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Category Archives: Genealogy
Poppy Paintings – the mystery deepens.
Poppy Paintings – the mystery deepens. Well, well, well. My plea for more information about my coincidence of paintings (see previous blog post) was placed more in hope than in expectation – but last night I received an email from … Continue reading
Posted in Antiques, Coincidences, Fashion, Genealogy, New Zealand, Paintings, Serendipity
Tagged Campbell, Lace, McElroy. Fleming, Poppy Paintings, Will Darcy
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Looking on the Bright side – but still counting the cost
Looking on the Bright side – but still counting the cost I am an optimist – I think I have made this point before – so I have a tendency always to look on the bright side of life (that … Continue reading
Posted in Antiques, Auctions, Genealogy, Life...
Tagged Anoraks, Binoculars, Car horns, France
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Counting the cost of being an Expatriate.
Counting the cost of being an Expatriate. I have returned to England and from now on I shall spend more time here than in Brazil. But right now I am having to count the cost of being an expat. Stacked … Continue reading
Posted in Antiques, Auctions, Brazil General, Genealogy, History, Life..., Paintings, Uncategorized, Whisby
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Meltons of the World
Meltons of the World I am just about to broadcast this short blog via my “LinkedIn” groups so I do hope you don’t mind me borrowing your space for a few moments to let you know about a new group … Continue reading
Posted in Captain Cobbler, Genealogy, Henry Vlll, History
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Mowing the lawn – and the “giggle” gene…
Mowing the lawn – and the “giggle” gene… Mowed the lawn this morning. So, nothing new there…I have been mowing lawns for at least 50 years (Good Grief! What an aging thought!?) but I have only been mowing a Brazilian … Continue reading
Posted in Brazil General, Environment & Sustainable Development, Genealogy, Humour, Life..., Memory, Wildlife
Tagged Giggling, Mowing the lawn, Paul Jennings, the Giggle Gene
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Show and tell… another genealogical tale
I was looking for something to do a few minutes ago because Fatima is watching a “Novella” on TV and it is in Portuguese. So, first things first….I sometimes watch along with her because it helps me learning the language … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, Life..., Uncategorized
Tagged distant cousins, DPchallenge, genealogy, life, show and tell, Sir Chris Hoy, small world, traveller's tales, waiting for Godot
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Weekend visitors. A ‘wild’ weekend…
Expecting a quiet weekend, we suddenly had an influx of visitors – friends and relatives and wildlife too! It was the end of the ‘winter’ holiday period, when schools and other public organisations close down for a couple of … Continue reading
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