tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-11-06:/Fractal image by NMSmithMokoFeed2009-11-06T13:44:58+01:00tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-11-05:/2009/11/05/oh-am-i-dumb-7314493/jenray2009-11-05T20:03:43+01:002009-11-05T20:03:43+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...I've only just twigged what BCUK have done when I reread my post from them listing how many of my tags they have deleted!! They go on forever...damn it...I really hope they sort this out...now I'm pissed off too...LOL...sorry it took me a while to cotton on to what they have done!<br> Hmmm...what on earth were they thinking???</p> <p>Thanks to all here who have objected strongly...</p> <p>Great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/11/05/oh-am-i-dumb-7314493/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-11-05:/2009/11/05/definitely-spoiled-7311555/jenray2009-11-05T12:10:54+01:002009-11-05T12:10:54+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...had an even better night last night...LOL...no interruptions until nearly 8 when, all of a sudden, I hear hammering coming from next door...and that was the end of my sleep...then outside in the front from around 8.30 came the dulcet tones of the road digger digging up the same stretch of road from opposite next door to the pavement on the opposite side for the third time! I can't imagine why they keep having to dig the same piece of road up three times, but who delves into the mysteries of British road diggers...LOL...<br> It's a really beautiful day again which explains the title of this post...so lovely to wake up to blue skies, soft clouds and sun...now there is that touch of Autumn in the air but the conservatory can still manage 55 degrees at 9 so no where near frosty in the morning...<br> One thing I forgot to tell you...for those of you who have been here with me for a long time, we used to have a lovely little cat called Whisky that belonged to a young couple down our road opposite us and we got to know him from a tiny kitten and then about two years ago now, the couple moved and for many months and even occasionally now, Whisky would visit here from his new home over a mile and a half away...well, in the last week we've found that there's another little kitten who is extremely friendly and who comes running over to us for loves whenever we pass it by...it's black and white like Whisky but this one is spotted like a dalmation...mostly white with black patches and very, very sweet...if it survives the road outside the estate which is ran straight into yesterday when following us, we've found another friend...LOL...Must find out its name and whether or not its male or female...<br> Today, is a special day...my hubby has shaved his beard and moustache off for only about the third time since we've been together...and I can't stop laughing...without it, he has the funniest face...a real jokers face...and is like our son who died...he's standing in the shower room now throwing out jokes nineteen to the dozen with his new face and I can't see to type with crying with laughter...he has a Nigerian voice which finishes me off every time he uses it...I'll put a pic up of him when I decide whether I can live with this new hubby...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> He's knocked years off himself that's for sure...but he's lost his gravitas now and it's a bit awkward when every time you look at your husband you fall about laughing...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> Anyway, that's our morning so far...hope you have a lovely day, will see some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/11/05/definitely-spoiled-7311555/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-11-04:/2009/11/04/update-on-amazon-7307168/jenray2009-11-04T18:14:47+01:002009-11-04T18:14:47+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...I've just found their customer service number on a website...virtually impossible to find on Amazon itself...and I've been told that, in their terms and conditions, you can't get free postage and packing in One Click! That's outrageous...it isn't clear at all on their website...she said it doesn't say it in words!!! What...I asked how the hell was I supposed to know that then if not written in words...anyway, the long and the short of it is, no free postage on One Click and no refund for me because I used it...Bloody Amazon knows they've got their customers over a barrel because you can't say you won't use them again as their books are the cheapest around...but, this is a big CON...so watch out for it if you ever buy books from them...Here's their customer services number...I'd advise you to write it down because you'll never find it on the website...0800 4961081<br> Great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/11/04/update-on-amazon-7307168/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-11-04:/2009/11/04/damned-amazon-7306816/jenray2009-11-04T17:27:58+01:002009-11-04T17:27:58+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...I'm bloody hopping mad...and here's a warning for anybody here who might have this happen to them...I've just purchased a book from Amazon with free postage but, I've discovered if you use the One Click, they automatically post it to you first class and charge you £2.75 and you've no way of contacting them at all to tell them that this is not right!! I could have bought it from another seller cheaper if I'd known Amazon was going to pull that fast one on me...I'm bloody angry with them...So, anybody here tempted to use the One Click facility where Postage is said to be free...DON'T...because you'll be charged first class postage...<br> Hope you're all have a good afternoon...and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/11/04/damned-amazon-7306816/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-11-04:/2009/11/04/a-very-nice-change-7305236/jenray2009-11-04T13:29:16+01:002009-11-04T13:29:16+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...woke up after a very good night with only a brief coughing spell at 7 then back to sleep until 9 and got up to glorious sunshine and clear blue sky...definitely shopping day today so had breakfast and we were on the 10.17 bus that was only about 4 mins late so we just caught it as we were walking round for the 10.30 bus...so no wait and in and out of the town and back home by 12 and we didn't forget anything!!!....HLOL...a first!!<br> Now, we're just enjoying seeing sunshine back again and the rest of the day is ours to do with what we like...playing on the Wii this afternoon is a definite, but the rest of the day is just doing our own thing...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> Hope you all have a great day and are seeing some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/11/04/a-very-nice-change-7305236/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-11-03:/2009/11/03/xmas-cake-update-7298283/jenray2009-11-03T12:45:12+01:002009-11-03T12:45:12+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...forget to say in my first post today that last week I took the xmas cake I wrapped up to mature...must be at least eight months ago now...out of the garage...it has been sitting in the kitchen since then because I was nervous about opening it...well, last night before the Chinese meal arrived, we unpacked it, with me fearful it might walk out of the kitchen by itself...the first thing to hit us as the tin foil and greaseproof paper came off was an incredible smell...it was gorgeous...rich and fruity...and the cake looks perfect...decided to poke some holes in it and poured a generous tipple of cognac in it and have wrapped it up again so that it can absorb that until xmas...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Was prepared to throw it away but definitely don't need to do that now...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> If I eat all that huge cake, my weight loss through all the exercises we've been doing will go right out of the window...LOL...Ray's not keen on xmas cake, but might try and persuade him to share this one with me as I took the trouble and considerable expense to cook it...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> That's it...my news is up to date now and it's trying hard to sunshine now as well...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/11/03/xmas-cake-update-7298283/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-11-03:/2009/11/03/noisy-machines-today-7297991/jenray2009-11-03T11:52:48+01:002009-11-03T11:52:48+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody....had a very good night last night, only one brief interruption and got up at 9.15...dreary today, but still not cold, and very noisy...the cable laying machine is trundling down the road cutting the little trough for the wiring and laying it in and covering it up again...very complicated...have had breakfast but still not dressed...must go and wash my hair now...LOL...<br> hmmm...nothing on for today, apart from our daily exercise and fun on the Wii...<br> So, my lovely friends, a rather tedious post today but hope you all have a very good day, will see some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/11/03/noisy-machines-today-7297991/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-11-02:/2009/11/02/monday-afternoon-and-evening-7294199/jenray2009-11-02T19:56:31+01:002009-11-02T19:56:31+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...had a very good game of bowls and golf this afternoon and decided it was time for a treat so ordered in a Chinese...yummy...the fibre-optic network wiring is going in now so, with a bit of luck, it should be finished in a day or two...my cough has improved a great deal since the rain at the weekend and it has rained again this evening to settle the dust blown up by digging the thin lines for the cables...really dusty business this has been...got some good things to watch on TV tonight so have had a really good day so far...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> I've also found a very good new Vista game...Shanghai Solitaire which has replaced my Blobs which I still go through every now and then...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> So, my lovely friends, I hope you've all had a good Monday, and will have a relaxed evening...sending you all great big hugs in the meantime... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/11/02/monday-afternoon-and-evening-7294199/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-11-02:/2009/11/02/back-to-lovely-again-7291179/jenray2009-11-02T12:40:12+01:002009-11-02T12:40:12+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...had a very good night again...a bit of a coughing session at 6.30 but went back to sleep after it...thought I'd show you why my chest has been so bad this last week...our windows were cleaned five days before the fibre-optic network began to be laid...the rain yesterday showed up all the dust that had settled on the windows and what we breathed in every time we went outside!</p> <p><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/p1010002_copy/4067448" title="P1010002 copy"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/448/4067448_f4a193d71d_m.jpeg" alt="P1010002 copy"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/p1010001_copy/4067447" title="P1010001 copy"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/447/4067447_c43a8fead2_m.jpeg" alt="P1010001 copy"></a></p> <p>Apart from that, it's a beautiful day...much cooler but a really lovely Autumn day...had breakfast and went round to Lidl's for our meats for the winter and discovered they'd been in for the weekend as well so missed the ostrich steaks until they get more in...never mind...got everything else...and bought two double amaryllis for £5 so some colour for the winter in the conservatory...LOL...don't usually buy them but they do make a big splash of colour and my orchid is sending up a new shoot so that should be ready for xmas too...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> Now, we're home, have had coffee and were wondering whether to do the rest of the shopping today in Poole, but that will be very tiring to do two big shops...we'll see...unfortunately, today is a one off apparently...the rest of the week is going to be very unsettled...hate going shopping in the rain, but don't think we're desperate for anything on the list...<br> So that's it for now...hope you all have a lovely day, will see some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/11/02/back-to-lovely-again-7291179/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-11-01:/2009/11/01/rain-at-last-and-now-sun-again-7285324/jenray2009-11-01T13:33:23+01:002009-11-01T13:33:23+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...had a very good night and woke to pouring rain when hubby bought me a cup of tea at 9.10...we were going to get up but he made the fatal mistake of climbing into bed with me and we didn't move until 10...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Had breakfast and then it was his turn for a Sunday morning massage after I'd have my long soak in a gorgeous bubble bath...so we're both well relaxed...it's bread making today so will have to be this afternoon...the rain has stopped now and the sun is breaking through and the roads and garden are drying out already...did have a lot of rain last night...quite windy too now...not going anywhere today with bread making and the weather being more unsettled...did need rain though to settle all the dust of last week's road digging...hope now my cough will begin to disappear completely...have kept my smoking way down all week...two a day for three days and three yesterday...won't go above six if I can help it again...don't think my lungs like more than six...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> It's not cold either I forgot to add earlier...only a couple or so degrees down on yesterday...amazing for November...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> So, my lovely friends, that's it for now...hope you all have a very restful weekend, will see some sunshine, or be pleased to have some much needed rain, and send great big hugs to you all in the meantime...</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/11/01/rain-at-last-and-now-sun-again-7285324/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-31:/2009/10/31/not-everybody-know-this-7283055/jenray2009-10-31T23:40:21+01:002009-10-31T23:40:21+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...another quote to send you off to bed...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>'Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.'<br> Jean Rostand </p> <p>Hope you have a restful night, sweet dreams and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/31/not-everybody-know-this-7283055/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-31:/2009/10/31/an-energetic-day-7281505/jenray2009-10-31T17:09:20+01:002009-10-31T17:09:20+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...this has been a very energetic day...LOL...after lunch, we decided to take a walk on the heath and spent forty minutes on it before coming home and then we played bowls and golf and then moved on to three training sessions...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Have just finished so our bodies have had a good work out today...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Not aching at all so must be getting fit...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> Here's a photo of the ever expanding mystery stones now lined up all in a row...<img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"><br> <a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/p1010004_2_copy/4060689" title="P1010004 (2) copy"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/689/4060689_a28d98a322_m.jpeg" alt="P1010004 (2) copy"></a> Would love to know where they came from...<br> Now, we're going to be lazy for the rest of the day...LOL...hope you're all have a good weekend so far, a lovely day here still and around 60 degrees still outside...hit 82 degrees in the conservatory this afternoon...really being spoiled now...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Hope you're seeing some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/31/an-energetic-day-7281505/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-31:/2009/10/31/not-really-november-7280366/jenray2009-10-31T13:03:52+01:002009-10-31T13:03:52+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...had a much better night, and at 8.45 hubby brought me a cup of tea because my cough started up again, but it's a lot better now...and then he nuggled up with me until 10...went outside when we got up and removed the dead heads on my chrysanthemums in my garden flower beds after breakfast and it's really, really warm...the sun is shining but there are a few clouds to suggest it might change soon...but still a lovely morning and not at all like November...LOL...<br> After breakfast, we just pottered for a while then we had a cup of coffee and I decided to do my Wii fitness work out...you can only do it once a day and yesterday I did after playing golf and bowls for an hour and a bit so quite tired and got Wii age 54...today, not tired, I got Wii age 38 on the fitness scale!! Well pleased with that...HLOL...getting younger by the day...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Hubby's doing it now...<br> Not going anywhere today...so just a nice relaxed and lazy weekend...hope you all have a lovely one too, will see some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all for now. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/31/not-really-november-7280366/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-30:/2009/10/30/a-bit-of-irony-7277079/jenray2009-10-30T19:55:11+01:002009-10-30T19:55:11+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...another quote from Jean Rostand...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conquerer. Kill everyone, and you are a god.<br> Jean Rostand </p> <p>Great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/30/a-bit-of-irony-7277079/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-30:/2009/10/30/better-night-7274656/jenray2009-10-30T12:14:04+01:002009-10-31T23:56:20+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...turned of the light at 12.30 and got up every two hours from then on until 9.40 but slept soundly in between so still not right but, at least, I did get a lot of sleep...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Feeling very refreshed...hubby brought me a cup of tea at 5.30 because I had a coughing fit but once that was over, I went back to sleep again...went outside to check my bulbs in the garden that are growing now that the Indian summer has duped them into believing it's Spring and that brought on a coughing fit so looks like it is something to do with all the dust and grit in the air from the fibre-optic set up...last day I think then it should be all finished...they've worked incredibly hard!...digging into hardcore is extremely difficult and they had to go very deep into it to get the metal boxes for all the connectors embedded and covered...hmmm...<br> Now, I'm still not dressed...feeling lazy again...grey today but very, very mild...was 60 degrees in the conservatory at 5.30 this morning! Will have our exercise on the Wii this afternoon and, apart from that, neither of us are doing anything pertaining to work today...except I've got to make some more coleslaw as we ran out yesterday...LOL...very hard work indeed...actually grating carrots does make my wrist ache...HLOL...<br> That's it for now...hope you all have a lovely day, are seeing some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all in the meantime... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/30/better-night-7274656/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-29:/2009/10/29/interesting-quote-7267986/jenray2009-10-29T13:43:38+01:002009-10-29T13:43:38+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...a direct quote but take it that it applies to women as much as it does to men...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>'A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.'<br> Jean Rostand </p> <p>Have a lovely day and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/29/interesting-quote-7267986/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-29:/2009/10/29/buggy-i-think-7267550/jenray2009-10-29T12:19:54+01:002009-10-29T12:19:54+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...can't say I had a good night...read for half an hour, turned off the light at 12.30 was up five times by 1.30 and more until 2.15...gave up then and came downstairs, made myself a cup of tea with three bics and a paracetomol and came back to bed...decided as my brain was most definitely wide awake to read until I felt tired...at 3.15, I turned the light off again...also when I made the tea, I put the heating on because I was very cold...finally dropped off around 4.20 because checked the clock at 4.15 and then woke up a 7.30 so sleep wasn't something I had much off last night, but again, I don't feel at all tired...or ill really...blocked up head, still got my cough but easing off now and can't stop going to the loo as soon as I lie down to sleep...hmmm...weird bug if it is one...LOL...anyway, hubby made me a tea at 8 and I went back to sleep until 9.50 so did get some in fits and starts...have had breakfast and still in my dressing gown...dull today as well so no incentive to go out...will have a lazy day...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> So, my lovely friends, nothing really else to tell you except I hope you all have a good day, will see some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all in the meantime... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/29/buggy-i-think-7267550/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-29:/2009/10/29/a-thought-to-go-to-bed-on-7265486/jenray2009-10-29T01:09:06+01:002009-10-29T01:09:06+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...time for bed and here's a parting thought...a quote from Jean Rostand... (October 30, 1894, Paris - September 4, 1977) was a French biologist and philosopher.</p> <p>'Science has made us GODS even before we are worthy of being men.' ~Jean Rostand.</p> <p>Night night, sleep tight and sweet dreams...sending great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/29/a-thought-to-go-to-bed-on-7265486/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-28:/2009/10/28/an-indian-summer-7261309/jenray2009-10-28T13:55:27+01:002009-10-31T23:58:31+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...had a terrible night...up seven times in all but must have slept deeply in between running to the perishing loo because not tired now...think I reacted to nicogel namely affected my kidney...I bought this gel that you put a small blob of it on the palm of your hand and it gives you a cigarette's worth of nicotine...have acquired a really, really annoying cough...not a tight chest, just a really irritating choking one that once you start coughing it's really hard to stop and then you get wheezy...had this for a week now...not sure whether it caused by all the dust in the air due to the fibre-optics people digging up the roads and gardens in our area all this week, but what ever is causing it, it's not nice at all...don't feel ill with it, just wheezy at times...even had to use my ventolin, which I use very rarely...have had to cut my smoking down to one yesterday...LOL...plus one gel blob...hmmm...<br> Got up at 9.50 to try to catch up on some lost sleep without success...LOL...had a whole load of thoughts going through my head about the hypocrisy of the West and the reduction in our personal freedom, which has nothing whatsoever to do with anti-terrorism, but just a slow and steady removal of our freedom...not thoughts that induce sleep...HLOL...discovered, when we got up, that it was a true Indian Summer's day...64 degrees in the porch and lovely and warm outside when we had breakfast and went shopping at Lidl's...the back door is now wide open and the house is as warm as toast...<br> So, apart from coughing and not sleeping well last night, all is well here...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Hope you're having a good day, are seeing some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/28/an-indian-summer-7261309/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-27:/2009/10/27/warm-and-sunny-again-7253210/jenray2009-10-27T13:57:46+01:002009-10-27T13:57:46+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...had a very good night but was woken again by parcel post at 7.40 delivering a small package...by the time we got downstairs, he'd left it on the doorstep...couldn't think what it was, then hubby said it must be the IPod...but it was so small, didn't think it was until we unpacked it and discovered that was exactly what it was...so damned small, it was thinner and smaller than my cigarette lighter!!...Took us another five or so minutes to open it...so well sealed in with invisible plastic, we couldn't even find the opening...hmmm...it's an IPod Shuffle apparently, but we were expecting something that was as large as the palm of your hand...LOL...anyway, we decided to make a cup of tea and hubby brought his up too and we snuggled into my bed and stayed there until 9.40...didn't want to get out of it at all it was so warm and comfortable... Finally dragged ourselves out and had breakfast and it's a beautiful warm, sunny day...got dressed and then sorted out the IPod...now all it needs is for hubby to download his CD's and transfer them onto it...holds a 1000 tunes apparently...and can tell you what the song is too...mustn't lose the perishing thing...!!...so small it would slip through a hole in a pocket easily...<br> After that, we went for a lovely walk on the heath and I was really peeved...as we walked towards the heath itself, a beautiful Red Admiral landed on a leaf and I could go as close as a couple of inches from it, then a beautiful bullfinch sat in a tree above it and didn't move and, guess what, I didn't bother to bring my camera with me today!...was really annoyed with myself...then we discovered that the multiplying stones had been moved and now stand in a straight line along the grass verge...all 21 of them...there were some workmen doing something in front of the water works and I asked them where the stones came from and they said they had no idea...all they had to do was move them so still nobody can tell us where these huge stones come from...<img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"> A real mystery it seems. Continued on our way for about twenty more minutes then turned back and walked slowly home and saw yet another lovely butterfly...this time it was brown with distinct yellow spots in two rows on its wings and missed being able to photograph that too...sod's law really...LOL...<br> So now, it's nearly lunchtime and the fibre-optic guys are busy digging up the pavements and laying connection boxes in front of each house that wants to be connected...they're next door at the moment, and probably ours will be done this afternoon...<br> Hope you all have a good day, will see some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/27/warm-and-sunny-again-7253210/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-26:/2009/10/26/baby-and-nearly-adult-seagulls-7249456/jenray2009-10-26T21:40:07+01:002009-10-26T21:40:07+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...here's the pics I took today in Weymouth of one baby seagull and two nearly fully adult ones...there were loads of youngsters all over the place...not keen on seagulls but these were very photogenic...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> I'm about to put some more pics of Weymouth up in the Photography group...Please click on these to see larger images...</p> <p><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/p1010001_copy/4045212" title="P1010001 copy"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/212/4045212_e319fd7e74_m.jpeg" alt="P1010001 copy"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/p1010004_copy/4045214" title="P1010004 copy"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/214/4045214_1b4838ac8b_m.jpeg" alt="P1010004 copy"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/p1010020_copy/4045220" title="P1010020 copy"><img src="http://data6.blog.de/media/220/4045220_411b44dfcf_m.jpeg" alt="P1010020 copy"></a></p> <p>Great big hugs to one and all...</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/26/baby-and-nearly-adult-seagulls-7249456/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-26:/2009/10/26/nice-surprise-7249219/jenray2009-10-26T20:55:04+01:002009-10-26T20:55:04+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...a different post for a change...had a very good night and woke at nearly 9 to beautiful sunshine and 60 degrees in the conservatory and the porch so made a quick decision...we were going out for the day...so had a quick breakfast and then realized we couldn't catch the Weymouth bus until 11.50 so had time to relax before we went for the bus to Poole at 10.45...didn't turn up until 11.05! Never late but today, due to the bridge being rebuilt in Boscombe where it come out of, all the buses are going to up the creek for two months...anyway, that's where we decided to go to today...Weymouth, about 35 miles away...would arrive at 1.15...bit of a draughty journey there as there were windows open but it was on time...what we did notice though was that the nearer we got to our destination, the cloudier it got and two minutes from it, it started to rain...whoopee doo...HLOL...well, got off the bus and decided to find somewhere to eat straightaway, and did find a really nice little cafe where we had a very nice lunch with good coffee too and when we came out, it was a faint drizzle still in the air but ten minutes later it had stopped completely and didn't rain again all the time we were there...decided as it was still cloudy, we'd catch the 4.05 bus back as we wouldn't be home again until past 6 and that is what we did...had a good stroll round the centre of Weymouth, along the harbour and then the sea front and took lots of pics as well...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Loads of baby seagulls around, some still with their baby feathers and others almost with their adult plumage...seems their heads are the last to change...LOL...so lovely white, black and grey body with a brown head...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> Did get home at 6.05 due to the bus driver taking the wrong road as he hadn't driven that route for a year so had to do a circle around again to get back on the right road...LOL...I said to hubby I thought when I heard that they were giving us a new driver as there was a hold up of the bus we were supposed to catch ...'bet he takes a wrong turn'...and lo and behold he did...<img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"> Second time in ten years so not bad going...some panicking passengers though who thought they'd caught the wrong bus...LOL...I had dinner on the table by 6.25 as well and that's pretty good going...but did cheat...hubby had left over sausage and pasta with a rich sauce while I had a duck egg and ham on toast...both of us were well satisfied though as the lunch was quite big...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> So, my lovely friends, that's it...a bit less tedious than my usual posts I hope...I'll put my photos up later as I'm off to watch University Challenge in a minute....<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> hope you all had a very good day, will have a relaxed evening and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/26/nice-surprise-7249219/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-25:/2009/10/25/restless-today-7239877/jenray2009-10-25T12:25:50+01:002009-10-25T12:25:50+01:00 <p>Hi to everybody...had a good night but this fiddling with the time has disturbed me for some reason...got up early because we couldn't sleep any longer, so it's only 11.10 now and usually, I'm just soaking in my bubble bath now but today, we've had breakfast, bathed, had my massage and the rest of the day is ours...<br> I'm feeling that my blogs are getting exceedingly boring for everybody...mainly because Winter is approaching so we're not doing that much and tending to do much the same each day...could discuss all sorts of things here, but really don't feel the urge to do that...my group, Armchair Revolutionaries, I keep for in depth discussions...I may stop blogging here for a while...I feel it's taking a lot of my time up which I should be using to be more creative...but, I have to get over the fact, that I'm almost incapable of simply doing something solely for myself...I can do things for other people, but not just for me...can't see the point in doing that at all...it was why I stopped painting and writing...I find no pleasure in doing something that's going to sit in a cupboard for the rest of my life or take up space in the garage, which is already full of paintings in any case...<br> I could have quite a few years more to live so part of me is telling me, for goodness sake, woman, you can't sit on your arse for the rest of your life!...Find something to do!...but, so far, nothing has come to mind...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> I've tried self-publishing and that was a real failure...tried painting, sculpture, pottery, embroidery, dress designing, knitting....apart from stripping for a living, I can't think of anything left in the creative sphere of life...would have earned more as a stripper than an artist that's for sure...except of course, my shape would have put paid to that...HLOL...always something blocking my way...<img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"><br> Okay, that's it for now, bored you all to death again, but don't be surprised if you don't see me around here for a short while...I need time to think, and I can't do it if I'm directing so much of my energy and time here...Hope you all have a great weekend, are seeing some sunshine, and send great big hugs to you all in the meantime.... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/25/restless-today-7239877/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-24:/2009/10/24/now-the-sun-comes-out-7235689/jenray2009-10-24T15:40:08+02:002009-10-24T15:40:08+02:00 <p>Hi to everybody...would you believe at 2 the rain stopped and now it's a lovely afternoon...that was when the day of Action finished in Bournemouth...really sod's law, but have two lovely loaves and we played as partners on the Wii today for the first time and it was great...in bowls we scored in four games, 243, 208, 211 and then we both got a bit tired and scored 169...so both of us hit a lot of strikes between us and the golf as partners was also excellent...played two nine hole games and the first one was four over par and the second 5 over par and that only because we both messed up the last darn hole again!...LOL...would have been 2 over par for both games...never mind, hubby thoroughly enjoyed playing it this way and so did I...so that's sorted...we'll play this way from now on...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> Hope some of you are seeing sunshine now and will soon if not yet, have a great rest of the day, and send great big hugs to one and all in the meantime... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/24/now-the-sun-comes-out-7235689/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-24:/2009/10/24/oh-what-a-lovely-day-7234516/jenray2009-10-24T11:26:21+02:002009-10-24T11:26:21+02:00 <p>Hi to everybody...had an excellent night, slept through with one break at 7 until 9.50 from 12.30 so must have been really tired last night...woke to pouring rain and still pouring now...damn...can't go to the Action day for Climate Change and there's an anti-war demo in London today led by a British soldier who is refusing to return to Afghanistan after what he has experienced there...<br> Also had the strangest experience during the night...something in my head said as clear as crystal...Susan Gluckstein left this world last night....??? That was some time in the middle of the night, and when I opened my eyes in the morning the first thing on my mind was the same sentence...I've had breakfast and been on the Net and there is a Susan Gluckstein and I think a couple more but so strange...apart from that, nothing strange at all has happened...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> So, my lovely friends, it's bread making, playing on the Wii and just generally pottering about today for us...Have decided to take the competition out of the bowls and golf we play by playing with one player and each of us having a turn...that way we exercise, I don't get completely frustrated because my energy levels drop too quickly and hubby's fine with that idea...at the end of it, we can see which game scored the highest one in bowls, and how well we did on the nine hole golf circuit...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Hope you all have a very restful weekend, somehow doubt you'll see much sun if in the UK today, but keep cheerful for tomorrow is going to be beautiful...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Sending you all great big hugs in the meantime... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/24/oh-what-a-lovely-day-7234516/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-23:/2009/10/23/a-good-shop-today-7229511/jenray2009-10-23T14:30:00+02:002009-10-23T14:30:00+02:00 <p>Hi to everybody...woke to sunshine and a few clouds at 8.45 and got up by 9 to go shopping on the 10.17 bus...and made it there in good time and it was on time again!! Very full of golden oldies so had to go upstairs but a good journey there and did all the shopping, were very careful about checking the list and managed to come home today with everything on it!! HLOL...damn miracle...also picked up my supply of cucumber cleansing milk from the Body Shop so glad about that as I was beginning to react to the other replacement for it...bit like putting Philadelphia cream spread on your face every night but tried another and was very allergic to that one...a real pain when you've got a sensitive skin so just hoping there's nothing new in this batch of cleanser...I was told the only different ingredients in it are the source of them - now they're from the Fair trade scheme so that's fine...<br> Got the bus back too on time and were back home having a coffee by midday...gorgeous afternoon now...bright blue sky and those voluminous white clouds that look lovely...and not cold either...unfortunately, the forecast for tomorrow is dreadful and it's the country wide coming together to support those making an effort to bring in measures to deal with climate change...I just cannot stand for two hours in the rain on the sea front...what a shame and the bad weather is right across the country too...so it's just bread making day tomorrow and then the rest of the day is ours...<br> So, that's it...hubby's hurt his wrist a bit by being too strenuous hitting the ball in the Wii golf so may not play today...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Keep telling him to be more gentle when thwacking it...LOL...do they listen...nah, never...deep sighs...So, my lovely friends, that's definitely it...hope you all have a lovely weekend, will see some sunshine wherever you are and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/23/a-good-shop-today-7229511/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-21:/2009/10/21/nearly-there-7217759/jenray2009-10-21T19:39:33+02:002009-10-21T19:39:33+02:00 <p>Hi to everybody...well, nearly there with fibre-optic network...need the wiring finished and one of large paving stones in front of the house got broken in half so that's being replaced...both will be sorted tomorrow...knew we'd be last on the list! Deep sighs...and LOL...sod's law...ran out of time to finish the job...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_confused.gif" alt=":-/" class="middle" border="0"><br> Catching up now on some of my series that had to be recorded because clashed with some other one or was just too late to watch...saw Dollhouse, episode 2 tonight and Sanctuary, part 2 and darn well missed part 1 because they didn't say it was the start of the new series...hmmm...will check and see if I can find it on Watch again...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> It's typical with the TV...you go through weeks of having barely anything to watch then all of a sudden, there are so many new series you've been waiting for and they all come at once...<img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"> Oh, well, it'll keep me entertained through the cold winter nights...LOL...<br> Hope you all have a relaxed evening and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/21/nearly-there-7217759/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-21:/2009/10/21/success-at-last-lol-7215979/jenray2009-10-21T15:38:18+02:002009-10-21T15:38:18+02:00 <p>Hi to everybody...played bowls and golf this afternoon to try to take my mind off the fibre-optics because time was moving on and ours still wasn't started...and three rounds into the golf they began digging out our front garden to lay it...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Relief!...hubby got really annoyed with me for being so panicky that they weren't going to get around to ours...not really...he just told me off for not letting them get on with the job and stop all my worrying...LOL...won both games today so back on form after discarding sweater to play and both of us had a much better round of golf today...even if we did add to our over par score by four for me and six for hubby on the last perishing hole...it's foul!...you have to hit the ball onto an island and then onto another one where the hole is, and hitting it just right so you don't go into the water or out of bounds is incredible hard...did it with a double bogey, which is tons better than a day or two ago when I was out because I'd run out of goes...LOL...<br> Very nice afternoon still, and not cold today at all...the forecast for tomorrow is mixed but Friday is supposed to be dry which is good news as we're going into Poole for shopping again...that's it for now...hope you're all have a good afternoon, are seeing some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/21/success-at-last-lol-7215979/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-21:/2009/10/21/maybe-at-last-7214801/jenray2009-10-21T12:08:52+02:002009-10-21T12:08:52+02:00 <p>Hi to everybody...had a bit of a disturbed night because it was really warm but slept well otherwise and we were up by 9 to a decent day...and hubby came in with a cup of tea and told me the fibre-optic network men were here in our area...two doors away have had theirs fitted but, so far, there's no mark on ours yet...they've told us they should get round them all today...they'd darned well better after keeping us waiting since last February...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_confused.gif" alt=":-/" class="middle" border="0"> Told them I'd tie them down here until they did it...HLOL...<br> Been shopping in Lidl's and it's much warmer than it has been for days now...the rest of the day is ours now to do with whatever we want...hubby also received in the post this morning a plaque set in resin honouring his 29 years of service to the PO made in China...HLOL...and a catalogue to choose a gift...we think we'll probably get the Apple 4gb IPod and earphones because that will be useful when we go away on our hols...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> There was also a Samsung camera there but it's not much more powerful than mine so will give that a miss...that came as a surprise...hubby wasn't expecting that...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> So, that's it for now...hope you all have a great day, will see some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/21/maybe-at-last-7214801/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:truepathfinder.blog.co.uk,2009-10-20:/2009/10/20/late-today-7207679/jenray2009-10-20T13:07:59+02:002009-10-20T13:07:59+02:00 <p>Hi to everybody...had a very good night and woke to pouring rain and still pouring rain now...set for a couple of days apparently so not going anywhere...LOL...lazed around until l0.30 after breakfast then son phones and another hour disappears...now I've just caught up on a big load of emails...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Nearly lunch time?? Where did the morning go?<br> Nothing else to tell you...one of those days when we'll have our daily exercise on the Wii this afternoon and then do a bit more on the comp and then it's dinner time...LOL...hmmm...must pop out to the shops on Thursday or try Wednesday afternoon and then we're going into Poole on Friday to pick up my cucumber cleansing milk which has finally arrived again with the Body Shop bringing back old favourites...been without it for a month now and miss it after using it for probably thirty years now...<img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Got 12 bottles on order so that I'll have a supply because they're not bringing it back permanently...silly bloody L'Oreal...hopefully, that will take me through until they bring it back again...<br> That's it for now...hope you have a great day, will see some sunshine, and, if not, won't get too gloomy with the boring weather, and send great big hugs to one and all... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/10/20/late-today-7207679/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>