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Every day seems to be filled with wonderful things if you look at it the right way. This page features an assortment of photos taken between February and May, 2009.
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Dartmouth
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A village shop in Devon
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We went to Dartmouth a year go for George's birthday.
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We took a boat to Agatha Christie's Greenway, her holiday home.
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This photo was taken just after Nick split the bottom of his jeans.
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We took a tour of the house, which was full of family memorabilia.
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The sign on the door of the mysterious boat house.
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This is the boat house at Agatha Christie's holiday home, Greenway. It was featured in Dead Man's Folly.
   
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On the quay, waiting for the ferry.
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We saw this man a year ago, in 2008.
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Another Devon visitor.
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Moorstone Guesthouse, our favourite B&B.
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And no visit to Devon is complete without touring Riverford Organics farm.
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Strange thing to be growing on the farm!
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The cows who provide our organic milk
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A field of wild garlic on top of the hill
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We took a bag home.
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A plate full of goodies in Riverford's Field Kitchen, recent winner of Best Ethical Restaurant in the UK (Observer Magazine)
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This is our newly refurbished conservatory at home.
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Another view of the conservatory
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I made Gordon's birthday cake. See more cakes HERE.
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A vintage car outside a National Trust propery we visited.
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A carving from New Zealand
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Bill's restaurant in Brighton, a great place for Sunday brunch
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All their food looks amazing!
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A market seller
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On Brighton Beach
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Shadow writing
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The roller coaster on Brighton Pier
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A Brighton sophisticate
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Nick lighting candles back home
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George met up in Windsor with old friends
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The Easter Bunny makes an appearance
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Easter goodies at our house
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The local farmers' market
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A local farmer?
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At Mottisfont Abbey, last visited Easter 2007.
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A view of the old abbey
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Nick in the stables
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Say "neigh".
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Buying ice cream at our local beach
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We took a LONG walk one weekend with a group of Internet chums.
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Standing in nettles
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A lovely white cow
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The treacherous walk down
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Our town came to a standstill in early February when a gentle snow fell overnight. To me, it really didn't seem like much snow, but it was enough to cancel work/school for the day, which was great!
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Our garden studio and palm
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We built a snow bear.
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Ordinarily a trip to New York would feature its own page, but this one was for work and Nick wasn't with me, so I didn't take as many photos. Below are a few fun shots. Click HERE for photos from our past trips to New York.
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Elmo in Times Square
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A cool Chelsea shop specializing in decorative plaster.
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A diner at Dallas Barbecue does that thing where you push your arm skin up to make yourself look muscley.
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High school pal Jerry and daughters met at Dallas BBQ for dinner.

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Who can name the Sondheim show that mentions the Crystler Building?
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Me in Central Park
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I did a dance workshop led by this cute Australian dancer.
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Flags on Fifth Avenue
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Art deco frieze at Rockefeller Center
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I discovered that the uptown branch of Magnolia Bakery was just a couple of blocks from my hotel! The original was one of the main sights planned for this trip. I make my own cupcakes from their wonderful cookbook. See also photo below.
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We discovered Egon Schiele during our trip to Vienna. One of his paintings was in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
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I bought Reece's souveniers at teh Hershey store in Times Square.
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A fun advertisement.
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This is the fire station featured in Ghostbusters.
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And this is the apartment building from Friends.
 
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A college friend of mine asked if I'd take photos of Flat Stanley in England for his seven year-old's school project.
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At Stonehenge, and American teacher exclaimed, "That's Flat Stanley!" and lamented that she'd left her class's lion in her hotel room.
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The daffodils were in bloom at Stourhead Gardens, a National Trust gem.

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The entrace to Stourhead
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Eating a Magnolia Bakery cupcake brought to England from New York.
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A sceptical walker
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This photo is from London, actually. It's George Passmore, half of art duo Gilbert and George. His behaviour was most unusual: he lurked outside a newsagent, then stole their newspaper headline poster and walked off with it! Maybe it will show up in their future work.
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One of Gilbert and George's distinctive artworks.

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