Fleur

@Fleura (30541)

United Kingdom

Joined myLot 9 years ago

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Christmas wreath making

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 20 Dec

A couple of years ago a friend and I had gathered some stuff from the garden and were having a go at making a Christmas wreath, while her two girls played with mine. And then another mutual friend happened to call round with her...

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I’ve not quite got the hang of this yet.

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 16 Dec

We have a friend of a friend, and his wife, lodging with us at the moment and she has coeliac disease. Most of the time they cook their own meals but it’s nice to be able to share things now and then. I actually had a bag of...

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Have you tried Ethiopian food?

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 11 Dec

On a day out with a friend recently we looked around for an interesting place to eat, and found an Ethiopian restaurant. Not having tried Ethiopian food before we decided to give it a go, and opted for one of the sharing platters...

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The smallest thing I got through Freegle

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 6 Dec

I’ve often mentioned Freegle, one of the best endeavours in my opinion, where people can offer up any thing they no longer want that someone else could find useful, or ask for something that someone else may have going spare. I...

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Death isn’t always the worst that can happen

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 4 Dec

Sometimes you read a book that you will never forget. One of those is ‘Touching the Void’ by Joe Simpson – if you like adventure stories or have an interest in mountaineering I recommend this, although it is several years old by...

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Anyone know what this is?

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 3 Dec

When I’m out and about, if I see some litter and I have time, I pick it up and dispose of it. Luckily things are not usually too bad around the village, but people do drop food wrappers or drinks cans here and there. But...

litter

mystery

unidentified

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What a complete fiasco!

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 29 Nov

I might have mentioned before that I have been volunteering with the Volunteer Driver Service – providing low-cost transport for people to get to medical appointments etc. Drivers do get a mileage reimbursement for fuel but we...

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Scammers are like squirrels!

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 28 Nov

Yesterday I received this email: Hello pervert, I've sent this message from your Microsoft account. I want to inform you about a very bad situation for you. However, you can benefit from it, if you will act wisely. Have you...

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Guess who I met recently!

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 27 Nov

Well OK, I don’t expect you will… I was invited to a party by a friend. This is a woman I have been getting together with to play music; we haven’t known each other long and don’t have any other friends in common and I hadn’t met...

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Trying different cuisines

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 25 Nov

One of the novelties of going on holiday is getting to eat meals out, something we virtually never do otherwise. And our trip to Paris was a great opportunity. Little One is rather a fussy eater, she has certain favourites and is...

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Who here has written a book?

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 21 Nov

I know at least one or two MyLotters have also written other things. Now I’m wondering how many members have written a book? And was it published – if so how, where and by whom? Did you send the manuscript to a publisher in the...

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So reliant on the internet!

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 20 Nov

This week I am away in Wales, and overnight we got 5 inches of snow so given that I am at the end of a narrow stony track you can imagine I’m not going anywhere. I have some jobs to do, but many of them are outdoor jobs which are...

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An incentive to learn!

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 15 Nov

All the exhibits at the Musee du Quai Branly were labelled in both French and English (no other languages, rather oddly), but in most cases there was also a paragraph of further information in French only, so we tested our...

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Divide and conquer!

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 15 Nov

Sometimes it isn’t easy to try to please everyone. Most of the time on our Paris trip we tried to do things together, but one day we decided to split into two groups. My partner and Little One wanted to go up the Eiffel tower, but...

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Can you be too grateful?

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 14 Nov

This is a rhetorical question really because yes, In my opinion I think you can. As I’ve mentioned before I sometimes drive people to medical appointments and the like, for the Volunteer Driver Service. Of course it’s nice when...

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Fascinating geology

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 13 Nov

On one of our days in Paris we visited the geology section of the Natural History Museum. The Natural History Museum encompasses several separate buildings as well as the botanic garden, menagerie and various other sites. We...

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Sticky mouse traps.

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 12 Nov

A post by @LindaOHio just brought this to mind. Years ago when I lived in the USA, I had an office desk next to a doctor and we were friendly, she used to tell me about the goings-on in her family life etc. Once she told me that...

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He’s such a pessimist!

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 11 Nov

My partner is an irredeemable pessimist. It has taken me years to really realise quite how bad he is, but our latest holiday really illustrated this attribute perfectly! He organised the bookings and had trouble finding any...

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The start of our Paris trip

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 11 Nov

The train tickets were all arranged. The accommodation was booked. On the day of travel we actually managed to leave the house in time - something of a miracle for us, although it was helped by having booked a taxi to pick us up –...

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A trip to grey Paris

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 9 Nov

Last week was half term and since we haven’t been out of the country (apart from to Jersey, which doesn’t really count) since 2019 I fancied going somewhere a bit different. However we are trying to avoid flying, with its massive...

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