Fleur

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I forgot, I think

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (160952) • United States 17 Dec

It occurred to me this morning that I do not remember putting stamps on my most recent batch of Christmas cards. I do not know if they will send them back to me or deliver them and ask for postage. I believe only two of them...

december 2024

stamps

appointments

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Fleur It's easily done! I don't know what happens there; here they normally deliver mail with a charge to pay, but at Christmas they often let some through anyway.

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TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317242) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 17 Dec

I wrote this this morning and wanted to share this with you as we enter the last week before Christmas. TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS Twas the week before Christmas and all through the house, unwrapped gifts lay stacked with...

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Fleur How true. I hope you are able to take time to ponder the wonder of Christmas.

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We're Midway Through December

MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (83118) • United States 16 Dec

Happy Monday Everyone! what a yucky weather day. Started with snow during the night, changed to wintry mix, mid morning changed to rain and now it's lightly raining and foggy. I think the only thing we won't see today is the sun....

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Fleur As usual I am way behind with Christmassy stuff!

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Yet another school shooting. But hey at least we have the 2A right?

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (120119) • United States 16 Dec

This is insane. This is sick. This is horrific. And this is normal in America because this country has a disgusting fetish with guns. The 2nd Amendment was written over 200 years ago when there were no such things as...

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Fleur It's become so normal, we just go 'Oh another school shooting, what else is new?'

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Wait...You Actually CAN Make a Rubber Band Sound Good???

Jim Bauer @porwest (92589) • United States 16 Dec

It has been a long standing joke with me that if a guy really knows how to play guitar, he could play with rubber bands and make them sound good. In my references I have mentioned guys like Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Eric...

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Fleur Interesting approach!

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Too Much Sn*w on the Live Cams

Four Walls @FourWalls (69004) • United States 16 Dec

Ick. Everywhere I look on live cams on YouTube there’s sn*w. The Brownsville, Maine deer pantry just started feeding the wild deer today (apparently there’s a law in Maine that you can’t feed them until after December 15); and,...

robbies tarpon feeding

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Fleur I had no idea there were so many live webcams where you can watch essentially nothing happening

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Sometimes I Could Strangle My Sister

Jim Bauer @porwest (92589) • United States 16 Dec

Sometimes the nonchalance my sister and brother-in-law have about throwing food away just really gets under my skin. Not only is it ignorant, in my opinion of course, and I don't mean that in a mean way, to throw food away, it's a...

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Fleur I'm completely with you on this. We never throw anything edible away. There is always some way to make it into something interesting. For example in the past I've been given left-over sandwiches from a party and I used them to make a savoury bread-and-butter...

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Knowing your Grandparents.

Judy Story @jstory07 (139951) • Roseburg, Oregon 12 Dec

I did not meet my grandparents until I was 15 years old. I was never really close to them. There was one that was really nice and always had candy in a candy bowl for us. Also he was nice and was a carpenter and made toys for my...

grandparents grandchildren

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Fleur I only ever knew one of my grandparents, my father's mother. All the others had already died before I was born. Similarly my eldest daughter ('Big One') met my parents, but my mother died when she was five and my father when she was eight (and 'Little One'...

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One of those nights I think.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (71763) • Daytona Beach, Florida 13 Dec

George fell asleep on the couch at least an hour or two ago. I can't really go to bed until he does, because he needs his tube flushed and help getting into bed should he choose to go. I can't let myself go to sleep in case he...

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Fleur Oh dear it's awkward when you have to wait for someone like that. I hope you both got to bed before it was to late!

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Another brass band story

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342071) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec

It seems few remembered my story about conducting the brass band so perhaps you’ve forgotten or haven’t heard this one either. I hadn’t been in the band long when we had to play for Anzac Day. This involved marching. I had...

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Fleur OK now you will have to explain what you mean by 'take your dressing'

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Cybertrucks are absurd

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (120119) • United States 10 Dec

Not only are Elmo's electric trucks fugly but they completely suck. There were reports of them not starting and rusting like immediately after Tesla started delivering them. Now we have tons of videos of them absolutely completely...

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Fleur I had never even heard of those. Looked at their own page and it says 'Built for any planet' LOL

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Crows at Solitaire

Always smiling @allknowing (137753) • India 10 Dec

There are not many crows I see here these days Somehow I have liked crows. They are naughty and know exactly how to carry on in life rather independently. I remember those days as a kid how they would watch and then quickly...

crows at solitaire

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Fleur What has happened to them all?

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12/10/24 - Meals & News

LindaOH @LindaOHio (181642) • United States 11 Dec

100 days until spring. First of all, I had something happen ala @NJChicaa. As you know, she has been receiving gifts from an anonymous person. I received two chocolate oranges -- one in milk chocolate and one in dark chocolate....

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Fleur Gosh that sounds like a busy time. I haven't even started on Christmas cards yet either!

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A sweet memory about our wee one

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (41744) • United States 10 Dec

I've written previously about our grandson Nathan and how his mama, Rachel died of a sudden heart attack when he was almost two. Yesterday Dale and I watched some home movies that were converted from old tapes to digital format....

sweet memories

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Fleur That's such a bittersweet memory.

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A new addition to my baking skills

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342071) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Dec

Vince cooks almost all our meals but I have a few things that I make/bake. A couple of weeks ago, I remembered that I used to make a loaf cake that my father liked. You soak bran flakes/cereal in milk and add sultanas and some...

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Fleur It looks good! I do like fruity things

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Song inspired question

Jessica @JESSY3236 (20046) • United States 3 Dec

I have been watching the show From and they have an addicting theme show at the beginning of the show. It get stuck in my head for days. The song is called Que Sera Sera. The song was originally sing by Doris Day in the Hitchcock...

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Fleur We think we want to know the future, but of course we hope it will be all good. If we knew bad things were coming would that be worse than just getting the bad news as a shock?

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The Cell

Jessica @JESSY3236 (20046) • United States 10 Dec

I rewatched The Cell. It's not the Stephen King movie. It was made in 2000. I had seen it with my mother back then. I wanted to rewatch it because I found out that there is a sequel. But it doesn't really sound like they are...

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Fleur I remember this, I saw it at the time and thought it was really good. The cinematography made a particular impression.

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My latest plant purchase

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342071) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Dec

Several years ago, we bought an Albany woolly bush (Adenanthos sericeus) to use as a Christmas tree. It survived for a while but died later when we transferred it outside. We’ve now bought another one and planted it in a big pot...

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Fleur As soon as I saw the picture I thought 'Christmas tree!' What time of year does it flower?

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Beetroot

Always smiling @allknowing (137753) • India 6 Dec

Never under estimate the goodness of beetroot It has everything that is required to keep one healtyh be it your heart, liver, bones. I must get back to eating beetroot. I used to pressure cook it, grate it and eat it every day....

beetroot

goodness of beetroot

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Fleur Apparently it can improve muscle performance too. We like roasted beetroot, and beetroot soup. And pickled beetroot as well.

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Door Knockers

celticeagle @celticeagle (168269) • Boise, Idaho 6 Dec

In years gone by door knockers were fashioned with care because they often indicated the wealth and status of the household. Many have symbolic meanings such as good luck or even protection. The bumblebee door knocker symbolizes...

victorian era

estate sales

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Fleur We had a door knocker at our last house but it was just a plain one. Here the front door is mostly glass, so not space for one. Like you I like spotting interesting knockers and other 'door furniture' as it's called! I really fancy one of those old-fashioned...

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