Here's Jo, dashing in just a bit late! But the advantage of living in England is that the American readers are just getting up. Whew!
It's the new calendar thing that's got me. We have one, but it's a lovely one we got at the Canaletto Exhibition at the National Gallery and Ken wants to scan the pictures before grubby fingers, post it notes etc get at it.
Do you have a calendar to keep track of life? Do you choose them with care, or just take anything that comes by?
BTW, it's still Christmastide, so you should still have all your decorations up. I hope you're observing tradition!
And have you done anything to mark the beginning of a new year? I cleaned my desk, mentally preparing to get back to work after my December break. Though I have been spending time there on my Malloren World wiki.
I'm tossing in peripheral research and perhaps it'll become a resource for other writers. I'm beginning to put in daily life stuff such as costs (under Daily Life) and I'm beginning something I've been meaning to do for years — tracking the Great North Road. I've only put in the north Yorkshire bit as I had that to hand from my research for An Unlikely Countess.
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Off we go into another decade. Mayit be wonderful for all.
For your amusement, I offer this old ad. Believe it or not, it's not for weaponry, but tomatoes. Perhaps it inspired the film Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes!
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Jo, the tomato ad is hilarious. My dad always told a story of how people demonstrated in village squares how to eat tomatoes, how to cook with them, and how benign they were by consuming large quantities.
Jo, the tomato ad is hilarious. My dad always told a story of how people demonstrated in village squares how to eat tomatoes, how to cook with them, and how benign they were by consuming large quantities.
Jo, the tomato ad is hilarious. My dad always told a story of how people demonstrated in village squares how to eat tomatoes, how to cook with them, and how benign they were by consuming large quantities.
Jo, the tomato ad is hilarious. My dad always told a story of how people demonstrated in village squares how to eat tomatoes, how to cook with them, and how benign they were by consuming large quantities.
Jo, the tomato ad is hilarious. My dad always told a story of how people demonstrated in village squares how to eat tomatoes, how to cook with them, and how benign they were by consuming large quantities.
I remember seeing that tomato ad before. I know there are people who don’t like them, but I can’t imagine going through life without tomatoes. They’re one of the most versatile fruits out there! And to think that people used to think they were poison…
You have really been going to town on your Malloren Wiki! It’s awesome.
I remember seeing that tomato ad before. I know there are people who don’t like them, but I can’t imagine going through life without tomatoes. They’re one of the most versatile fruits out there! And to think that people used to think they were poison…
You have really been going to town on your Malloren Wiki! It’s awesome.
I remember seeing that tomato ad before. I know there are people who don’t like them, but I can’t imagine going through life without tomatoes. They’re one of the most versatile fruits out there! And to think that people used to think they were poison…
You have really been going to town on your Malloren Wiki! It’s awesome.
I remember seeing that tomato ad before. I know there are people who don’t like them, but I can’t imagine going through life without tomatoes. They’re one of the most versatile fruits out there! And to think that people used to think they were poison…
You have really been going to town on your Malloren Wiki! It’s awesome.
I remember seeing that tomato ad before. I know there are people who don’t like them, but I can’t imagine going through life without tomatoes. They’re one of the most versatile fruits out there! And to think that people used to think they were poison…
You have really been going to town on your Malloren Wiki! It’s awesome.
I was too busy over the past weeks and let WW slide, but I just read all the Christmas Memories pieces and was well entertained. Nice to see you all as people, and why has upstate New York produced so many of you?
I was too busy over the past weeks and let WW slide, but I just read all the Christmas Memories pieces and was well entertained. Nice to see you all as people, and why has upstate New York produced so many of you?
I was too busy over the past weeks and let WW slide, but I just read all the Christmas Memories pieces and was well entertained. Nice to see you all as people, and why has upstate New York produced so many of you?
I was too busy over the past weeks and let WW slide, but I just read all the Christmas Memories pieces and was well entertained. Nice to see you all as people, and why has upstate New York produced so many of you?
I was too busy over the past weeks and let WW slide, but I just read all the Christmas Memories pieces and was well entertained. Nice to see you all as people, and why has upstate New York produced so many of you?
I buy calendars with duck pictures in them because I like ducks. More calendars than I can use. But I won’t write in them. Then I look for the freebie calendars that I can write on! Happy New Year.
I buy calendars with duck pictures in them because I like ducks. More calendars than I can use. But I won’t write in them. Then I look for the freebie calendars that I can write on! Happy New Year.
I buy calendars with duck pictures in them because I like ducks. More calendars than I can use. But I won’t write in them. Then I look for the freebie calendars that I can write on! Happy New Year.
I buy calendars with duck pictures in them because I like ducks. More calendars than I can use. But I won’t write in them. Then I look for the freebie calendars that I can write on! Happy New Year.
I buy calendars with duck pictures in them because I like ducks. More calendars than I can use. But I won’t write in them. Then I look for the freebie calendars that I can write on! Happy New Year.
I usually take whatever calender is given to us from our local shop but it is a good one with everything on it I need and one nice picture if I got a really good one I wouldn’t want to write on it then I wouldn’t remember what I was doing LOL, and yes the decorations are still up I will probably get them down this weekend.
Have Fun
Helen
I usually take whatever calender is given to us from our local shop but it is a good one with everything on it I need and one nice picture if I got a really good one I wouldn’t want to write on it then I wouldn’t remember what I was doing LOL, and yes the decorations are still up I will probably get them down this weekend.
Have Fun
Helen
I usually take whatever calender is given to us from our local shop but it is a good one with everything on it I need and one nice picture if I got a really good one I wouldn’t want to write on it then I wouldn’t remember what I was doing LOL, and yes the decorations are still up I will probably get them down this weekend.
Have Fun
Helen
I usually take whatever calender is given to us from our local shop but it is a good one with everything on it I need and one nice picture if I got a really good one I wouldn’t want to write on it then I wouldn’t remember what I was doing LOL, and yes the decorations are still up I will probably get them down this weekend.
Have Fun
Helen
I usually take whatever calender is given to us from our local shop but it is a good one with everything on it I need and one nice picture if I got a really good one I wouldn’t want to write on it then I wouldn’t remember what I was doing LOL, and yes the decorations are still up I will probably get them down this weekend.
Have Fun
Helen
My BIL started his own construction business 3 years ago and he gave us a lovely calendar of different country-life scenes. I usually buy a large calendar to jot down notes in the squared, but that doesn’t mean I always look at them! I mean, really, how can you miss an event when it is written on a calendar hanging by the ‘frig? One calendar I have learned to look at every day is my daughter’s school calendar because I totally spaced of a no-school day and had to scramble the morning of to make arrangements for a babysitter.
P.S. I used to love tomatoes, but after a strict diet last fall of eating only a few selected fruits and veggies, tomatoes “look” different to me now.
My BIL started his own construction business 3 years ago and he gave us a lovely calendar of different country-life scenes. I usually buy a large calendar to jot down notes in the squared, but that doesn’t mean I always look at them! I mean, really, how can you miss an event when it is written on a calendar hanging by the ‘frig? One calendar I have learned to look at every day is my daughter’s school calendar because I totally spaced of a no-school day and had to scramble the morning of to make arrangements for a babysitter.
P.S. I used to love tomatoes, but after a strict diet last fall of eating only a few selected fruits and veggies, tomatoes “look” different to me now.
My BIL started his own construction business 3 years ago and he gave us a lovely calendar of different country-life scenes. I usually buy a large calendar to jot down notes in the squared, but that doesn’t mean I always look at them! I mean, really, how can you miss an event when it is written on a calendar hanging by the ‘frig? One calendar I have learned to look at every day is my daughter’s school calendar because I totally spaced of a no-school day and had to scramble the morning of to make arrangements for a babysitter.
P.S. I used to love tomatoes, but after a strict diet last fall of eating only a few selected fruits and veggies, tomatoes “look” different to me now.
My BIL started his own construction business 3 years ago and he gave us a lovely calendar of different country-life scenes. I usually buy a large calendar to jot down notes in the squared, but that doesn’t mean I always look at them! I mean, really, how can you miss an event when it is written on a calendar hanging by the ‘frig? One calendar I have learned to look at every day is my daughter’s school calendar because I totally spaced of a no-school day and had to scramble the morning of to make arrangements for a babysitter.
P.S. I used to love tomatoes, but after a strict diet last fall of eating only a few selected fruits and veggies, tomatoes “look” different to me now.
My BIL started his own construction business 3 years ago and he gave us a lovely calendar of different country-life scenes. I usually buy a large calendar to jot down notes in the squared, but that doesn’t mean I always look at them! I mean, really, how can you miss an event when it is written on a calendar hanging by the ‘frig? One calendar I have learned to look at every day is my daughter’s school calendar because I totally spaced of a no-school day and had to scramble the morning of to make arrangements for a babysitter.
P.S. I used to love tomatoes, but after a strict diet last fall of eating only a few selected fruits and veggies, tomatoes “look” different to me now.
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Duck calendars, Linda, that you don’t write on. I have to say that’s delightfully quirky!
Calenders. I wonder what sorts they had in the past. Something to look into!
Jo
Duck calendars, Linda, that you don’t write on. I have to say that’s delightfully quirky!
Calenders. I wonder what sorts they had in the past. Something to look into!
Jo
Duck calendars, Linda, that you don’t write on. I have to say that’s delightfully quirky!
Calenders. I wonder what sorts they had in the past. Something to look into!
Jo
Duck calendars, Linda, that you don’t write on. I have to say that’s delightfully quirky!
Calenders. I wonder what sorts they had in the past. Something to look into!
Jo
Duck calendars, Linda, that you don’t write on. I have to say that’s delightfully quirky!
Calenders. I wonder what sorts they had in the past. Something to look into!
Jo
This year, my cousin’s wife made a calendar on Snapfish.com. She put together all these pictures of her two girls and my little nephew, so I get to look at them all year long!
This year, my cousin’s wife made a calendar on Snapfish.com. She put together all these pictures of her two girls and my little nephew, so I get to look at them all year long!
This year, my cousin’s wife made a calendar on Snapfish.com. She put together all these pictures of her two girls and my little nephew, so I get to look at them all year long!
This year, my cousin’s wife made a calendar on Snapfish.com. She put together all these pictures of her two girls and my little nephew, so I get to look at them all year long!
This year, my cousin’s wife made a calendar on Snapfish.com. She put together all these pictures of her two girls and my little nephew, so I get to look at them all year long!
Since I am in the middle of sorting through storage items, I am in the New Year cleaning tradition mode. I’ll keep plugging away with a bit more enthusiasm. I won’t have the problem of trying to prepare for company while trying to sort and make a bigger mess.
Have a great 2011.
Since I am in the middle of sorting through storage items, I am in the New Year cleaning tradition mode. I’ll keep plugging away with a bit more enthusiasm. I won’t have the problem of trying to prepare for company while trying to sort and make a bigger mess.
Have a great 2011.
Since I am in the middle of sorting through storage items, I am in the New Year cleaning tradition mode. I’ll keep plugging away with a bit more enthusiasm. I won’t have the problem of trying to prepare for company while trying to sort and make a bigger mess.
Have a great 2011.
Since I am in the middle of sorting through storage items, I am in the New Year cleaning tradition mode. I’ll keep plugging away with a bit more enthusiasm. I won’t have the problem of trying to prepare for company while trying to sort and make a bigger mess.
Have a great 2011.
Since I am in the middle of sorting through storage items, I am in the New Year cleaning tradition mode. I’ll keep plugging away with a bit more enthusiasm. I won’t have the problem of trying to prepare for company while trying to sort and make a bigger mess.
Have a great 2011.
My calendar is vital to me — if I didn’t have it, I’m sure chaos would reign here. I put all important dates and appointments on it, as well as birthdays and anniversaries.
One of my new year rituals is to sit down with the old calendar and transfer all the recurring dates onto the new one.
Usually I buy some kind of charity calendar, and this year I have one I bought from the Royal Guide Dog Association. January has four adorable labrador puppies looking earnest and faintly bemused.
My calendar is vital to me — if I didn’t have it, I’m sure chaos would reign here. I put all important dates and appointments on it, as well as birthdays and anniversaries.
One of my new year rituals is to sit down with the old calendar and transfer all the recurring dates onto the new one.
Usually I buy some kind of charity calendar, and this year I have one I bought from the Royal Guide Dog Association. January has four adorable labrador puppies looking earnest and faintly bemused.
My calendar is vital to me — if I didn’t have it, I’m sure chaos would reign here. I put all important dates and appointments on it, as well as birthdays and anniversaries.
One of my new year rituals is to sit down with the old calendar and transfer all the recurring dates onto the new one.
Usually I buy some kind of charity calendar, and this year I have one I bought from the Royal Guide Dog Association. January has four adorable labrador puppies looking earnest and faintly bemused.
My calendar is vital to me — if I didn’t have it, I’m sure chaos would reign here. I put all important dates and appointments on it, as well as birthdays and anniversaries.
One of my new year rituals is to sit down with the old calendar and transfer all the recurring dates onto the new one.
Usually I buy some kind of charity calendar, and this year I have one I bought from the Royal Guide Dog Association. January has four adorable labrador puppies looking earnest and faintly bemused.
My calendar is vital to me — if I didn’t have it, I’m sure chaos would reign here. I put all important dates and appointments on it, as well as birthdays and anniversaries.
One of my new year rituals is to sit down with the old calendar and transfer all the recurring dates onto the new one.
Usually I buy some kind of charity calendar, and this year I have one I bought from the Royal Guide Dog Association. January has four adorable labrador puppies looking earnest and faintly bemused.