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Waiting for the Gas Man

Tweets for Today

• 08:35 @Documentally feel better soon man, just remember to check for a curly tail ;) #
• 08:48 #allotment rained off at least for now so should it be catching up on tv or trying to finish GTA IV? #
• 10:33 twitpic.com/5cph2 Ah the lure of Liberty City #

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Tweets for Today

• 18:36 Please everybody join with me in a special #followfriday happy birthday wishes to @willkay #
• 18:42 Friday night - check / cold beer - check / week off - check #
• 18:48 And NCIS and Numb3rs is on tonight #
• 20:58 Playing Tiger Wood's PGA 2009 on Playstation3 #
• 22:28 Hmm weather forecast looks a bit suspect for tomorrow. Might have to take a good book to the allotment with me and hide out in the shed #
• 09:00 Weather forecast was wrong so far - lovely sunny morning - now for some weeding #
• 09:03 @thermalsatsuma you might need to email 12sec I had similar problems when I first signed up they tweaked something their end works fine now #
• 11:55 Ok I think three hours of weeding is enough for today. Time for some lunch and then I have asters to plant out at home #allotment #
• 13:14 Batteries recharged with a little lunch now I just need to avoid having a post lunch snooze and get on and do stuff #
• 15:35 @Wossy re bookclub I'm in #
• 15:52 Just seen first baby starling off the year in the garden / inter- starling warfare probably only a few days away #
• 17:44 Baby blackbird on our garden wall. Think he's only just out of the nest. Gonna keep an eye on him for a bit keep cats away #

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Tweets for Today

• 18:19 In the Chinese takeaway waiting for our dinner. I hope what I can smell is what we'll be eating shortly #

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Tweets for Today

• 20:59 Just remembered I'm on leave next week - boiler's being replaced but that means no work! #
• 22:37 My cunning plan to make it rain by watering the allotment seems to have failed. My plants need rain! #
• 07:17 Had to drive to work this morning instead of usual train. I so don't miss driving #
• 16:50 I wish my allotment crops would grow as fast as the weeds #

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Tweets for Today

• 18:07 Thinking of moving our home broadband to BT any advice #
• 19:33 @thermalsatsuma thanks for the advice that's what it looks like on the tin but wanted to see what people really thought #
• 20:53 @Documentally If it's 4WD you're after, I've had Toyotas and they've always been good value #
• 06:58 Deerwatch: a single deer this morning #
• 07:01 Too tired to read this morning so Walkman on 'shuffle all' and has a good playlist (so far at least) #
• 07:04 @thermalsatsuma divisional meeting sounds as bad as the management meeting I've got this morning. May the force be with you. #
• 07:08 Playlist so far: crowded house, the decemberists, Paul Kelly, Eric Clapton #

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Tweets for Today

• 19:12 Disappointing TV tonight, perhaps I should read that flu leaflet and write an ad for a swine buddy #
• 19:21 Did Steve Martin really sink as low as Cheaper by the Dozen? Oh yes I see he did #

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Tweets for Today

• 19:13 Watching the Grand Prix qualifying recorded earlier #
• 10:04 Hot work on the allotment today, have an area of plot to dig over before plants can go in #
• 11:37 Think I've just about finished on allotment for today. Time to relax and watch the grand prix #
• 14:43 Ferrari = donkey #
• 16:29 First time I've turned on the home PC in four days - my blackberry is taking over! #

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Tweets for Today

• 11:12 Watching gadget show #

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Tweets for Today

• 20:37 Watching the garden in the fading daylight - very restful #
• 20:43 Off to watch Numb3rs #
• 20:47 Twitter spammers on rise again I see 5 new "followers" today and only one legit #
• 06:46 Just seen my first swallow of the year. Pretty sure that's quite a bit later than last year, will check later #

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Tweets for Today

• 18:53 @david_hewson perhaps BBC should buy rights to show Swedish version IMO it's better than KB and probably cheaper #
• 18:58 RT @dailycoyote I want a milkmaid outfit. I need to have a lie down #
• 19:18 @wilw draw a picture Wil, draw a picture ;) #
• 08:54 @boingo Yes please on link, would like to give a try just reluctant to set it up if it doesn't work #
• 09:42 The downsides of working from home - noisy builders nextdoor #
• 09:45 and a slow citrix connection for work grr! #

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Tweets for Today

• 21:39 @david_hewson I'd love to have the inspiration and time to blog daily, I think the rule is blog as and when you want and people will read #
• 21:54 @david_hewson you could always read a book #
• 07:26 Grumpy is: going back to work after three day weekend #
• 12:54 Anyone know if boingo wi-fi in beta for blackberry is any good and what uk coverage is like? #

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Tweets for Today

• 19:08 @david_hewson 's backgarden seems to be turning into the set of primeval #
• 19:09 Just finished lovely roast chicken dinner cooked by yours truly with brocolli cauliflower and cabbage from the allotment #
• 20:39 New gardeners tool invented by @tontosgirl. "pug sluggets" :) #
• 21:11 twitpic.com/4i0p5 Decisions, decisions. Any advice twitter? #
• 11:17 twitpic.com/4jcjg Gooseberries already growing fruit #

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Tweets for Today

• 21:50 Pleased to note still two days before I have to go back to work (assuming no pox) #
• 22:06 Watched Robert B Parker's Sea Change starring Tom Selleck. Do recommend, one of the best DVDs that we've watched in a while. #
• 09:14 What started out as a lovely sunny day now looks set to turn to rain just as I arrive on my allotment #
• 12:21 Just wrapping up on allotment for today, taking veggies home for dinner. Rain stayed away so got quite a bit done #
• 13:46 Sitting in conservatory drinking lemonade and checking twitter on my blackberry #
• 16:43 @david_hewson so are you a watership down or airgun kinda guy? #
• 16:46 twitpic.com/4heor Nearly finished my latest book, I'll soon have that "What shall I read next?" dilemma again #
• 16:50 @david_hewson I know how you feel, they are voracious. We have to net everything if we want to eat any of our own veggies #
• 17:15 @thermalsatsuma twitpic.com/4hfyv - Looks like a real nightmare maker ;) #
• 17:23 @willkay better let your finger nails grow a bit then looks like it might be a thriller #
• 17:38 @david_hewson mummy bunny will certainly eat a lot of carrots! #
• 17:53 Book finished / dilemma begins #

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Tweets for Today

• 14:02 Never mind swine flu, looks like I might be in for a dose of chicken pox :( #

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Tweets for Today

• 18:38 @mariarocio that just sounds like an excuse - you're really just a complete bin bird fan at heart aren't you ? #
• 19:55 Thank goodness it's Friday tomorrow' I'm so tired I can barely keep my eyes open to watch Numb3rs #
• 22:20 Should I read a novel or some non-fiction next? #
• 06:08 @willkay you dreaming that aren't you? It's a Fox news nightmare #
• 07:13 @willkay sleep well :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 16:36 All bars of soap in our bathrooms at work have been replaced with anti-bac handwash to prevent swine flu ffs has the world gone mad? #
• 16:57 Think new work soap given me skin condition that's counterproductive #

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Tweets for Today

• 21:43 Spent so long trying to balance my bank account I have no idea what's going on in CSI #
• 22:27 Just been chatting to @willkay #
• 13:35 From My Greenthumbr Journal: Oh Dear! tinyurl.com/czsa5z #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:30 Wide awake but have panda eyes #
• 08:41 12seconds - MOV00110 tiny12.tv/ZD7SC #

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Tweets for Today

• 20:52 It's golf night with tiger woods pga09 #
• 09:39 Recorded a new allotment video for my blog. Will post later, lots of digging to do in the meantime! #
• 09:52 Bugger it's trying to rain #
• 14:20 New post on my blog - a video update from the allotment tinyurl.com/cm7zcc videos about 4 mins long #

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An Allotment Update

For those who have been following my allotment exploits I bring you a video update so you can judge for yourself. I would like to particularly draw Neil h's attention to the contents of the shed.

If you would like to see the "before" versions they can be found in this post, and this post, and this one.

Tweets for Today

• 19:10 The good news: car has clean bill of health. The bad news: bank balance not so healthy #

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Tweets for Today

• 09:27 twitpic.com/3tk0z Why is it whenever you take your car for a service they give you the noddy car? #
• 14:23 No news from the garage about the service on my car, hopefully that's a good thing #
• 15:53 @Girlonatrain only 99 to go then! #

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Tweets for Today

• 18:18 Just noticed the birch tree in our garden is now in full leaf #

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Easter Bird Race

Andrew over at http://www.quicksilverbirds.blogspot.com has been holding an Easter bird race. As we had a not too busy weekend and the weather forecast had predicted that there was going to be quite a bit of rain I didn't think my chance of winning would be very high but it would be a bit of fun.

The rules were simple enough. Count every bird species you come across over the four day weekend and send in your score. Full details and results will be on Andrew's blog. I added an additional rule of my own, I actually had to see the birds, counting bird song didn't count.

As predicted the weather was not great three out of the four days saw quite a bit of rain so my bird counts were mostly restricted to those seen in the garden or when out walking the dog.

My total score is 21, and if I'd not added the rule about bird song it would have been a little higher, but I prefer to see the birds I'm counting. Finally here's my species list:

Dunnock
Crow
Black-Headed Gull
Blackbird
Wood pigeon
Collared dove
Starling
Blue tit
Great tit
Robin
House sparrow
Grey heron
Greater-spotted woodpecker
Magpie
Mute swan
Garden warbler
Goldfinch
Lapwing
Mallard
Coot
Herring gull


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Tweets for Today

• 22:08 Very jealous of @mariarocio and @willkay on their trip to sea world #
• 18:02 @mariarocio You're on :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:58 Deerwatch: 1 deer this morning #
• 15:04 RT @gavingough What's the hottest photography book this century? This is: bit.ly/4WJO Go now and order yours before they sell out. #

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Tweets for Today

• 16:32 Just seen a lady trainspotter - are they rare? #

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Catch-Up

Well it's been a while since we were on holiday and the days of posting nearly every day have waned since we've been home and I've been back at work.

Life goes on.

Back at work, initially in a kind of surreal kind of half-life. Having had such a long time off and having been able to totally relax while we were away it's really quite strange.

The garden birds are pleased to see us back at least. We'd left them out plenty of food but they managed to go through it rapidly. I watched them last night after I got home. I'd just fed them and within moments wood pigeons and starlings arrived and decimated their provisions. The pigeons are quite sedate but the starlings are more enthusiastic. They almost dive into the seed and fling it everywhere. When they're done with what's in the feeder, they drop to the ground and gather up all the seed they've dropped.

It' been two years since we moved house, it doesn't seem like it though. Our boiler is on it's last legs. I'm surprised it's lasted this long to be honest but pleased that it's gotten us through two winters and given us time to save up for it's replacement. They're coming to do that next month.

In gaming news I've been playing Tom Clancy's "HAWX", it was a birthday present. Am quite enjoying it, but seem to have a problem with the ground. I keep flying my plane into it!


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Tweets for Today

• 21:31 Watching heroes #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:46 @thermalsatsuma at the railway station listening to The Road, thanks for the recommendation #
• 06:58 Deerwatch: 3 deer this morning #
• 14:14 @willkay What else did you see at the zoo? #

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Tweets for Today

• 12:27 Just back from the allotment, really warm down there in the sun #
• 13:34 Looking for a good audiobook on audible. Any suggestions? #
• 15:39 @thermalsatsuma thanks have heard of author but never read/listened to, so might give a go #

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Tweets for Today

• 11:54 Watching the grand prix qualifying which I recorded earlier #
• 12:06 @Girlonatrain where you off to? #
• 17:11 @Girlonatrain hey that sounds great. Have a great trip #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:02 Not looking forward to today, it's gonna be chaotic and I prefer order #
• 08:03 @Documentally congratulations :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 10:05 Great Guardian April Fool about Twitter tinyurl.com/cv6z7k #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:01 Deerwatch: 2 deer this morning #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:58 Deerwatch: 6 deer this morning #
• 07:42 @willkay Yes we're now on British Summer Time, although given the air temp was -1 this morning not sure where the summer is yet! #
• 11:05 walkman having a fit today, music being played is different to what the screen says, brings a whole new variety to shuffle play #
• 12:07 Today is slowly going nowhere #
• 16:32 On my way home finally #

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Tweets for Today

• 12:00 @documentally twitpic.com/2hrns - I'll be back #

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Tweets for Today

• 18:48 @mariarocio absolutely not too many spammers out there to follow them all #
• 15:19 @mariarocio sounds like they might be worth blocking #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:58 Deerwatch: 5 deer this morning #
• 13:19 twitpic.com/2dirl I'd rather be walking the dog right now #
• 16:22 The air is full of the ozone smell of the start of a rainstorm #
• 16:34 My blackberry has decided that it doesn't like to twitter, play audio and let me read emails all at the same time #

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Tweets for Today

• 13:46 twitpic.com/2ci0z Sun bathing #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:58 Deerwatch: 3 deer this morning #
• 17:06 twitpic.com/2a4pt @wilw #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:00 Deerwatch: 7 deer today #
• 07:09 Back to work after over 2 weeks off, strangely really looking forward to my first cup of coffee #
• 16:45 Back at work one day and it feels like I've never had a holiday #

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It's Good To Be Home?

After a week away is it good to be home?
Back to clean the car, do some grocery shopping. All those mundane things that are what they are.

So today was car cleaning day and pond cleaning day (only to find the last of our goldfish. Dead with a suspicious, heron peck hole in him).

It is good to be home, the fact that I have a few more days before I have to go back to work is even better, but I think I rather still be on holiday.

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Tweets for Today

• 07:50 twitpic.com/21v6g Last holiday walk along the riverbank #

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Tweets for Today

• 18:02 @mariarocio good luck with your quest for a new nest #

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Holiday Day Six - Last Day

Last day of our holiday today, tomorrow we must return home. It's been a great week, which means heading for home is hard.

I've been bribing myself with the prospects of playing the new PS3 game that I was given for my birthday, but which yet for obvious reasons have yet to take out of the cellophane wrapper. Also the thoughts of seeing what's happened on the allotment and in the garden while we've been away. The fact that we've been to so many gardens this week means that I have lots of ideas for things I might try in both.

So tomorrow we rise early than we have been all week, load the car and set for home, probably relatively slowly though.
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Holiday Day Five

It's strange how the smallest unrelated things can spark a memory.

We visited Trevano gardens yesterday and something I saw there reminded me of something that happened over ten years ago. The same memory was triggered by something else completely unrelated about a week ago. I can't help wonder why that memory in particular keeps resurfacing?

Anyway today is the final full day of our holiday (day six), tomorrow we must make tracks for home, another garden (Trewithen) to see today, and the weather looks good.
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Tweets for Today

• 11:22 twitpic.com/1zyjs Creaky bridge #

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Holiday Day Four

A quieter day today, with probably the best weather of the week so far.

A nice long walk this morning, followed by a nice pub lunch and then a walk around the Cornish coast.

Finally returning to base for a home cooked dinner. Lovely.


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Tweets for Today

• 18:17 twitpic.com/1ykgy The bamboozle #

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Holiday Day Three - Bats & Bamboozle

Every evening when we return around dusk there are several bats flying backwards and forwards across the yard where we park. They're engaged in hunting for their supper but I'm a little surprised to see them as it's still so cold. My guess is they've had such a hard winter that they are about now hunting because they have no choice and without sufficient food they will perish.

In other news I've sent a picture to twitpic of the bamboozle where we spent some time today in amongst the twenty or so metre high bamboo.
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Holiday Day Two

The Japanese Zen Gardens today. Very tranquil and inspirational. In between the hail showers that is!

Something I've learnt about always trying to take a holiday around my birthday, is just how unpredictable the weather can be at this time of year. My motto on these occasions is just to get on with it and ignore the weather. If we waited for the sun to come out we might never do anything.

On planning our trips this week we seem to have programmed a lot of garden visits. This didn't dawn on me until I wrote them all down and realised then that's what we'd planned, fine by me though as really the holiday season has yet to take off so most things are still closed for the winter.
Getting lots of reading (and evidently blogging) done too.

Some photos of todays gardens available via twitter\twitpic, link in my sidebar.
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Tweets for Today

• 23:24 Nice evening out, and so to bed #
• 09:23 twitpic.com/1xgxc On the camel trail again. Still no camels #
• 13:20 twitpic.com/1xjvx Japanese Zen Gardens #
• 13:21 twitpic.com/1xjwk Japanese Zen Garden #
• 13:23 twitpic.com/1xjxd Japanese Zen Garden #
• 13:25 twitpic.com/1xjyd Japanese Zen Garden #
• 13:26 twitpic.com/1xjyv Japanese Zen Garden #

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Tweets for Today

• 14:49 twitpic.com/1wjed Bodmin and boscarn railway #
• 16:51 Oops that last twitpic should have been the Bodmin and Wenford Railway #
• 17:49 @mariarocio yes that is our dog and he's on holiday too #

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Holiday Updates

Will try and post updates by email as well as twitter and twitpics.
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Holiday Day One

First full day of holiday and we're really just settling in.

Went for a nice long walk this morning with the dog, along the Camel Trail. Didn't see any though!

The rest of the holiday looks set to be a round trip of gardens with the occasional bookshop thrown in for good measure, and that suits is fine.

Off to have dinner with my cousin and Saga's newest member this evening. Japanese bonsai garden tomorrow.

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Tweets for Today

• 09:04 Chillin' in costa coffee, waiting for retail stores to open #
• 09:06 People watching #

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Female drivers

This little gem is doing the rounds on email again, worth sharing, unless you happen to be in the video!

Start of a Holiday

I started my holiday yesterday. Just over 2 glorious weeks of no work and on this occasion a self imposed rule of no DIY.

Well that fell by the wayside on the first day. Unfortunately my GF broke our back gate or at least it came off in her hand! When I looked close I could see the gate was fine but the whole frame was rotten. So 2 days later lots of new wood, some screws and some nails later we have a new gate or at least gate frame, I reused the old gate.

So that's my DIY limit for this holiday. I hope!

Back to watching the birds in the garden and relaxing.

Pass another beer.

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Tweets for Today

• 22:28 Been out watching the stars or Orion and the dog star to be precise #

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Tweets for Today

• 18:35 @mariarocio At home for a bit and away in Cornwall for a bit, but no work at all for a bit :) #
• 06:58 Deerwatch: 6 deer this morning #
• 16:44 Deerwatch: 2 deer this evening #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:05 Deerwatch: 17 deer this morning #
• 13:20 Only one more day after today and I'm on holiday #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:58 Deerwatch: 2 deer this morning #

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Tweets for Today

• 14:05 Sitting in garden end enjoying sun whilst dealing with emails #
• 14:27 twitpic.com/1lvwh Dog in garden #
• 16:44 Watching a bumblebee inspecting the blossom on our cherry tree #

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Tweets for Today

• 17:23 Just seen a sparrowhawk fly over the garden at zero feet :) #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:58 Deerwatch: 3 deer this morning #

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I spent quite some time last night on the internet looking at maps. Or perhaps I should say trying to find the right maps to buy for our holiday next month. The problem is Amazon lists them by their title and not their number so despite knowing the reference numbers of the maps I wanted I had no idea what their titles were. Still at a saving of £2.00 a map it was worth the extra effort.

Why new maps? Well when I got my old ones out, to try and follow the directions we've been given to where we're staying I couldn't a couple of the roads described or some of the landmarks. Looking at the copyright dates on the maps they're nearly 20 years old. I would like to be able to find our holiday home on day one, it'll get the holiday off to a good start.
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Tweets for Today

• 17:06 Deerwatch: 4 deer this evening #

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Tweets for Today

• 06:44 Really chilly wind blowing this morning #

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Tweets for Today

• 16:29 Watching ducks swim on waterlogged fields #
• 16:42 Every little brook and stream are full to their banks and more rain is on the way better break out the wellies #
• 16:49 Deerwatch: 2 deer this evening #

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Tweets for Today

• 20:44 Been playing Tiger Woods golf #
• 11:07 Wondering if my sinuses will ever get back to normal #
• 12:19 Thinking of going to Homebase for gardening supplies #

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A Little Bit Of The Cold, White, Wet Stuff

I could easily be wrong because childhood memories are probably not that reliable, but when I was a child I remember us having a week or two of snow at time.

What I don't remember is my school ever shutting and the bus that took me there and back each day used to travel cross country, on narrow country roads and it never got stuck. This isn't what's worrying me though. What concerns me more is the future.

Snow and ice we know about but as our climate changes and things heat up more, what then? We've had a taster and we kinda didn't do too well then either. Remember summer 2003? Record high temperatures? Back then people died from heat exhaustion, trains couldn't run because of buckled tracks.

My point? Well we can't cope with snow, but that'll be less of an issue in the future. The temperatures of summer 2003 will be commonplace within about ten years or so and probably a mild summer by the middle of the century. So perhaps we should think a little more about that than the snow and make the most of the white stuff while we can?
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Fallout 3 (May Contain Spoilers)

I was given this game of a post apocalyptical Washington for Christmas and I've been playing it ever since. Well until last weekend when I completed it.

You don't win, depending on your path you might live or you might die. Along the way you meet mutations both human and animal, some friendly, most not. You choose your own path, good or evil. You explore the incredibly detailed world of this game like something out of a movie or science fiction novel.

If you like adventure games, then I can't recommend Fallout 3 strongly enough.
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Tweets for Today

• 16:43 Deerwatch: 3 deer this evening #

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Tweets for Today

• 09:11 5 Goldfinches in garden, feeding on niger seed, plus a pair of blue tits eyeing up one of the nest boxes - the benefits of being snowed in! #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:21 Why is it the tiniest amount of snow and all of our infrastructure grinds to a halt? We've known all week that it's been gonna snow #
• 07:46 At least someone has a sense of humour - sign on train been changed to "POLAR EXPRESS" #
• 12:16 Having a real snow day beater - a fried egg sandwich #

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Tweets for Today

• 08:50 Contemplating what to do today #

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Tweets for Today

• 13:59 There is a God after all tinyurl.com/aojf6q #
• 15:00 BBC should get loads more viewers to Springwatch now the bearded bully has left #
• 17:39 Trying to put together my birthday wishlist, 'coz I've been told to! #
• 19:28 Playing Tiger Woods PGA09 #

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There Is A God

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/30/bill-oddie-leaves-bbcs-springwatch

Tweets for Today

• 08:05 Argh supposed to be working at home today but computer wont connect to internet #
• 08:09 Fingers crossed a reboot seems to have fixed it #
• 08:59 This would be a real shame if it came to pass tinyurl.com/bnu8k8 #
• 09:51 The joys of home working, just been disturbed by the meter reader #

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Tweets for Today

• 16:49 Deerwatch: 2 deer this evening #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:06 I see that the clear night sky has meant a frost and a sub-zero temp #

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Tweets for Today

• 16:45 Deerwatch: 5 deer this evening #
• 18:02 Big garden birdwatch a bit of a washout. Only 2 blackbirds, 4 starlings, 2 collared doves, 2 wood pigeons and a dunnock to report #

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Tweets for Today

• 10:40 Standing in queue at postal sorting office to pick up post that someone didn't put right amount of stamps on #

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Tweets for Today

• 07:42 Call this a train service? Looks more like a failed piss-up in a brewery #

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Tweets for Today

• 22:31 Here's a new term "Unofficial nature" #

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So Here's An Idea

I've said before that I need to post when the idea hits me or at least reasonably soon afterwards before I forget.

I used to keep a little notebook in my pocket to write ideas down in when they came to me, but back then I was a little prolific with my writing anyway. It struck me yesterday however when I was looking at the Lapwing on the playing field that I really ought to make a note of it, and having only my mobile phone with me sent a twitter. I know that sending a twitter will also (eventually) create a post here, but in twitter's 140 characters that isn't really much to say what I really thought, so hence my idea.

If I twitter something when the idea strikes, I could always come back at a later date, when I have more time and use that to prompt me into writing a post?

Well the whole lapwing sighting was (for me) quite exciting, mostly because I've never seen one on that field before. They're normally reserved for fields or shoreline and not sports pitches in the middle of suburbia. Evidently not. Which reminds me that I've been quite fortunate in the birds that I've seen within yards of my home just recently. Add to the lapwing, buzzard, and grey wagtail (in our back garden) in just the last week, and that's on top of all the extra activity in the garden because it's been so cold it's been quite a week.

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• 09:43 Lapwing on the playing field this morning. First time I've ever seen them there. #

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An Update of Sorts

Well I've not posted properly since the middle of September. Some days I've missed it terribly, others not at all. Put simply the reason for this latest hiatus (and probably most others), is lack of time.

At the moment time is taken up with work, looking after my gf, and doing many of the other things that I would like to sit and write posts about. I'm still down on the allotment, I'm still watching the comings and goings in the garden (today for example it's absolutely teeming in birds (probably because it was so cold last night - the garden sensor on the weather machine got down to -5.8 centigrade)). I still watch telly, read books, and watch films (although we haven't been to the cinema in months). What I don't seem to have the time to do is sit and write about them. For me, I have to post when the inspiration strikes, and this normally means when I don't have the time.

So whilst others are writing their reviews of 2008, and their resolutions for 2009, I'm giving you an explanation of what's not been going on here. Will it get better? Probably not in the short term at least. I've just had nearly two weeks work free and this is the first time I've managed to sit down and post that whole time, the day before I go back to work. I won't make promises, but I can't bring myself to close down the blog altogether either.

In the meantime I wish you all a very belated Happy Christmas, and hope that 2009 treats you well.

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• 16:59 Just discovered that Tontosgirl ate our dinner at lunchtime. She did note there was enough for seconds. I wonder why? #

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• 07:02 Deerwatch: 4 deer this morning #

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• 06:59 Deerwatch: about 10 deer today, difficult to count accurately as they are so far away this morning #

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• 06:58 Deerwatch: 2 deer this morning #

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• 07:00 Deerwatch: Zero deer this morning #

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