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Friday Links

Posted on July 20, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been a week, I’m struggling with a complete lack of common sense in anyone else, my feet being bitten by bugs and unrelated to the bites, one of my toenails falling off. I’m kicking off Friday with … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The constant watering 

Posted on July 12, 2018 by nicdempsey

This week I have been pushed for time, which is why this is going up late on a Thursday, rather than its traditional Wednesday amazing what you can do on a phone during the commute!  We have still not had … Continue reading →

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Early mornings

Posted on June 21, 2018 by nicdempsey

The new job requires early mornings. We hotdesk and the commute is a bit longer than the last one. So at the absolute outside ie to be in the office at 9am, I need to be out of the house … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Hard work

Posted on June 20, 2018 by nicdempsey

Sometimes when you have an allotment, it seems like you work stupidly hard but don’t materially change anything. This week was one of those weeks.We started, Ma at the top of the plot and me at the bottom. Ma weeded, … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany

Posted on June 4, 2018 by nicdempsey

Last week was as predicted, interesting. I don’t like not being competent and I spent Thursday and Friday reminding myself that I’m not expected to know everything on my first two days. The commute has been fine but I need … Continue reading →

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Photo of the week

Posted on April 14, 2018 by nicdempsey

This week’s photo was taken on Monday and about sums it up. The BT Tower vanishing into fog…

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Monday Miscellany

Posted on March 19, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! This weekend there was more snow, winter needs to end soon. I have a cold and didn’t leave the house all weekend. This morning I am going to attempt to get to work, both my usual train routes … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Feed the Birds

Posted on March 7, 2018 by nicdempsey

Due to snow and my bad back the only thing that got done this weekend was filling up the bird feeders and adding to the compost bin and I didn’t even do that, Ma did! Ma had suggested that a … Continue reading →

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Elderberry Syrup

Posted on February 22, 2018 by nicdempsey

I haven’t had a cold since since Christmas, clearly my post Christmas resolution to take vitamins every day is having an effect. I’m aiming to keep it that way by any means necessary and a friend of mine started taking … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve

Posted on December 31, 2017 by nicdempsey

It’s New Year’s Eve and I’m not doing anything. I’ve seen to the godchildren who are 17 today (the passage of time is pretty damn scary!) and we didn’t talk about their father but he was on my mind. And … Continue reading →

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