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Stevensons: Cactus Land
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Jim's blog, directed at the Stevenson family, the Kists and close friends and relatives in the UK, USA and Holland. Wednesday, 18 March 2015. When I told my friend John O'Sullivan that I had just been to Cactus Land he replied,. Let me think. I wonder what they have there". It's one of those rare places that does just what it says on the tin. They grow cacti; thousands of them in huge greenhouses that cover several acres. Does that grab your interest? Was born. It continues to grow and may yet engulf...
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Stevensons: Deene Park House and Gardens
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Jim's blog, directed at the Stevenson family, the Kists and close friends and relatives in the UK, USA and Holland. Monday, 2 March 2015. Deene Park House and Gardens. On a recent foray into darkest Northamptonshire, we picked up a leaflet for Deene Park House and Gardens near Corby. It is only 35 minutes away from our home but we had never heard of it. We saw acres of snowdrops from the car before we even entered the estate. Wherever there was woodland there was a rolling blizzard of snowdrops. ...It's ...
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Stevensons: Hanna in Maine.
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Jim's blog, directed at the Stevenson family, the Kists and close friends and relatives in the UK, USA and Holland. Monday, 8 June 2015. Hanna has been keeping us up to date on her trip to see her folks in Maine. Apart from family stuff she has told us all about the local wildlife and places to eat. If you love armchair visits to different places, read on! Continuing my Friday saga! It is now Sunday so how much will I remember? After my haircut, I told Debbie Lee about meeting Marianne at Bohemian Rose&#...
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Stevensons: An election story
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Jim's blog, directed at the Stevenson family, the Kists and close friends and relatives in the UK, USA and Holland. Wednesday, 6 May 2015. When we lived in the Seychelles, we experienced the first "free" election there in many years. It was very amusing for us, but very serious for many Seychellois. Poorest people in the. Population he was probably the best choice. He had a landslide victory. Three competing parties campaigned on STV and in the local papers. The SPPF would usually lead off on a sloga...
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Stevensons: A Christmas Letter
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Jim's blog, directed at the Stevenson family, the Kists and close friends and relatives in the UK, USA and Holland. Thursday, 25 December 2014. Our tree, 2014. I could rave on about all our successes; about how brilliant our children are (and then you would be offended because your children are brilliant too). I'm not competitive by nature, so we are not going there. Either way, you would have moved on by now to look at a picture of a cute cat, or a dog. I can't blame you. Lights at Anglesey Abbey. Nick'...
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Stevensons: Lost in deepest Northamptonshire.
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Jim's blog, directed at the Stevenson family, the Kists and close friends and relatives in the UK, USA and Holland. Wednesday, 18 February 2015. Lost in deepest Northamptonshire. This week, we found Wadenhoe. We live in, or very close to, six English counties (plus three vice-counties, Huntingdonshire, the Soke of Peterborogh, and Rutland). "So what? This week we "discovered" the little bit of Northamptonshire that is nearest to us, and we fell in love with it. Let me tell you why. Why is it so run-down?
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Stevensons: Equinox
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Jim's blog, directed at the Stevenson family, the Kists and close friends and relatives in the UK, USA and Holland. Friday, 20 March 2015. On Thursday I shifted to Plan B and dug out an old lens that I already had filters for and put two of them on. I even took a few practise shots with the camera fitted to a stout tripod. I would have liked to plant myself somewhere with an iconic backdrop and a good view of the sky, preferably in the Arctic Circle, but I was tied to my house for the morning. Fortun...
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