well I’ve done it again

did you have a nice christmas?  ours wasn't bad but ...  I lost a present for my son on christmas day.  I put my son’s family's presents in one big gift bag and my daughter’s in another.  They were in my bedroom for ages as I shopped early this year.  When my son went to bali last year he bought some pierre cardin after shave and when I went this year he asked me to bring him some back.  I told him I couldn’t find it and I was going to surprise him.  After all the presents were opened it was nowhere to be found.  There was such a mess in the lounge room with paper and wrappings everywhere.  absolute bedlam.  So of course I worried about the lost present but finally found it after much searching.  You’ll never guess where I found it.  In my suitcase wrapped in a towel just as I brought them back from bali.  I could have sworn I’d wrapped them.  Oh dear.

a new discovery or rather some very old discoveries

i don't know how but i came across a youtube video the other day titled nicola white mudlarking.  she is a mudlarker and an artist.  i've never heard of it before and i must say it's fascinating.  this site has lead me to more and more similar youtube videos.  amazingly interesting stuff.  most of the videos are along the thames which, let's face it, must be loaded with historical artefacts.  some of them use metal detectors in country fields and river beds. i'd love to do it.  another interesting site is uk historical finds.  you can find pics of the finds on this site old father thames

oh dear

there i was, minding my own business, going outside to shift some stuff when i spied a large huntsman right on the doorstep.  i'm not too scared of spiders, most of the time.  this one rudely ran over the door step into the dining room and across the floor and then hid under the cupboard.  i'm sorry spider but i had to spray you.  then the room.  then a bit more.  i can't find it but i just know that it's going to appear when i least expect it.  i just know it. 

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