Fleur

@Fleura (31006)

United Kingdom

Joined myLot 10 years ago

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Cocoa pods

Always smiling @allknowing (140557) • India 12 Feb

There was a time the Government of India restricted growing cocoa as there was surplus and there was no market. I had the occasion to visit a cocoa plantation and they explained to us the entire process of planting cocoa and...

cocoa pods

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Fleur I think the market for chocolate seems to be increasing all the time! Lovely to see the pods actually growing!

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I'm very, very, very, veeeeeeryyyy late but happy new month!

Mildred Tabitha @mildredtabitha (16201) • Nairobi, Kenya 9 Feb

I miss so much being active on mylot and I miss you all. I ate some sweet potatoes this evening. What did you eat today? Church was nice today. It was sunny. Did you go to church? I just want to wish you a happy February. I...

february 2025 conference

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Fleur Hello, good to see you! Will you be attending the conference?

13 Feb

No Appetite Tonight

lilacskies @lilacskies (2667) • United States 13 Feb

I started feeling under the weather around 5pm and my energy completely took a nosedive. I have been stuck in bed since and have been recuperating. My energy is depleted. I am having sharp pains in my chest cavity due to pleurisy....

sick

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Fleur Oh no, I'm so sorry. I hope you get over it

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Tending neglected graves far from anywhere

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346007) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Feb

Kununurra is an isolated town in Western Australia. It’s 3,000km (1,889 mi) north of Perth and approximately 45 kms (28 mi) from the Northern Territory border. It’s at the far north-eastern end of what’s known as the Kimberley...

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Fleur That is such a lovely thing to do. It can be much more of a problem now that families tend to move around more. Although having said that my own great-grandmother is buried somewhere in Calcutta!

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My Little Corner

Juliaacv @Juliaacv (52180) • Canada 13 Feb

Good morning from my little corner of the world. And being in Canada, my little corner is not as covered in snow as many would like to believe it is. The storm yesterday only dumped a few inches on us, maybe 3 and of course in...

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Fleur it's mild here but grey and dull. Glad you didn't get much snow but I expect you could do without freezing rain! I think we are all looking forward to spring. Here are some snowdrops to cheer you up

13 Feb

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Three things

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (48483) • St. Catharines, Ontario 11 Feb

Three things didn't go as planned today. 1) The bank machine wouldn't let me deposit my "pay" from Survey Savvy. It even crumpled up the cheque and spit it out. The only thing we could figure out was that it was from an American...

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Fleur Annoying things, but at least they were fairly minor. Glad you got some sunshine!

12 Feb

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This nature I say!!

Always smiling @allknowing (140557) • India 11 Feb

Our Cinnamon tree is in full bloom this part of the year It normally blooms around Christmas. I associate its aroma with Christmas The scent - pretty stro ng - permeates all around that part of the year. And then there is...

nature has gone bonkers

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Fleur It's interesting for us to see those trees growing.

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Storage Wars

Judy Story @jstory07 (141712) • Roseburg, Oregon 11 Feb

We are streaming storage wars. We watched a lot of the new ones. But none of the old ones. My husband and I went a couple of years ago to some storage locker auctions. And there was nothing good in any of those lockers. It...

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Fleur What kind of things were in the lockers?

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Free Food Is Good Food

lilacskies @lilacskies (2667) • United States 11 Feb

I don't know about you, but I love free food and will happily accept it if there is an opportunity to do so. Takeout and eating out cost a lot and every debit card charge adds up fast. In a blink, a $20 meal turns into $500 plus a...

free food

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Fleur Oh yes free food is good, and good free food is of course the best!

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My Childish Brother

lilacskies @lilacskies (2667) • United States 9 Feb

My big brother, my only sibling at that, is so childish. Even though he is ten years older than me and is a 38 year old man with a wife and two kids, he acts like he is still 18 years old. Sleeked back hair using mousse, leather...

brother

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Fleur You can't change people, and if you try you just end up pushing them away. If he's been married for 15 years already and his family love him the way he is, then just leave them to it!

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Tracking My Discretionary Expenses

lilacskies @lilacskies (2667) • United States 10 Feb

I sat down today and properly did some accounting for the last five years since I moved in with my parents. I put away the necessary expenses to the side because that has already been properly tracked every year, but I was...

expenses

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Fleur Wow that's amazing. I think I'm pretty careful with money but I couldn't be that frugal!

11 Feb

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Hello

lilacskies @lilacskies (2667) • United States 9 Feb

Hello there! I just joined today. I am trying to settle in by looking around the website, liking posts, adding comments, etc. Trying to get a feel of the site. I am liking it so far. It's really nice and peaceful here. Lol! I...

first post

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Fleur Hello and welcome! I hope you will feel comfortable here. We just like to chat about this and that. You can tell us more about yourself in your posts, if you want to

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Here's the Thing About Life

celticeagle @celticeagle (171195) • Boise, Idaho 10 Feb

If you fall down how does your family, friends react? Do they laugh and make jokes? If they do you are still young. But, if they run up to you with their eyes wide and asking if you are okay-- you're old.

family

friends

life

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Fleur Either way I would prefer it if they would politely just carry on doing whatever they were doing and pretend they hadn't noticed me making a fool of myself!

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Extra Shopping Day

Eva James @wolfgirl569 (111414) • Marion, Ohio 10 Feb

But this one is mostly for fun. I will stop at Walmart as I ran out of one color of yarn. While I am in that parking lot I will go to office Depot. I need a couple of copies made. Then across the street to Big Lot's and right...

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Fleur I need to print some sheet music so I'm just geeing myself up to go to the library.

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Energy Saving Mode

YoghurtGal @flapiz (23253) • United Kingdom 4 Feb

Today is my day off but I am trying my best to just chill and not do too much as work these days have absolutely been manic. I have been coming home from work with swollen feet and hands. As well as back, hip, and knee pains....

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Fleur Even on your 'rest days' you are still busy!

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WatchHouse Coffee

YoghurtGal @flapiz (23253) • United Kingdom 26 Jan

Andre and I tried a new coffee shop this weekend called "The WatchHouse" which was said to be a purveyor of modern coffee. They are always packed. The aesthetics were great but unfortunately the coffee did not taste so great for...

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Fleur It's a shame when a place doesn't live up to expectations.

10 Feb

Free Books

YoghurtGal @flapiz (23253) • United Kingdom 9 Feb

Today while going out for panini we noticed some new Free books dangling from our neighbour's gate. This is the 3rd time we got books from him/her. But I think she is a girl based on her book choices. I am quite excited to start...

reading

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Fleur Hope you got some you like! I wonder who the giver is? There is writer in our village and she gets sent books to review so after that she puts them outside on her garden wall in a little 'house' she has built for them!

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Rob Downy Jnr trashes his car collection

Winterishere @thedevilinme (4250) • Northampton, England 9 Feb

So just coming out of lockdown the Hollywood studios were still quiet and productions shutdown inside. But some TV shows got made, Robert Downy Junior's Dream Cars, one of them. With masked production staff the outside shows had...

robert downy junior

cars

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Fleur Interesting and certainly different!

10 Feb

Wynne and Joanna: All at Sea.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (29989) • Lichfield, England 10 Feb

While Wynne is off the radio because of the press intrusion and to focus on his mental well being, I've been re-listening to the few episodes with him on that are available on BBC Sounds, including the Monday one where I spoke to...

wynne and joanna all at sea

feel good programme

bbc1 and iplayer

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Fleur Glad you've found something you love! I haven't actually watched any TV in years - decades in fact.

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Bad Bad Good Dog

Eva James @wolfgirl569 (111414) • Marion, Ohio 9 Feb

That one there escaped today messing up my easy day. That is the bad part. The good part is she came when called even tho she was wanting to chase Ghost cat. This messed up weather has shifted some of my fence posts and that made...

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Fleur Glad she came back. And yes it's much better to drive yourself so you can stop where and when you want!

10 Feb

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