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jaishankar @Shivram59 (50264) • India 10 Jun

I've just recieved a call from a friend in the village. He fell down from a tree a few hours back and has broken his hand. His father wants me to take him to the hospital by my car. . .it is an odd time. If I go to the village by...

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Resuming Early Morning Walk

jaishankar @Shivram59 (50264) • India 14 Feb

From tomorrow I'll resume my early morning walk to the jungle again. One of my friends from a village has informed me that the wild elephants have left the jungle After talking to him, I called another friend from another...

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Waking up in a village

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 27 Nov

There are some moments I have to admit really soothe my soul. From warm quiet sunsets in my to the chilly morning sunrises enlivened by chirping of birds here and there and crowing of cocks. I like to experience this every day as...

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From My Friend's Village

jaishankar @Shivram59 (50264) • India 5 Nov

I'm at my friend's village. He and his family is so glad to have me to join the wedding. When I arrived here, he and his parents along with his sister were standing in front of their house to welcome me. His parents blessed...

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A Night At His Village

jaishankar @Shivram59 (50264) • India 2 Nov

My friend has invited me to participate in his sister's wedding. The wedding is going to take place on Wednesday. I would have to cross a jungle to reach his village. His village is around 20 kms from my town. If I leave for his...

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If you could live anywhere ……where would it be ?

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11413) • United Kingdom 7 Oct

I have been thinking a lot about retiring . Until recently in this country women retired at 60. Don’t tell anyone but I will be 60 in January ….. “Oh no ! “ I hear you cry “ but you look far too young ! “ Well, thank you, but it...

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Attended the Village Assembly

ARIES1973 @ARIES1973 (11944) • Legaspi, Philippines 15 Jun

The law requires that all villages in the country should conduct village assembly at least twice in a year. It was supposedly scheduled during March and October. But because of the recent conduct of local elections last May, I...

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Village-mates weaverbirds

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 14 Jun

These are weaverbirds in a home of one of my village mates. Their nests have really increased now that we have maize a lot of maturing maize around the village. I like to visit his home to have a nice view of how they live as a...

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A new poster for the clubhouse

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382324) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Apr 25

Our clubhouse has a notice-board which was inside the building but, unless you had your entry card with you, you couldn’t access it. It’s now been moved under the entryway on the outside which has left a big space on the inner...

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Bet you can't find my little vagrant

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382324) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Apr 25

I wrote about the little weed/flower that has pushed its way up between the paving slabs at our house. I took a photo of the area to show the scale. I bet you’re battling to find the plant, aren’t you? It’s about in the middle...

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If give a second chance, what would you be glad to be?

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 18 Mar 25

As a boy, I used to admire priests and nuns so much. I would go to church very early to just watch the priest’s procession into the church or see the nuns file into the church in their always clean clothing and holy smiles. I even...

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More Lego for you to enjoy

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382324) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Jan 25

Having shown you my niece’s Lego model of the Eiffel Tower, I thought you might like to see some of her other Lego creations. This shows part of a street scene set up on top of a dresser. I think the units were probably bought...

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Our first Christmas gifts

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382324) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Dec 24

We had our annual Christmas dinner at the clubhouse last night. The Social Committee did a wonderful job of catering for around 150 people. There was a choice of ham, turkey or pork with all the trimmings and a choice of Christmas...

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In some of the resorts the adjacent lands include farmlands

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23251) 8 Aug 24

In some of the resorts the amenities are created in the middle of farmlands. The farmlands already look green. There is a kind of village life and countryside created in the farmlands. The travellers can have the feel of life of...

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Our village may hold a garage/yard sale

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382324) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Feb 24

When we moved, we had to do a lot of decluttering. Now we’re been here three years there are still some items that I don’t really need. I’ve been thinking that the residents in the village should hold a combined garage/yard sale...

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Risotto for lunch - what's not to like?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382324) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Nov 23

Yesterday, the development company that created our village held a farewell luncheon. Now that all the houses have been sold, control will pass to a Board of Management made up of residents. We were greeted at the door with...

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I'm repotting our rose bushes

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382324) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Sep 23

When we first moved to this lifestyle village, we bought some cement troughs to go along the front fence. We put rose bushes in three of them and they did really well for several years. But they’ve been struggling a bit lately. We...

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Field Trip Tomorrow

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 4 May 23

Tomorrow, Friday, 5/5, I am taking my class on a field trip to a local historic village of sorts. The "village" we are visiting never existed. It is a collection of buildings that have been moved to the park to create a simulated...

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Morning in the countryside.

Ilham @Ilham24 (5) 28 Aug 22

Natural and beautiful scenery, birds chirping can still be heard, and a breath of fresh air in the morning. Perfect place to meditate. sometimes we need to relax our mind. And now I want to know how you guys relax your mind?

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Once again rain on our village

Zulfaqar Khan @Zufaqar1 (244) 13 Jul 22

It is said that rain is the greatest mercy of Allah. Nowadays, monsoon rains are continuing all over Pakistan. There is destruction in many places but it is also true that this year the heat is also very severe. The problem of...

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