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jjraak said:
"..good morning on a glorious day at Golden Fields Park for the McGarrett stakes , a Group 1 race over 1 mile

Runners are all in the stalls...
And there off...

And it's bigvaan away first, followed by oohmeleg, Perseverance, bullheaded & scootersdeed.
JJraak last .

3 furlongs out & JJraak switches to the outside, muscles his way past the fading bigvaan & oohmeleg, neck & neck with bulldheaded & perseverance, scootersdeed is a long way back.

those 3 clear of the others, & it's JJraak kicking on, perseverance is holding on grimly , bullheaded slipped back to 3rd ..

but at the line it's ....JJraak who wins the McGarrett stakes.

He was heavily backed down to 5.6 on the track at the off, so someone knew something

his owners will be well pleased with that performance today ..."
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Blinking hilarious piece of writing.
Brilliant @jjraak
 
jjraak said:
Fully agree on that
Sadly that moment isn't always possible for many reasons.

On a personal note, it felt like my time had come, a while back.

She'd been there before but I was otherwise engaged or unconscious.

But the first time I was awake & she popped through the bedside curtains at the hospital felt like that
And will stay with me forever.

A tune I heard not long after always brings that moment rushing back.

"If the world was ending
And the sky was falling.
I'd hold you tight "...sums it up perfectly ...( Heart )

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Beautiful 'coming back' memories..
 
ianpspurs said:
Best wishes for crop protection. Thanks for sharing yet another creative. It is undeniably a lighthouse which despite being somewhat on the squint is still able to be a light in the world, guiding and protecting those in need. I'm sure there is a moral in there somewhere if only I knew where to look.
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That lighthouse had me going bananas...

Thanks Ian.
 
lindisfel said:
Thanks Dunelm I have not seen that one, will what's app it to my two.
The snow went very quickly and now it's Spring.
D

Badgers are very fussy about having clean dry bedding, perhaps one of those ginger Toms has been spraying it with potent pee?
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Who knows...that world out there is a mystery to me...
 
gennepher said:
Hi @jjraak

The last 40 years I was worried about a possible heart attack as I got older, and the info I gave when questioned by doctors on family health problems included this, and I am on 2 blood pressure medications because my mother died of a heart attack, and it was on her side of the family, and other problems like that.

But I mentioned on here a long while ago, in this thread, and privately to some of you, that I was convinced/thought my Aunty J was my mother. And my cousin, her son, told me on the day of her funeral in the church, he'd grabbed me in the churchyard, and said it was my place to walk behind her coffin into the church (you can imagine my confusion) and that Aunty J, his mother, was also my mother, and he was my brother. He said I deserved that at least, to walk behind her coffin up the aisle, and that he had put my paintings in her coffin that I had given her, and that she had on (in her coffin) a jumper I had knitted especially for her....

So, the mother that brought me up was absolutely no direct relation to me. And the information that I had given doctors over the years, when they asked about my mother's health was absolutely incorrect.

Aunty J, my birth mother, had dementia/Alzheimer's. That was one problem I thought I was never going to have as it wasn't in my direct family that brought me up.

I got proof Aunty J was my birth mother a short while ago, and I was too raw to try and tell you all on here. I broke down every time I started typing. Tears in my eyes now, but I can write about it.

As an aside, just before she died I went to the nursing home to see her. I was warned she recognised no one. But as I sat down next to her, her face lit up into smiles, and broke into recognition of me. "Little ________ (my name)", and her bony wasted hand reached for mine. Then suddenly, as quick as it came, it was gone. She finally had me back, and I have a precious memory. But I didn't know that, until her funeral when my cousin/now brother, told me that she was my birth mother.

So now, I am paranoid about Alzheimer's/dementia.
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That must have been such a shock @gennepher. No wonder you couldn't write about it until now.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
That must have been such a shock @gennepher. No wonder you couldn't write about it until now.
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It has taken awhile to assimilate and process all this @Krystyna23040

And why was it so important to keep a secret? And have no intention of telling me my entire life? Did they not think about things like information I gave doctors about my health problems, but all that information was incorrect because that person was not my birth mother.

And it makes me cross because my daughter in Australia had asked me over the years about health problems of my mother for her own health records. But it was incorrect information.

It was if I don't matter and never did, but saving face was more important to 'them'.

Secrets hurt. They hurt people and they damage people.
 
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Good morning everyone from quiet a bright by still chilly start here in the dark and dangerous north. The funicular was closed yesterday when we got into town - very high maintenance these old Victorian contraptions. Never mind. Walked home, so about 4 miles. Art bit - some colour added so on with the next one - quite enjoying these. Have as smashing a day as you can. I am in the middle of a splendid cafeteria of koffy.

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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from quiet a bright by still chilly start here in the dark and dangerous north. The funicular was closed yesterday when we got into town - very high maintenance these old Victorian contraptions. Never mind. Walked home, so about 4 miles. Art bit - some colour added so on with the next one - quite enjoying these. Have as smashing a day as you can. I am in the middle of a splendid cafeteria of koffy.

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These Art bits are fascinating. I am really liking this series.
Enjoy that coffee @dunelm
 
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