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Where is my mind?

On 23/02/2014 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized9 Comments

I was in the kitchen and went to grab an avocado from the fruit basket only to encountered a bumble bee (these things happen when your kitchen is outside). Then a few minutes later I went up to the road to cut a sprig of rosemary and saw honeybees in amongst its purple flowers. "What's …

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A cola bottle that only a mother could love

On 05/04/201205/04/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized6 Comments

Whenever I hang out with my mother, she makes me feel as if I am the funniest person in the world because she laughs like crazy at all of my jokes. (I learned long ago not to expect this type of response from anyone else in the world.) When I was little, I asked her …

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cola bottles and the tops they wear

On 16/03/201216/03/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized5 Comments

Out by us in Ulupinar, no one would ever dream of throwing away a cola bottle. Be it 1 liter, 500 ml or 2.5 liters, these handy bottles are used again and again. They don't leak, so they are invaluable receptacles for fresh milk, diesel, home made pomegranate or grape syrup, and as I have …

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