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Summer days encourage us to go to the countryside or the coast. (more…)

I am as pleased as Punch and very proud of my son who has been awarded his PhD

Congratulations, Rich ! Well done!

Having been brought up in an era when ‘make-do-and-mend‘ had not yet been re-cycled into ‘recycling‘, we are always loathe to throw away things that have apparently outlived their perceived usefulness. (more…)

Despite only having only a tiny garden, we are enjoying growing things in tubs this year. (more…)

It was a beautiful day on Easter Saturday. The Fund-raising Committee at Llys Nini had organised an Easter Bonnet competition and an Easter Egg Hunt for the local children.

There was a small entry fee (it was, after all a fund raising day as well as a ‘fun day’), with concessions for family groups. (more…)

In the olden days, the only way of identifying the owner of a dog or cat was to hope that it was wearing a collar with its address on it so it could be safely returned if it happened to get lost. (more…)

About twenty years ago, when he was still working in a stressful management role, my husband was diagnosed with hypertension. It was first picked up by his optician when he went for a routine eye test. (more…)

Today it was very cold, but also sunny, so we took the dog for a run along the beach at Llanelli. At least, she went for a run. We walked.

It is a favourite place for all three of us, but we have been exercising her elsewhere for a few weeks, for various reasons (more…)

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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