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On the First Day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
A partridge-less, wonky pear tree! Our small pear tree has seen better days. Probably when it was a pip in a pear… The sturdy hazel rod struggles to keep it steady, as the tree seems to have very poor...
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On the Second Day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
Two pheasant cocks And a partridge-less wonky pear tree! Please note how there is only one pheasant cock in that picture. Again, skimping on the true love, Flâneur Husband? I mean, what’s another...
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On the Third Day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
Three duck’s legs Two pheasant cocks And a partridge-less wonky pear tree! Well, technically speaking I guess he didn’t. I’ve been the one to take a new shine to confit of duck this autumn, and I’ve...
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On the Fourth Day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
Four cunning birds Three duck’s legs Two pheasant cocks And a partridge-less wonky pear tree! The tits have been great entertainment this winter so far, but I have to admit I have grown most fond of...
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On the Fifth Day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
Five GO-OLD rings Four cunning birds Three duck’s legs Two pheasant cocks And a partridge-less wonky pear tree! Let’s face it; this is the line we all love to belch out, right? And yes, of course it’s...
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On the Sixth Day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
Six deer a-laying Five GO-OLD rings Four cunning birds Three duck’s legs Two pheasant cocks And a partridge-less wonky pear tree! Well, I just posted about deer droppings recently, so I won’t write any...
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On the Seventh Day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
Seven swans a-swimming Six deer a-laying Five GO-OLD rings Four cunning birds Three duck’s legs Two pheasant cocks And a partridge-less wonky pear tree! All right, so I’m falling behind on the Twelve...
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On the Eighth Day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
Eight slugs a-slugging Seven swans a-swimming Six deer a-laying Five GO-OLD rings Four cunning birds Three duck’s legs Two pheasant cocks And a partridge-less wonky pear tree! Yes, the slugs… Obviously...
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On the ninth Day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
Nine dahlias dancing Eight slugs a-slugging Seven swans a-swimming Six deer a-laying Five GO-OLD rings Four cunning birds Three duck’s legs Two pheasant cocks And a partridge-less wonky pear tree! The...
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Gardens and Family
On Saturday I travelled over to Jutland to visit my Mum, and though the plan had initially been for me to help her with some of the work still to be done in her new garden (levelling soil, shifting a...
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Feeding the birds…
I have several problems with the feed balls that I put out for the small birds in the covered terrace. They do attract all sorts of passerine birds – blue tits, great tits, nuthatches and a robin – as...
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More visitors on the terrace…
Today for the first time I saw a squirrel come into the covered terrace, even though the blackbird tried to scare him away. However, what is interesting is that this was a black squirrel, whereas I’ve...
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Un-gardening – and DEFINITELY un-flâneur!
Six months ago I posted this entry, as I was made redundant from my old company. Well, it’s been a long half year, and I’ve spent a lot of time going up to the Summer House and spending time looking...
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On a Spring Morning in March
I woke up this morning to this view: Snow falling heavily outside, covering the cemetery in a blanket of soft, white flakes. Very pretty, but hardly spring – will you agree? However: Outside it might...
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I need an updated plan!
I have a plan for the garden. Honestly, I do! However, at present it exists only inside my head, and the last plan of the garden I drew up was the first summer we had the garden and the holiday home,...
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Flâneur Puppy?
Okay, so it’s not a puppy for the Flâneur Household, but for my Mum. She will be retiring on May 1st and has for a long time been scouring the internet for puppies of various breeds and mixes, and she...
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A Flâneur Holiday
I like going on hiking holidays, ascending the odd fell and enjoying the challenge of scrambling up crags and hillsides to finally be rewarded by the view from the peak. Sadly, the Flâneur Husband...
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Summer Time – and the living is easy…
Well, Summer Time starts tomorrow at 2AM – or should I write 3AM? Anyway, today was a mix of things. We got up and had to go up to Elsinore – Helsingør is the real name of the city, but I guess most of...
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Spring finally arrived in Denmark last weekend, and today I arrived in the Flâneur Garden to have a lovely and relaxing weekend here that may or may not include hard physical labour. We shall see...
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