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Les Lilas- the lilacs- french version

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Wednesday, 17 Nov 2021, 20:46

Lilas doux, Lilas intoxicant
Avec leurs couleurs vibrantes
éclatantes en mai
le printemps remplis de merveilles


      🌺🦋🌾🌼🌲⚘🌸💐🌳

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EMA- C'est fini! French version

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Tuesday, 8 Jun 2021, 18:24

Voila! C'est fin! J'ai enfin envoyé mon EMA.
c'était une course 🏃‍♀️ contre la montre ⏰J'ai mis un bon ordre 👩‍💻et dans une autre langue! 🇨🇵
Mais J'ai fait! Whew!
Demain pour fêter, je vais faire une belle longue marche a la compagne, et savourez un repas copieux dans un petit pub chaleureux!
je prendrai mon parapluie en cas de pluie! 🌤☂️
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Lilacs - English version

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Tuesday, 8 Jun 2021, 18:25


Sweet lilac, heavenly scent

Your colours are so bright

Bursting forth in May

What a springtime of delight !


 🌲🦋🌷🌳🌸🌼🌺💐🌾🌲

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EMA - sent off! English version

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Thursday, 10 Jun 2021, 22:33

That's it I finally sent off my EMA!
It was a race 🏃‍♀️against time to get it finished with everything👩‍💻 in order very difficult especially in another language!🇨🇵
But I managed it. whew! This day I will celebrate by taking a nice long leisurely walk in the country and take my brolly just in case it rains. 🌂🌤

      

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Go In Peace

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Monday, 6 Dec 2021, 16:23


 He (Jesus) said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you."
John 20:21 ESV.

    

❤🐑✝️🌳🕊

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Path of peace and love

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Thursday, 24 Jun 2021, 18:14


All Good comes from God

All Evil comes from satan

Gods plan is unfolding

It is up to us to use wisdom to discern 

And choose the path of Love and peace.

   

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EMA - on its way!

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Monday, 9 Aug 2021, 11:00

I have been typing up my essay today,  for the EMA assignment for module L222. It seems to be taking forever, for some reason. I expect it is (brain lag!) I am really racing against the deadline now! 


I am working at the computer. This morning as I am sat here , I have the window open, it is sunny but cold. I can hear all the birds singing in the trees behind our house. It is so calm and still, with just the sound of birdsong, and plenty of oxygen coming in from back garden, where there are lots of trees. 

No cars about in the street, except just a faint hum in the distance occasionally, otherwise it' svery quiet. I put all the phones on mute. Cat lying on setee behind me stretched out, paws up, looking like a long piece of elastic!  as I work hard! I am quickly typing away my assignment on the computer. 

I stop to refuel with plenty of coffee,  from a big coffee pot and eat a few chocolate biscuits. Just taking a break now, there is just one page left to type and a reference list to type. Hopefully I will be finished everything by Tuesday and can send it all off through the OU TMA submissions system. Trying not to panic but trying to keep calm and carry on!
     

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Reasons why I should go for that walk! ☔🌦

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Thursday, 18 Jan 2024, 19:35

(Apart from having to walk to do the shopping) Taking plenty of exercise is very good for the health and burns off calories and fat.

The more exercise  you do the better!


13 Reasons that have motivated me to leave my house go for a walk;

Good weather 🌞⛅🌤
not always possible, but if it doesn't rain it's ok🌫🌂🌄


To return library books📚 and borrow some more📚from library on the other side of village.


To pay bills💰at the post office 📮 (now inside newsagents!) And where I can use 🏧 £machine.


To take photographs outdoors which can later be sketched or made into collages or artworks .📷  🖼🌲



Being accompanied by a friend for purpose of socialising and walking together.

PUB        ⬅️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️
But beware you might end up in a cafe or pub! which would defeat the object of walking! 🍷🍷🍟🥘



To find out all the footpaths that lead back to the centre of town/village
          ⬅️ 🛤 🏘🛣➡️

              
The dog needs exercise or I could ask to walk a friends dog!🐕‍🦺🦮🐩


To walk to the outer limits of town or village.

          ⬅️🏭🛣🏘➡️

And buy organic veges on the way.


To walk to  buy something from the furthest away shop!🏠🏠🏠🏠🏠🏠🏪   🛍🛍


To collect some natural materials like bits of wood, flowers or twigs to decorate the home! And to go foraging!
🌿🍁🍂🍎🍃⚘🦋🍒⚱💐❌🐑 !


To go for a walk to the little church ⛪ to say a little prayer🙏 and commune🕯🕯with God  🎆

To go to the recycling point or collection bins to put something in to be recycled  🗑🗑🗑🍾🍶🧃🧂📑📃❌ 🛁


🌅 To walk to a good viewing point to see a sunset or sunrise🌄

Or walk to go 🦆🦅🕊 👀 birdwatching in the woods!

 
OR
I have eaten too much chocolate! so I MUST go immediately for a brisk walk around the block !

🍫🍬  =  🔴⚠️ = 🏃‍♀️

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Mes études!

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Friday, 4 Jun 2021, 03:17

Je suis contente avec mon effort que j'ai fait aujourdhui. J'ai essayé d'écrire une bonne composition. pour partie une, de la ema et aussi partie deux de la PDP
Je me sens fatiguée maintenant mais je suis heureuse. Prochainement , j"ai l'intention de taper mon essai sur mon ordinateur avec une liste de réferences.
Alors, c'est le plan! mais je peux l'ajuster un peu. Mais, jusqu'ici tout va bien. J'espère que tout le monde va bien et fait de bon progrès avec vos études. 🌺
Bonne continuation

   🌳🌼💐🌷🌹🌄☔🌳🌲

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Keeping in good spirits

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Friday, 11 Jun 2021, 23:00

For all of us who love God ❤

" Since we live by the spirit, let us keep in step with the spirit"

(Galstions 5v 25)

Love, joy, peace,  forebearance, kindness, gentleness, having faith and self control.

(From the bible)


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Words of hope

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Friday, 4 Jun 2021, 03:15


Cast all your anxiety on him because he (God) cares for you.

(1 Peter 5 v 7)
From the Bible

⚘🌾🌸🌹🌺🌻🌼🌠🌳✝️🕊🌲

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EMA Typing it up

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Friday, 11 Jun 2021, 23:00

This morning I went for a brisk walk around the village and along the footpath past the cemetery and around the park. Flowers looked sad and wilted in the cold wind! Did some shopping on the way back home. It was busy at the local supermarket as it usually is on friday morning.
It was very blustery and lots of low rain clouds in the sky. It had rained during the night and looked set to rain again throughout the day. What happened to spring ? it's more like winter!
I will be starting on the typing up of my EMA essays this afternoon. I have been up most of the night doing the final translation, so this gives me the whole weekend to type up the two essays (I am a very slow at typing!) feeling tired at the moment. Going to have a coffee ☕or two to keep me awake. Hopefully will get it finished before the deadline of Wednesday. Let's hope I don't get any interuptions and will be able to complete it before the deadline.


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Precarity- Sound familiar ???

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Tuesday, 8 Nov 2022, 19:35

French society has therefore lived through an apparent contradiction of, on the one hand, rapid technological development and increased consumerism and, on the other hand, deep social inequalities and the marginalisation of significant parts of the population. Many people’s lives are characterised by precarity, be this in employment, housing or access to essential services (and often all three), and arbitrary discrimination in these areas continues to be a fact of everyday life for millions. Certain measures have been taken by national and local authorities to address these issues but much remains to be done, and the principal actors in defending and extending social rights have often been voluntary associations of citizens operating on a more or less formal basis, sometimes in conjunction with government but often in opposition to official policies of austerity.

(Open University Unité 6 L222 Questions de société)


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La Malédiction

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La castration intellectuelle

Par le système capitaliste et

Les impondérables de l'existence

Contribue à la déshumanisation de tout le monde.

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Wisdom

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Saturday, 18 Feb 2023, 00:57


Good and Evil,
The devil has been sinning since the beginning. Anyone who continues to sin belongs to the devil. The Son of God came for this: to destroy the devil’s work.
(1 John 3: 8)
ER Bible

     👿   🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺

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Inspiration

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Tuesday, 22 Jun 2021, 08:56


And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love.
(1 John 4;16)

    

❤🕊🐑💐📖✝️🌄🌳

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Refuge

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Friday, 21 Jan 2022, 23:35

 The Lord is good , a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. Nahum 1:7 ESV.

   

🙂✝️⚘💐📖

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Nearly there with ema

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Saturday, 26 Jun 2021, 13:12


Pleased with my effort today .  I tried  to write ✍what looks like a decent essay for part 1 also for part 2 the PDP. 📒
😴Feeling tired but 🙂happy with that. next is type   👩‍💻 it out on computer with a reference list. 📃Well that's the plan anyway but I may tweak it again a bit more but so far so good, over all it is looking ok.👌
Hope everyone is progressing     👍well with their studies. 🌺


Bonne contination.


    

📖🐑🦋🌺🐐🕊🌹☮🌈✝️❤





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Up and running!

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Monday, 28 Jun 2021, 08:17

This morning been working on the L222 module unit 4& 5 again 👩‍💻and changing parts of it I don't find relevant to the question✍ (just facts about other things in general). Replace these with more specific items 📒that relate to the actual question itself.📖 from the module materials.

I think I was supposed to contribute something to the forum but I am too busy at the moment to do this as my time is taken up with writing the ema which I think this is very important at the moment. Had a drink🧃 🌯


Later weather not too bad 🌥 went with friend (younger and fitter than me !) For a fast walk. 👧She is a real keep fit fanatic! We did some speed walking together. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

This was very hard especially at first! 🤪 my ❤heart was pounding and my🦵legs were hurting, as well as my back. I felt completely out of breath🌬🌬  I am not in the fittest condition!
But after a while it was ok, but I needed to sit down 🌲 on a fallen 🛋tree. ah! thats better!

We did this in short bursts just around 1 field🌄  although  we could just have easily done it around the park.(but I was just too embarrassed to do that yet) 
But next time we will!
We had to go through the field, otherwise we would look an extremely funny sight wouldn' t we ? going through the streets like two waddling ducks! 🦆🦆
(Quack ! Quack!)

Good exercise!

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Writing the EMA

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Saturday, 26 Jun 2021, 13:14

Today I am getting onto the final lap 🏎🛣for this years L222 module.    At the moment I am tackling the translation for the main EMA essay part on the "environment and economy."  🌍As usual it is about getting the word count right as well as accuracy of meaning. There is more than one way of rendering the same meaning. Will be listening to audios 🎧📻 again and reading 📖 vocabulary notes. There is also the PDP to write out and I can get this from tutors feedback plus some notes of my own.

Must keep on keeping on!

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It's what the people wanted!

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Wednesday, 27 Sep 2023, 08:34

Well it looks like it is back to Victorian England again! 🎩🍽🐂
I wouldn't say the🧍‍♀️🧍‍♂️ 1980s 🚴‍♂️ exactly because at least Margret 👽Thatcher was all for Europe and co-operation. 🌍

No, it is time to bring back the workhouses. 🏢 it will be hard times ahead.   For the ordinary man. ⛺🏚

As for our friends in the north I am actually beginning to think the working/ non-working classes actually like the food banks 🥣and the life  of poverty, to have voted so overwhelmingly for the Tories .🏗🚟🌫

Can we really trust the tories to deliver what they promised? 🚚
We shall see, we shall see what will happen or not! 😣

Let us be patient and see what the wonderful Boris Johnson and co. has in store for us next!


      📚 🏠💌 🌲💰🥗🌹👩‍💻

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Politics!

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Wednesday, 27 Sep 2023, 08:37

What a day it has been!
Another 💧Leak in the bathroom, a missing cat🐈 mix up with a missing parcel 🎁 something I ordered weeks ago  completely disappeared ! then having on top of it all to vote  ✍  but for who? the least of the two evils? 🥶👺 I feel confused? Red or blue, yellow or green?

Then there was a complete mix up with a doctor's appointment.
Dr cancelled my son's phone appointment 🩺👩‍🚀without letting us know, then we found a vague text message telling us to ring the surgery back.only after the 🕒 appointment time had passed ! 🕓 I  Rang surgery they said they didn't know, will try to find out what had happened 🕟 but then she finally rang ☎️ us 1  3/4 hour later.
Had to hang about 🕠 waiting since 3 until 5.30 not knowing .

In between all this chaos of politics ,voting and doctors appointments  I have to find time to study! Managed an hour mostly reading and tidying up notes in notebook.

Missed my walk to the park this afternoon. Good job went to shop earlier on🏪 this morning then post office then had to ring ☎️ about🎁 parcel. Fed up🙄now! I 🕡

Had to wait for 🕕 husband  to 🕡come home, to make tea, so we could then dash out together and register our vote! ✍🕖 I still don't  know why I bother!🕗 I think I need a lie down. lol! 🕘🛌

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Il Pleut Bergère (French nursery rhyme)

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Friday, 4 Jun 2021, 01:08

🌧🌧🌧
 ⚡ 👩‍🚀 ☂️   🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
Il pleut, il pleut, bergere
Presse tes blanc moutons;
Rentrons à ma chaumière,
Bergère, vite, allons.
J' entends sur le feuillage,
L'eau qui tombe à grand
bruit.
Voici, voici l'orage,
Voilà l'eclair qui luit. ⚡

Entends-tu le tonnerre,
Qui gronde en approchant?
Prends un abri, bergère,
A ma droite en marchant.
Je vois notre cabane,
Et tiens ! voici venir
Ma mère et ma soeur Anne,
Qui vont l'etable ouvrir.

Bonsoir, bonsoir ma mère,
Ma soeur Anne, bonsoir;
J'amène ma bergère
Pres de vous pour ce soir.
Va te sécher, ma mie,
Auprès de nos tisons;
Soeur, tiens- lui compagnie.
Entrez, petits moutons.

           🌳🌲🌞 🌄 🏡🌲🌳

Chanson populaire

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My Garden in the woods

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Tuesday, 19 Apr 2022, 03:55

My garden is where I like to go and sit out in when the weather is good and when the sun is shining. A garden is very good for mental well being.
In the bad weather, like today, I like to just sit and look out at it through the windows. My home has two gardens.
          🌲 🌲 🏡⚘🌼🌻
At the front I can see a large green lawn. There are trees at the right hand side, well maintained by my neighbours as they like to have plenty of light 

        🌺🍀🦋🌾🍒🐝🍎

There is also a beautiful display of peonies 🌺 on the right hand side, with the most brightest, pinkest flowers ever. It really cheers me up every spring to see this. A pink cherry blossom tree is at the far bottom right  corner of the garden which is very pretty and is now in bloom.  Sadly it doesn't last for long.
                    🌺
To the left of the lawn beyond the footpath there is a picket fence along which there is a border with various flowers. This changes throughout the year.
At the moment there are the marigolds, daisies, yellow proimroses, blue forget- me- nots, 
         🌸🌻💐🦋🌼🥀🌺🌾

Near the front door is a trellis where red roses are just coming through at the moment, by the summer hopefully, there will be a wonderful display of red roses, all around my front door. 🌹🌹 🌹       A bright green bench overlooks the lawn on the left..🌳 🛋🌳

I have a cottage garden beneath the front window.  There is a large rectangular border with different pots of plants some planted last year and some this year.  Hopefully these will soon all be coming out in the summer.
Rows of bright red Geraniums, pink geraniums & whites. purple and white. 🌸🌼🌻⚘

🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲The back garden is much more secluded, and is more private for sitting in,  as it is surrounded by lots of tall trees, some forming a natural canopy under which is a pic-nic table.
        🪑🛋🪑🌴
There is a patio area in front of the french window with rattan seating and plants. There are pots of plants around the patio area.  In front of this a small lawn with small plum tree that holds the bird table.

      🕊🦅🦉🌳
Beneath the tall evergreen trees
there are placed two white chairs on the small lawn with tubs of flowers either side of them. There is a pebbled area to the right of footpath with lots plant pots some flowering, and a fountain.

               🌴🪑🌵 ⛲🌴
The best feature of the back garden is the seclusion and all the huge overhanging trees at the side(needs lots of attention!) but it's good because it just feels like I'm living in the woods!
           🌲🌲🌲 🏡🌲🌲🌲

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The Hope

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Edited by Gill Burrell, Sunday, 27 Jun 2021, 01:36

From the Bible - New living translation 

1 Peter chapter 1 verses 3-5

3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, 

4 and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.

5 And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.

        🏞 🎚🙏📖🌌❤✝️


From Bible gateway 

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