely very ancient trees. There is also an abandoned footpath, running through the wood, but today I will just stick to the foot path inside the park. At this time it is usually quiet, but about 4pm there will be the usual constant rumbling of rush hour traffic from the dual carriageway located behind the woods, bordering the park.
3.30pm
I looked around the playground area where the swings and roundabouts are, to see if I could pick up any litter, but it seems nice and tidy, especially since the children went back to school !
But wait until the summer hols it will be a different story!
Then I will have to bring my litter picker gadget with me! ( I inherited it from my mother when she died!)
I decide to walk by the long route along the pretty leafy lane, past the police station, then along church street and passing the theatre, library and the church, so avoiding the busy market place.
4pm
Finally I turn into my little road behind the church. I think that I will do a bit of reading again, in between preparing the family's meal.
Rabbits in the mist
Sunday, 12 Jun 2022, 20:07
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Rabbits in the cemetery
Sunday, 12 Jun 2022, 19:51
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Sunday, 12 Jun 2022, 20:56
This morning sitting quietly in cemetery when I saw two little rabbits playing nearby. They came really close, so I hardly dared move in case they ran off!
The greed of the Supermarkets!
Sunday, 12 Jun 2022, 12:07
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Friday, 24 Feb 2023, 16:54
What is happening in our supermarkets?
The prime minister had told the poor to buy only the cheapest unbranded products (supermarkets own brand) but now you can not find them, because they have removed the cheapest available brands, in order to force people to buy the most expensive brands!
This is going totally against helping people with the cost of living crisis. The greed of the supermarkets!
All this is to do with Brexit too of course. Why did they not prepare for this?
L' Avarice des Supermarchés !
Saturday, 11 Jun 2022, 22:47
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Saturday, 11 Jun 2022, 22:50
Que se passe-t-il au supermarché?
le premier ministre a conseillé aux pauvres, d'acheter la marque la moins chère, pour les aider à faire face à la hausse du coût de la vie. Mais Qu'est ce qu'il se passe maintenant?
On ne les trouve pas car le supermarché ont supprimé toutes les marques les moins chères.
C'est forcer les gens à acheter les marques les plus chères.
Cela va totalement à l'encontre d'aider le client à faire face au coût de la vie.
L' Avarice des Supermarchés !
C'est un fait accompli!
Une Promenade
Saturday, 11 Jun 2022, 21:51
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Saturday, 11 Jun 2022, 21:56
Mon fils cadet a souffer du covid aussi. Il vat mieux maintenant, mais il souffre d'une petite toux et douleur musculaire, il a le long covid.
Nous avons été dehors dans le jardin et nous avons pris le soleil.
J' ai lu mon livre en francais. Un autre chapiter finit. Mon fils s'est assis et a joué avec les chats qu'il aime !
Apres s'être reposé une heure et demie, nous sommes allés nous promener dans le parc lentement.
Le soliel brillait et il faisait calme.
Nous nous sommes assis un moment sous les arbres. pour reprendre notre souffle. Nous avons quitté le parc et
nous avons fait un arrêt au supermarché sur le chemin du retour pour acheter du pain et du lait.
je vais faire du pain perdu !
Un coquelicot- a poppy
Thursday, 9 Jun 2022, 23:06
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Edited by Gill Burrell, Friday, 10 Jun 2022, 09:34
I spotted this beautiful poppy growing in the hedgerow beside the field.
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