Category Archives: Happy things

Home grown rhubarb

By Lesley | Published: March 3, 2007

Yesterday, we ate some of our own rhubarb from the garden.

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St David’s Day

By Lesley | Published: March 3, 2007

I didn’t manage to do a post on St David’s Day… for two reasons. firstly I suddenly had a problem loading pictures and spent ages trying to solve it, and secondly, we were extremely busy this week at Llys Nini.

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Rainbow Bridge, Llys Nini

By Lesley | Published: March 2, 2007

  On Thursday, The Bishop Of Swansea and Brecon, the Right Reverend Lord Bishop Anthony Pierce came to Llys Nini to dedicate and open the Rainbow Bridge. It was also a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the opening of the lovely animal re-homing centre at Penllegaer, Swansea, after its move from the old Dogs’ [...]

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Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus !

By Lesley | Published: January 24, 2007

      January 25th is St Dwynwen’s Day. This is the Welsh equivalent of St Valentine’s Day.

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The Spring has sprung!

By Lesley | Published: January 19, 2007

It is only January 19th but even after the searing storm force winds that howled up the Loughor Estuary in the last two days, we have Daffodils beginning to bloom. However, we shouldn’t be too complacent that the winter is finished, because last year on March 1st, we had snow!

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Burns Night is coming soon

By Lesley | Published: January 13, 2007

The time we spent living in Spain was regularly punctuated by parties. In a multinational community, there is more chance that any particular day will be a day for celebration

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Wales Air Ambulance

By Lesley | Published: January 12, 2007

One of our favourite charities is the Welsh Air Ambulance

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Good Samaritans are alive and well and living in Gorseinon

By Lesley | Published: December 24, 2006

The day after the previous posting, where I dared to tempt fate by declaring that things could only get better, and that winter was on its way out…. it happenned.

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Longest night

By Lesley | Published: December 21, 2006

As today is December 21st, as far as I am concerned, this is the middle of winter and from here on, things can only get better.

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Dell Support…excellent!

By Lesley | Published: December 14, 2006

Well! It is great to be back! For two days I have felt as if somebody had chopped off my arms. All I did was switch on my computer… and there it was … A GREAT BLUENESS HAD HIT ME!

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