Silent Sunday

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Hard Work ~ Photo of The Week

At last we have got our new allotment, it is huge and runs all the way back to the fence at the end. Today we started the laborious task of digging and weeding it.

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Silent Sunday

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Silent Sunday

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Saturday Caption #SatCap

Couldn't believe it when I saw this!

No Blue Badge displayed, the car park was full so I had to park in the road  and hobble to Doctors. If I'd had a small car I could have parked behind it!

Can you think of a funny caption for this picture?

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Day Fourteen ~ Home ~ #BlogFlash2013

I've lived in this house for nearly twelve years but it's not my home, I was forced to leave my home to come and live here. I moved into my home when my son was four years old, he grew up there, my favorite dog is buried there. I tried to move back approx six years ago, but the Council said no, as I don't qualify for a place with two bedrooms.

My home was a corner plot with a massive garden, my son and his friends used to play outside nearly every day. All I have here is a 20'x16' concrete patch with no grass and a huge shed as this house is so small. My home was minimalist and immaculately tidy, I took pride in it and always had lots people round. This house is cluttered and therefore untidy, I always try to avoid having anyone come inside as I'm so ashamed of it. 

I used to know all of my neighbours by name and we were a community, looking out for each other and each others children. I don't feel comfortable here, I don't know my neighbours, in fact I know hardly anyone in the area and feel very isolated. How I wish I could go home again.

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Day Thirteen ~ Darkness ~ #BlogFlash2013

The thing I used to love the most about my job, was going out on patrol in the early hours of the morning. I had a torch but rarely used it, I used to love being surrounded by the darkness. Relying only on my night vision, I used to walk out onto the training area and quite often saw Old  Brock the Badger going about his business, sometimes he had his family in tow and other times not.

Old Brock and I had a mutual understanding, I would stand very still and watch him whilst he totally ignored me as he was rooting around, sometimes I could be as close as six feet from him. I always showed him respect and let him decide how close to come to me, I never ever moved towards him. He certainly was the most beautiful creature and huge too, I never managed to get a decent picture of him, as my digital camera was noisy so couldn't use it for fear of scaring him, but I was able to use my mobile on silent and get several shots of him, sadly the cameras on mobiles weren't so good 7 or 8 years ago.

Old Brock

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Day Twelve ~ Music ~ #BlogFlash2013

I love music, but loud music has affected my hearing slightly, I used to love going to concerts, I'm a total Heavy Metal nutter, there's only one way to listen to it, and that's loud.

I used to get as near to the front as I could, several times I've actually been standing right next to the speakers at concerts, I love the feel of music throbbing through you, sometimes my ears would ring for days. 

Ahh the joy of hindsight, but I don't regret a single minute of it, I was having fun and have some fantastic memories.

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Day Eleven ~ Running ~ #BlogFlash2013

How I used to love to run Three miles a day Pack on back Heavier and heavier As weeks passed by
How I used to love to run Over the hills Through the woods Pounding the streets The Joy, the freedom
How I used to love to run My companion Arthritis Chews my bones Has spoilt my fun I run no more
How I used to love to run Plagued with pain  I sit and watch New knee's one day Running again some day
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Chillaxing ~ Photo of The Week

Badger Boo always finds a comfy spot...

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Day Ten ~ Time ~ #BlogFlash2013

Time is a constant, so how come sometimes it moves so much quicker or slower than others? No I'm not going to tell you, I have no idea myself either. But time has no limits it seems when it comes to the Child Support Agency.
A Father has to pay the extortionate amounts of Child Maintenance they set every month, two thirds of their wages in some cases, live it total poverty, unable to pay his bills and getting into debt until the child is 16 years old or 18 if they are in further education. 
A Mother who is a friend of A Father, also has a child but the CSA does nothing to collect Child Maintenance because they say they cannot trace the absent father. Even when A Mother  gives them all of his contact details every time he moves house, plus the address of his profitable business.
It doesn't matter if the child leaves home at 16, you still have to pay, you cannot negotiate with the CSA. 
Eventually the children reach 18.  A Father gets a letter Case Closed, your balance is zero.   A Mother gets a letter Case Closed, sorry we couldn't help.
A Father gets on with his life, sorting out the financial mess he's been left in. Five years later a letter arrives from the CSA demanding maintenance again for the "child" now in their 20's.
Meanwhile the CSA refuse to  reopen the case for A Mother of a child in their 20's.
The CSA has no concept of time passing.
If you are A Father, who has always done the right thing and paid Child Maintenance, it would appear there is no time limit on how long they can hound you for!!!
If you are A Mother, who they have never collected a penny for, because the absent father refuses to pay and keeps moving around to avoid paying. Then it's Tough Luck!!!

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Day Nine ~ Spring ~ #BlogFlash2013

I love Spring it's my all time favorite season. The days start to get warmer and longer, it's time to prepare the allotment and sort out what vegetables I will grow this year.The sun always lifts my mood and somehow everything always seems so much better in the Spring.

Sitting here now as I type away, the sun is streaming in through the window and Badger Boo is snoozing in the sun. The aches and pains in my joints always feels so much less when it starts to warm up. My favorite flower the Daffodil is almost ready to flower, soon my garden will be an explosion of  the most amazing yellow.

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Day Eight ~ Chocolate ~ #BlogFlash2013

Opening the fridge

Senses come alive

Sitting on the shelf

A slice of chocolate cake

Touch it she mustn't

Calories abound

Put it there she didn't

It's been left behind

Mouth begins to water

Teasing where it sits

Anticipation building

Could she get away with it

Resistance was futile

Steal it she must

Chocolate is addictive

Had it really come to this

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Day Seven ~ Nature ~ #BlogFlash2013

Nature is my inspiration for the way I live and the pictures I take. If I ever feel down, a walk in the woods with my dog and camera will lift my spirits, because there's always something going on in nature.
Nature is beauty Nature is grace New life in Spring  Shoots breaking through Hot lazy Summers Fox cubs frolic Colourful Autumn All orange and brown Bitter cold Winter Wind chills the bone
Nature is cruel Nature is harsh The weak will perish Only the fit survive  Dead little Blackbird The insects will feed As Reynard prowls His prey he seeks Rodents stay hidden  Deep underground

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Day Six ~ Island ~ #BlogFlash2013

Within the pond an island sat A house for ducks atop From fox's safe  Ducks reared their young Until the scandal broke
A judgement error Sir Peter did make Expenses claimed he shouldn't Frustrated he felt For being found out Retirement the only option

 

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