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What a gorgeous day off!I found two new regular clients for my cleaning today! Woohoo! Then our friend Piano Dave rang us to say he was down near the boat and we arranged to meet up. We gave him some of the tablets that David no longer needs for his prostate- saving Dave some money and giving us a feel-good feeling about helping a friend.Then we wandered down to the sea and found a gorgeous sunny

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Have been cleaning today- hard work when these flats haven't been lived in for around 6 months. But I have decided to buy a new fridge-freezer and washing machine that were in the flats. Bargain! Some of the appliances have been hardly used and are like new. Considering the price we paid for the fridge we have, I though I'd got a good deal.I start work in my new job on Saturday. I have to open a

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This is what happens when a truck approaches a large puddle at speed. A car had tried this earlier and nearly came to a dead-stop. The force of hitting that amount of standing water at speed..... well, I'm glad I stayed in today even if it has been a rather dull day.So to catch up on earlier posts:1. The new Doctor Who? well its a guy called Matt Smith and we will have to wait until next year to

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Woohoo! Someone thinks I am a real person :D that sounds good to me. Catty Cat of Liven, Loven n Laughen for Art nominated me for the Marie Antoinette, Real Person, a Real Award. I haven't won an award for around 5 years for something on the internet! Wonder what I did with the others I had? Never mind!So here is what I have to do:Here are the rules for the award: 1. Put the picture of Marie

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Hurrah!Sir Terry Pratchett has been knighted for his services to literature.Just a short post today as I am excited- some of us have been reading his books since 1988- its about time he got some recognition for being one of the best selling authors ever! At one time, one in every ten books sold by WHSmiths was written by him. The Discworld series is amazing, rich and full of detail with a wry

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Welcome to 2009! Here's to hoping it's an excellent year all round!I got my art supplies out today and made a mess! No, only kidding, I was trying to make a home-made glaze using PVA, acrylic medium and varnish with water. Only, it wasn't varnish, it was actually enamel. And did you know that when the above ingredients are mixed together, it thickens where you'd think it would stay thin. Hey ho!

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This boat set out from Cyprus on Monday, loaded with 4 tonnes of medical supplies to help the people of the Gaza strip. Yesterday, this boat was rammed by the Israeli Navy and had to dock in Lebanon. Luckily no-one on board was injured, but the supplies on board the boat are now needing an alternative method of transport to allow them to reach the area where they are needed.People on board the

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So we went shopping today and tried a new (to us) fruit and veg store in town. Cool place- they have lots of stuff there- all local fruit and veg, meat, deli counter and plenty of tinned stuff. Just picked up essentials- tons of veg! They had some B grade stuff- which is fine for us, most of it gets cooked in stews, curries and soups this time of year.Kinky carrot featured here- male or female?

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Here's something that makes me laugh every time I see it. It just does ok! Quite appropriate too as the first few Christmas cards we received this year showed penguins.So today we finally got some mail- only been 10 days since the last lot was delivered. Not bad eh?! I received some more of the RAK packages that were sent early December! Hurrah they are still coming through and all those lovely

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Near to us there is an abandoned house- well, the concrete skeleton of one.If you take the turning beside it, you get down to the sea- eventually- after you pass a huge amount of dumped rubbish which was recently set on fire and ebbs and flows as various people try to clean it up or dump yet more fridges, pieces of old concrete and glass. The bamboo is growing back along the sides of the 'stream'

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Here we are sitting in the blazing (ish) sun- with tourists visible in shorts and t-shirts. What a beautiful day, just a whisper of movement in the air, the sea like a mirror showing the deep blue of the sky.And 50 miles away from us? Yes there is snow on Mount Olympus and in Troodos village- this is todays latest shot. Apparently the roads have been packed with people rushing to see the snow-

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post more often in this thing- guess what is going to be on my list of New Years Resolutions?1. Be positive2. Update site and blog more often3. Art moreI'm sure the list will grow, but this will do for now :)

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I've just seen a very funny post on a blog that goes by the name of Old Prof. You have to read his website, it's a very wry view of his world. He has an article up about the Seven Wonders- his take on it (I hope he doesn't mind me copying this.... )Since I am now 85 years old I feel qualified to offer my own personal list of the Seven Wonders of Old Age. These wonders are How, Why, Where, If,

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Just a short note to let people know we are now online. Keep clicking for more news!

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Have a look at some of my art works! tell me what you think- and remember the size of them- if you want one, make me one for a trade!

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ATCs

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Okay, so I got another blog to post in- find it here somewhere as Boatbird....

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Artist Trading Cards.... miniature works of art in any media with only two rules1. The size- they must be 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches (64 by 89 mm)- standard trading card size2. They must be Traded not sold!If you want one, you have to make one to swap it for!See more on my website http://www.dragonflyriver.com (coming soon -ATC section in the gallery!)

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And not what I've normally been doing either! I've been making art rather than appearing in it! I've joined the world of ATCards.com and been having fun swapping ATC's!!!!!!!!An ATC is 2.5 by 3.5 inches (64 by 89 mm) and has to be traded with someone else- apart from the ones I really like (obviously!)... so, I've been sending and receiving art works from all over the world! USA, Canada, England,

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What am I doing? Getting into making ATC's that's what! For more explanation please wait!

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Ah well. As Boatbird seems to have taken over in the on-line world, I thought it about time she got her own blog...(and no, I don't have problems, I'm a Gemini. 'Nuff said.)So, here is the Boatbird side of the things!

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Well, I've been having lots of fun on-line recently. I've joined Swap-Bot and met some truly fantastic people and made some new friends. I've found people I went to school with on Facebook.I've sent loads of emails and letters and postcards. And had tons of fun doing it!

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60 today!On another topic, I paid for some hosting today for my website having got fed up of wiserhosting.com. I am going with cheapdomains.uk.com where I bought my domain name from- and I am getting 1Gb of space for the same price David is paying for 150Mb.....I do miss him

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Dad's birthday tomorrow (60!!!) so here I am freezing everything off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I don't think I could cope with living here anymore- it's so damn busy, noisy, dirty and cold above everything! The shops are too big, everything is way too expensive and I can't mentally cope with the amount of choice in the supermarkets...Missing David isn't fun either :-(

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But panic not! It is having a server change and will be back online soon.... I hope!

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You ever had one of those days? Where nothing seemed to go right?Yup, today was my day...Was asked to work today to cover the manager so she could have the day to spend with friends from the UK. Not a problem!This morning the internet connection died- as I'm at an internet cafe, this was pretty important so I contacted Cyta. Wasn't anything I could deal with so I *had* to call S. Didn't want to

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A sad end for a fine boat. I have some of her service history if anyone is interested, please get in touch. She was sold out of service and the rumour was, she was used for smuggling which caused her to be shot (hence the hole in the side) and was taken out of the water to rot and go to ruin in a backyard in Limassol. Such a waste- but good to see that the engines etc might have found a home

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I'd forgotten I had this blog! Honestly!

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Weird?This guy is just the BEST! And this song, well, words fail me! Song for you!Wonderful?A weekend away at Oakleaf. To meet some of the guys and gals try this.... An Fianna- a seriously Pagan flavoured website...See you all soon!And one of these damn days I shall learn to write HTML so that the damn links work (sorry)......

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Welcome to the Drunk Dragonfly (more on the name later!). This is the first posting from a (at the moment) sober Dragonfly who is about to go to work... Lets see what we can find to talk about today!

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Tonight, audience, I shall be drinking Sherry!! And no, that doesn't make me a wrinkly, grey-haired old woman. It makes me someone with a very sweet tooth and an awareness that sherry is good for you :-)

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