Fleur

@Fleura (35437)

United Kingdom

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Never a dull moment around here!

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 9h

I wrote last year about my friend Emilia and her adventures. They moved to Scotland a year ago. Now the school term has ended in Scotland so they have all decamped back down here for a spell, staying in their old house along with...

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Disaster!

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 29 Jun

The magpies have found the nest Mrs Mallard had chosen an excellent place to make her nest, very well hidden and difficult to get to, concealed under a sedge plant at the edge of the pond. And when she’s sitting...

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This is getting silly

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 28 Jun

As I’ve mentioned before, we have an Italian couple currently lodging with us. They have the loft room at the top of the house, which is a decent-sized double room with ensuite shower room. And of course they can use the other...

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American signal crayfish

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 25 Jun

I promised to write about this topic ages ago and then didn’t because I couldn’t find the photo I was sure I had to go with it. I think something @DianneN wrote about prompted me to say I would write this. Still can't find the...

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Do you ever do experiments at home?

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 24 Jun

Have you ever tested out some idea experimentally? Maybe you were told something or read about something and thought ‘Is that really true?’ and decided to test it out? I do every now and then when I really want to find out...

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I've decided to enjoy it!

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 24 Jun

Many times I have heard or read people saying that childhood memories are always filled with long, hot summer days, and those days never seem to happen any more. Well they’re happening now, but attitudes have changed – we now...

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Peanut recipes

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 23 Jun

With my haul of free peanut butter I had to decide what to do with it. I decided I would use it for cooking since I don’t know for sure whether the person may have eaten some directly from the jar with a spoon, for example, so I...

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Free food!

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 23 Jun

As I’m sure you know, I’m a keen user of ‘Freegle’, whereby people can offer things they no longer want for someone else to take away, or ask for things someone else may have going spare. Since I joined in 2003 I have given and...

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Well that was easy!

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 22 Jun

My friend came round on Saturday evening to share a gin and tonic in the garden and just have a bit of a catch-up. She mentioned that she had a plumbing problem. The water seemed to be slow draining from the washbasin in her...

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Something you don’t see every day

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 22 Jun

As I was walking over to my friend’s house I saw an unusual sight – a woman taking her tortoise for a walk. I paused on my way past and said ‘That’s something you don’t see every day!’ and she replied ‘Makes you think you must...

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Time for an early night!

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 21 Jun

I don’t know whether it’s just the time of year, the warmth or what, but I have been waking up too early recently. Basically at around 5 am every day for the past week. Last night (this morning really) I only went to bed at 12:30...

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Why do they always close early?

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 21 Jun

These days almost all visitor attractions have a gift shop and a café. Obviously a great money-making opportunity and no doubt appreciated by many visitors. But without exception in my experience, the café always closes half an...

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They are everywhere!

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 20 Jun

Our Italian lodger (let’s call her Paola) asked me a while ago whether Malva plants grew here. In this country plants of the genus ‘Malva’ are known as Mallow, for example common mallow, musk mallow, and marsh mallow (originally...

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Back from the brink

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 19 Jun

Red Kites (large birds of prey, generally scavengers) were once very common in the UK, but in the 18th and 19th centuries they were persecuted until only a few remained. In the 1980s and 90s keen bird watchers would travel to...

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So many questions!

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 18 Jun

Mrs Mallard is being very patient, sitting on her eggs day after day. Mr Mallard left as soon as his necessary contribution was finished, so she’s all alone in her little hideaway. Such an ordinary scene which has been repeated...

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The drawbacks of working outdoors

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 17 Jun

Of course there are some drawbacks of working in the garden. If it rains, for example, I’m only under the leaves of the grapevine which cast pleasant shade but don’t keep off the rain. Then there are gusts of wind which are a...

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Working outdoors

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 17 Jun

I love to be outside. On a nice day if something keeps me indoors I’m constantly looking out of the window wishing I was out there. Well the joy of working at home on my laptop is that I can often be out there even when I have...

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Lark Rise to Candleford

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 16 Jun

I recently read the book ‘Lark Rise to Candleford’ by Flora Thompson. It has been on my shelf for some years and I inherited it from my Dad. It was originally published in three parts in1939 to 1943. I really enjoyed it – but...

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Gluten-free baking

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 15 Jun

On Saturday I decided to do some baking, it was a while since we last had any peanut butter cookies and I really fancied some. I was wondering whether to make them with the gluten free flour; the problem was I couldn’t be sure...

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I tried yoga today!

Fleur @Fleura (35437) • United Kingdom 15 Jun

Over the years a few people have told me they go to yoga sessions and find them beneficial, and I’ve kind of thought about it but never been able to bring myself to go. But more recently I have met two women, on separate...

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