friday pretties & bloomin' village roses...

<b>friday pretties...</b><br />ok...these are not my roses...<br />from my garden...<br />but they are from our village grocer...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdG50TUqtJblvVeUBY2X9n7txjYzg9-UWrgF_uhX-EQ3c01DhJf1ueH94C2qacHaH8lFiN6gYE3FO900pst3y6f1MZtAv18PmLSWTjA-nRx4z9DxuAeU45Lpox8h3LO91xOB-O-k1hBoIW/s1600/rosefriday1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdG50TUqtJblvVeUBY2X9n7txjYzg9-UWrgF_uhX-EQ3c01DhJf1ueH94C2qacHaH8lFiN6gYE3FO900pst3y6f1MZtAv18PmLSWTjA-nRx4z9DxuAeU45Lpox8h3LO91xOB-O-k1hBoIW/s640/rosefriday1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>i love fridays, as you know, and today we are heading off through the countryside to Wales...</b><br />this means throwing things into upteen bags...<br />packing everything from my Hunter wellies to my birkenstocks & making room for Miss.Audrey's vast amount of soft toys that for some reason need a <i>sea side break</i>!<br />when is it <i>ever </i>about the mama girls?!<br /><br /><b>so...</b><br /><b>to kick start my mini vacation i wandered early...& on my own...up to the village to buy some blooms for friday pretties...</b><br />beautiful big english roses...<br />wrapped in brown paper...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oTeYJ4aNP-eu_N3HXnZhrVS2xJgEajF-QTkG6EAnqCfHFAfVhEUNOE1Uo3BRpBU0-MZuPC1hY3n81DcKPcPyNqdPbeaPqtWFuH_Yo-vDi85pg6_TTxh89_QBlct9h36UhFoKffJusvOI/s1600/rosefriday2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oTeYJ4aNP-eu_N3HXnZhrVS2xJgEajF-QTkG6EAnqCfHFAfVhEUNOE1Uo3BRpBU0-MZuPC1hY3n81DcKPcPyNqdPbeaPqtWFuH_Yo-vDi85pg6_TTxh89_QBlct9h36UhFoKffJusvOI/s640/rosefriday2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>how heavenly are these...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">they smell gorgeous & they look pretty good just dumped in my <i>other</i> milk crate...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>the one i hadn't mentioned to you yet...oooh i am in serious love with this one!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so roses & new a *country living* mag in hand i had a wander & bought a coffee...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& came home to lovely kids <i>not packing bags!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">hence the blooms dumped in the milk crate & left for a while...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMY1YfJA0PLcvovTJC3VB0MTnoipXcjSvPPl8BJDacPgVYUJ1TFiE9gu0l69j7mwqvqozDAa6PpYAdHD-zsuSCUDhewHv2bQk9DZu6I5la8atwsW1GVMpvcFXx4tamy7uDGs53Bi2R_Sih/s1600/rosefriday3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMY1YfJA0PLcvovTJC3VB0MTnoipXcjSvPPl8BJDacPgVYUJ1TFiE9gu0l69j7mwqvqozDAa6PpYAdHD-zsuSCUDhewHv2bQk9DZu6I5la8atwsW1GVMpvcFXx4tamy7uDGs53Bi2R_Sih/s640/rosefriday3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>friday pretties...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>dumped in an old dented metal milk crate...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>making me smile as i <i>shove </i>stuff into suitcases & dolls bags & waterproof bags & beach baskets...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdG50TUqtJblvVeUBY2X9n7txjYzg9-UWrgF_uhX-EQ3c01DhJf1ueH94C2qacHaH8lFiN6gYE3FO900pst3y6f1MZtAv18PmLSWTjA-nRx4z9DxuAeU45Lpox8h3LO91xOB-O-k1hBoIW/s1600/rosefriday1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdG50TUqtJblvVeUBY2X9n7txjYzg9-UWrgF_uhX-EQ3c01DhJf1ueH94C2qacHaH8lFiN6gYE3FO900pst3y6f1MZtAv18PmLSWTjA-nRx4z9DxuAeU45Lpox8h3LO91xOB-O-k1hBoIW/s640/rosefriday1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">have a wonderful weekend</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">it's friday-yehar</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">do something you normally wouldn't</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">hang out with your kids</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">buy roses</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">melissa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div>

friday pretties & bloomin' village roses...

friday pretties... ok...these are not my roses... from my garden... but they are from our village grocer... i love fridays, as you know, and...

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vintage milk crate love...

<b>well...these are the little things that make the move abroad, 12,000 miles from home pretty lovely...</b><br /><b>vintage milk crates & garden roses...</b><br />don't get me wrong...the <i>experience</i> is what we're really doing it for... ;)<br />but when an english vintage goodie finds me- it really does just send that message home that <i>travel is heaven...</i><br /><i>especially when it surrounds you with chippy old things to one day take home to the beaches on the other  side of the globe...</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23DHmi3iGFuwt9O7Yu8YIPFgVd_qHCeGSDcsM0no_cIALUETmNzubh_OxghHuE375xp0u7sPKv42iOKsUigKu6CtQl63LLSLapkCdxjRqzlC6FyYvclmuDqoKDh6yPKaPmm7pkd_epJuw/s1600/milkcrate1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23DHmi3iGFuwt9O7Yu8YIPFgVd_qHCeGSDcsM0no_cIALUETmNzubh_OxghHuE375xp0u7sPKv42iOKsUigKu6CtQl63LLSLapkCdxjRqzlC6FyYvclmuDqoKDh6yPKaPmm7pkd_epJuw/s640/milkcrate1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>when we first started talking to people about our move to ol'Blighty three years ago...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>we talked about travel...country living...the experiences that would shape us as a family...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">what we didn't talk about...what we hadn't really considered was our day to day life here in the english countryside...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we'd had other friends live abroad...they did it all with Ikea furniture & a time frame...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we've done it with neither...& it's worked for us...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we've slowly gathered *bits* of england & europe that will continue to take us back to our time here when we are once more living with sandy toes & beach towels on the line...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLTm5SslS3k-g3AHGG8yOlP5yt5iZVyD1Bpx1PFgba23wobNT_KpAa0N-K8oU7ooF53-Uy8QN5j_1JRgobinoLfNJti_QkQCKtqLUbEeWV9PZeCzhUU97V0nfJsvma6UflZjXLFYLroIQ/s1600/milkcrate2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLTm5SslS3k-g3AHGG8yOlP5yt5iZVyD1Bpx1PFgba23wobNT_KpAa0N-K8oU7ooF53-Uy8QN5j_1JRgobinoLfNJti_QkQCKtqLUbEeWV9PZeCzhUU97V0nfJsvma6UflZjXLFYLroIQ/s640/milkcrate2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>so...with a beach house of our life stored back in Sydney...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>we have gathered here a <s>ridiculously huge</s> lovely big whallop of vintage english life to add to it all...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">our beach & country <i>chippy</i> bits, will one day all be thrown back in together & i'm hoping my usual *don't follow anyone else- just collect what you love- & it will all work* theory will kick in...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXLSt8VzYKdB-nKCPRfoOI6NTWjQXHiNP1UYX0lXKbKE4IZVF9Mpna2GdmFvFM_JS7HmefPIfdtahwDBUZzs4AD7vpL8KXfRqZtksHIp1gb80YF-RmXdV7XU0zxAasLxZa_eHFLJ_3gQS/s1600/milkcrate4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXLSt8VzYKdB-nKCPRfoOI6NTWjQXHiNP1UYX0lXKbKE4IZVF9Mpna2GdmFvFM_JS7HmefPIfdtahwDBUZzs4AD7vpL8KXfRqZtksHIp1gb80YF-RmXdV7XU0zxAasLxZa_eHFLJ_3gQS/s640/milkcrate4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>it's funny how a broken old metal milk crate can really make my day...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& it's even funnier that it now makes the hubsters- ok maybe not *makes*...but it's on his radar at last...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">truly...the man walked in from work & instantly spotted the random roses & crate on the table...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>"love that...!" he shouted to the kitchen, on the way to put out the re-cycling...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">to be fair...he didn't stop & examine it as i had <s>all day</s>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">but girls...he noticed it <i>and</i> he commented...!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>see...priceless memories...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i will recall his <s>very interested</s> slightly rushed comment when i see this sitting on my table, with shells & sandy beach towels, sunscreen & freckled faces one day back in Sydney...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>"love that...!"</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9OdaSZsToUiBi1-V7UZ_yT56IQiyqWazJZyHCFmiuGx5D8YoSoPk7j_JRds2D_6c7VHLcZ6YSLZV-J8hPs6R3ADCI7EHqNxUkGMXR9hIForjy7X5clvx1ViF9npwymFtRGM6iy0yjOze/s1600/milkcrate5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9OdaSZsToUiBi1-V7UZ_yT56IQiyqWazJZyHCFmiuGx5D8YoSoPk7j_JRds2D_6c7VHLcZ6YSLZV-J8hPs6R3ADCI7EHqNxUkGMXR9hIForjy7X5clvx1ViF9npwymFtRGM6iy0yjOze/s640/milkcrate5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">so...i guess the moral here is</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">buy chippy lovely old stuff that makes you happy</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">&</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">one day *others* will love you a little bit more for the memories</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">what d'ya think??</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xox</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">check out other shabby goodies with a pot of tea</span></i><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">&</span></i><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">a chippy old crate of something</span></i><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">at </span></i><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="http://www.theshabbycreekcottage.com/2011/08/transformation-thursday.html">the shabby creek cottage</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></i></div>

vintage milk crate love...

well...these are the little things that make the move abroad, 12,000 miles from home pretty lovely... vintage milk crates & garden roses...

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re-discovering our beach life...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>morning lovelies...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i can't tell you how much your messages yesterday made me smile...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">ok...there were a few tears in there too...well maybe more than a few...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i feel like i've fallen back into the open arms of dear bloggy friends...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">without judgement...question...comment...just friendship & support...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i write here for myself...to recognise my thoughts...to record our times as a family living abroad...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BUT...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">you all have been the most delightful, blessed, wonderful extra to this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i truly can't tell you how much all your words mean to me...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& i value these on-line friendships more than you could know...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">from Ritchie & I thankyou for recognising this friendship with your thoughts here...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>returning home to the beaches of beautiful sydney was like a hug...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's what i know...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's where we are from...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's the beginning of our kiddos...our little family...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so many memories came flooding back...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it was a blessing to be there, to be hit with the salty smell of the surf...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it was lovely to return to the beach boardwalk where i have pushed three beautiful babies in prams endlessly over the years...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">to see sydney in winter at it's best...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>yep...guys this is winter!!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>does it get any better!!??</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemDt4_4UrNm_CdFLw_x8j6IVEBeoxETH8vrNdZVSS2beK-4hV50cSZ5cUdb5XMzJ7pqf6ZeOKIb61DBwC1gDbGm2Y0xdwHF4A9oDzyTwvZZISkiaZPTCaD7x53grvKxexBlmOIwx6op-4/s1600/manly1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemDt4_4UrNm_CdFLw_x8j6IVEBeoxETH8vrNdZVSS2beK-4hV50cSZ5cUdb5XMzJ7pqf6ZeOKIb61DBwC1gDbGm2Y0xdwHF4A9oDzyTwvZZISkiaZPTCaD7x53grvKxexBlmOIwx6op-4/s640/manly1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><b>the hours we slipped away & spent re-discovering our beach life was lovely...</b><br />we all fell in love with sandy feet & salty skin all over again...<br />of course, three years in the english countryside has toughened our crew up to deal with the cold in a way that most Manly locals wouldn't understand...<br />we didn't...<br />but once you've swam in Scotland in spring...this is a piece of gorgeous cake!<br />so...in they all went...<br />no wetties...just boardies & bikinis...<br />their uncle wore a full length steamer...piker...<br />he needs to be thrown off a wharf in Scotland!<br />as i said...guys...<b>this is winter</b>...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LqGBt-Wri5pHKNozHoNejfnaFlDfbaM9Em8cVeKTf17IhThfK6pD52Tl9lws8czjGwzzowZdY63LQUGLZAFVtmTXzUmxPdsnKmBrxKVzyFxcv1xd2GqIo4uX9iJPuHZkqP0zQMD5O4cI/s1600/manly2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LqGBt-Wri5pHKNozHoNejfnaFlDfbaM9Em8cVeKTf17IhThfK6pD52Tl9lws8czjGwzzowZdY63LQUGLZAFVtmTXzUmxPdsnKmBrxKVzyFxcv1xd2GqIo4uX9iJPuHZkqP0zQMD5O4cI/s640/manly2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>so...sydney was a time to re-connect with family...</b><br /><b>with memories...</b><br />with favourite *moments* of our other life...<br />our beach life...<br />hibiscus...<br />sydney buildings...<br />salty air...<br />good coffee...<br />life on the other side of the planet...<br />the life that makes up the other part of us...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzsn6dCqs_O2CyU3rGFsEjtge28Q2Sb5KkgAoENVZ9U7s9kZfIeevxyrpPMQhIfuJZm5OlgDsos2eOnjv8SrTq4dWqeeDEh_SKq4o2WaeUgo3aNWBjOPdH17oPrdqq5zpeL33iugodTzK/s1600/manly3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzsn6dCqs_O2CyU3rGFsEjtge28Q2Sb5KkgAoENVZ9U7s9kZfIeevxyrpPMQhIfuJZm5OlgDsos2eOnjv8SrTq4dWqeeDEh_SKq4o2WaeUgo3aNWBjOPdH17oPrdqq5zpeL33iugodTzK/s640/manly3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqM09oVp2OQNHAm3Oe5PUkN-Zn_PhOAEfVPDuRTqAh1pC_tp49b8ZKox8YpDZpF7yrXPr0cuAjSY_Q75NUCyp5b3NnxnrUWb3VAsx4xMoHkCLUf5pVuJw57YVeMbGSVG7UwuPa6_sSefl/s1600/manly4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqM09oVp2OQNHAm3Oe5PUkN-Zn_PhOAEfVPDuRTqAh1pC_tp49b8ZKox8YpDZpF7yrXPr0cuAjSY_Q75NUCyp5b3NnxnrUWb3VAsx4xMoHkCLUf5pVuJw57YVeMbGSVG7UwuPa6_sSefl/s640/manly4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">it feels really good, really *right*,  to be back here writing again</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">i was struggling with the *reasons* for blogging after such an emotional difficult few weeks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">but your thoughts & words have me back on track</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">i need you guys</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">you make me smile</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">thanks for still being there for me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">melissa </span></div>

re-discovering our beach life...

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friday pretties & hanging out in the english countryside...

<b><i>friday...yehar...</i></b><br /><b><i>fresh flowers...</i></b><br /><b><i>wimbledon...</i></b><br /><b><i>budweisers...</i></b><br /><b><i>friday pretties...</i></b><br /><b><i><br /></i></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVsHlx3Cu4h0AJbDqQfJcAKOBGjjiRNQtmX2jbdikTeb6Vax3NyEM4fZLa-H_58NcBVSE8HO3pH_4ShYG4Lk2jdIRq8HGL456UGZeIUMPZexG43RSEyniKhLZpyDpfpQgbPVvQZV2isjx/s1600/prettyfri1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVsHlx3Cu4h0AJbDqQfJcAKOBGjjiRNQtmX2jbdikTeb6Vax3NyEM4fZLa-H_58NcBVSE8HO3pH_4ShYG4Lk2jdIRq8HGL456UGZeIUMPZexG43RSEyniKhLZpyDpfpQgbPVvQZV2isjx/s640/prettyfri1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />nothing like a friday arvo...<br />kiddos home, friday after school eye tests done...<br />&<br />yep...as i thought, i need to get myself into a pair of glasses...<br /><b>cool glasses i may add...</b><br />that's why i took the kiddos- they're pretty cool & VERY opinionated!!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2F4-xbY_Q8VGRdq0sB2-XIrvlTtUhigeyUoibPUWyTmYPolnXDkxEN57SCW77wv8lLuobh82Q6UeZOWVnIHYw3PgLfh2BqbH8W3DYFdGaDGo44KXF-QLV3_UfGS12qcu_Jo8kxBpOG5j1/s1600/prettyfri2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2F4-xbY_Q8VGRdq0sB2-XIrvlTtUhigeyUoibPUWyTmYPolnXDkxEN57SCW77wv8lLuobh82Q6UeZOWVnIHYw3PgLfh2BqbH8W3DYFdGaDGo44KXF-QLV3_UfGS12qcu_Jo8kxBpOG5j1/s640/prettyfri2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we've done the budweiser/wimbledon match...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>love wimbledon...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">now we are heading out for a walk with the kiddos on the *village green*...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so...my fave day of the week...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">some *friday pretties*...white stocks, a vintage ladder...& some ruffles in progress...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSkN37B0jNpF_SnrL0IRPs4n1mKszHlvR2vx4AcSdQ2IMDi43Wig3lsUWu0ZK6aJF0bFqA6yOfSH6eLg65jZDMGSR2ciJdqkUwZhXf-f_UlxMzfKArUiUydbJp4YMtKJo9ihWxk3uDG2S/s1600/prettyfri3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSkN37B0jNpF_SnrL0IRPs4n1mKszHlvR2vx4AcSdQ2IMDi43Wig3lsUWu0ZK6aJF0bFqA6yOfSH6eLg65jZDMGSR2ciJdqkUwZhXf-f_UlxMzfKArUiUydbJp4YMtKJo9ihWxk3uDG2S/s640/prettyfri3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVP-GXj5lVrZ9nj72xwp5B39CtWXAcgzs_3KGZHnFfJXPzYb18pLd0P-U5RyRPC4MCOQVkZJpWCuxUuHh3pvYdDa6Lffji83CY-pCNJ99mM8LfjDTXNtfG8hD5X85yIlVISZPHGuviHFe/s1600/prettyfri4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVP-GXj5lVrZ9nj72xwp5B39CtWXAcgzs_3KGZHnFfJXPzYb18pLd0P-U5RyRPC4MCOQVkZJpWCuxUuHh3pvYdDa6Lffji83CY-pCNJ99mM8LfjDTXNtfG8hD5X85yIlVISZPHGuviHFe/s640/prettyfri4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">what do you think of the ruffles?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'm thinking it's a whole new line of Miss Sew & So goodies...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the whole etsy shop thing is still at the front of my thoughts...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">but for tonight...it's wimbledon...family...& friday pretties...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MST5ELgI0274NZILfrbzcovnRy05jx3YZCmYDmH-Yf-z_y1vSP_g8jikyepwR93Utqcqe6hwXGFaa3DZZwkDca8wdKc_Sxx7IXIBSZdSimfS7NwwumMtvpAvQnFpN-8DbIBd72bp76Kd/s1600/prettyfri5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MST5ELgI0274NZILfrbzcovnRy05jx3YZCmYDmH-Yf-z_y1vSP_g8jikyepwR93Utqcqe6hwXGFaa3DZZwkDca8wdKc_Sxx7IXIBSZdSimfS7NwwumMtvpAvQnFpN-8DbIBd72bp76Kd/s640/prettyfri5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvtE7hluJ9vEeEKEe_YqzotPg2yTide7r9wo5qFZwKMNEH_9E4OnVSqA5ATOOJOaa3_Qcq1vVNkXrRyHnhfGpexkPDe9VJSpR5EjABhKj86HsvGQGPkj9HirfZe4HS_vAaUSzRiWfCaV5/s1600/prettyfri6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvtE7hluJ9vEeEKEe_YqzotPg2yTide7r9wo5qFZwKMNEH_9E4OnVSqA5ATOOJOaa3_Qcq1vVNkXrRyHnhfGpexkPDe9VJSpR5EjABhKj86HsvGQGPkj9HirfZe4HS_vAaUSzRiWfCaV5/s640/prettyfri6.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>take a moment this weekend to grab a bunch of blooms</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>to watch the tennis at wimbledon</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>to hang out with your kiddos</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>~~~</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>i'll see ya monday</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>we have a house full of extra kids this weekend</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>&</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>some serious parties to drop them all to</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>horse riding </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>& soccer</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>...i'm going to take a moment to say g'day to you all that have been visiting here </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>in the last week or two...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>i'm going to do it in the evening sun with a wine in hand over the weekend...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>...enjoy...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>xox</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmx5RrIRwnL9MMEuZf1vjAlFoVONGgUaCYKeMCiP89wP7q-oTBYUGOleVP_L2ws-refJM2l_HSYJQrhyH8WXtUM1oYIElcXQA7kzj8Fsy0uElDXMyBZBQV1UmP4ukubenYpgWJOGVoO0Gq/s1600/prettyfri7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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friday pretties & hanging out in the english countryside...

friday...yehar... fresh flowers... wimbledon... budweisers... friday pretties... nothing like a friday arvo... kiddos home, friday after sch...

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friday pretties & peonies in french teapots...

<b><i>it's friday...</i></b><br /><b><i>you all know i lurve fridays...</i></b><br /><b><i>L.O.V.E...</i></b><br />today has seen one kiddo home from school sick...<br />one new gate at the end of our garden path...<br />two dozen cupcakes baked for our village *club day* parade & bbq tomorrow...<br />three loads of washing done & hung on <a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/06/virtual-coffee-english-garden.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">*this*</span></a> good old fashioned perfect clothesline...<br />another lot of herbs planted in the vege garden out the front...<br />&<br />all the general kiddo school/after school stuff that happens on a daily basis...<br /><b>&</b><br /><b>it's all good- even the washing bit...</b><br />there is nothing like timing english weather well enough to get three loads of washing dried..<br /><i>outside...</i><br /><i>on the line...</i><br />i'm feeling seriously cool & righteous now tucked up in bed with a cup of tea, a pile of house mags & my laptop...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6CUp1EhtbYVnGcE1FfgJAa4BH6y30UaSxoEwynn5qraoPZU89fI7aJ_SO7qpjwJVX4OHgY7vscQNQQX1_7rcybQYWcPymOsgBc9KknN4xo9uG3CX5JzMwul4RecGT6q1V1HMfRMDzRFT/s1600/peonies1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6CUp1EhtbYVnGcE1FfgJAa4BH6y30UaSxoEwynn5qraoPZU89fI7aJ_SO7qpjwJVX4OHgY7vscQNQQX1_7rcybQYWcPymOsgBc9KknN4xo9uG3CX5JzMwul4RecGT6q1V1HMfRMDzRFT/s640/peonies1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><i>i'm snuggled up listening to the kiddos reading or sleeping in their beds...</i></b><br /><b><i>&</i></b><br /><b><i>the hubster watching & commenting to the screen on Wimbleton...</i></b><br />he loves tennis...<br />i love tennis...<br />&<br />peonies...<br />in enamel french teapots...<br />&<br />being snuggled in bed when it's raining after a day of sunshine...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDSpIMUL_x1z7TdE6dELwcQjgxnB5HZTflN2yyDp0F5VL56KvcbqmQtHu3d7jmy7W9SeV0koQmLqmUTle66Z_oS_Xf8f5JKrjzywSU_pQsk8BcFk10Qg0Xxf4WDhbvXMgVa9c3kaPtUKR/s1600/peonies2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDSpIMUL_x1z7TdE6dELwcQjgxnB5HZTflN2yyDp0F5VL56KvcbqmQtHu3d7jmy7W9SeV0koQmLqmUTle66Z_oS_Xf8f5JKrjzywSU_pQsk8BcFk10Qg0Xxf4WDhbvXMgVa9c3kaPtUKR/s640/peonies2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b><i>there are few flowers that *float my boat* like the gorgeous peony...</i></b><br />i buy them closed tight...<br />ready to burst open...<br />we watch them at breakfast each morning...<br />in their teapot...whilst i slurp from mine...<br />they are truly amazing...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-akwjH-8gI7zbkyCwN3cz3OnOr-hNhXXjElemPKXP5LNWjGqXKKmHlj8Du_U0f-8K6GxhHEwjBvYD2SOCg1nzdpnAdFt9IT2gjDpAML1ZHGNq6qaRg8nONGMMuru9Mvv6ER6WfVomzi0/s1600/peonies3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-akwjH-8gI7zbkyCwN3cz3OnOr-hNhXXjElemPKXP5LNWjGqXKKmHlj8Du_U0f-8K6GxhHEwjBvYD2SOCg1nzdpnAdFt9IT2gjDpAML1ZHGNq6qaRg8nONGMMuru9Mvv6ER6WfVomzi0/s640/peonies3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a.m.a.z.i.n.g</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-HNas4jKpLzOC6BsvI68HTK2a9RNUhwY2vaf1fDwojUnbcwh_Yjy_JF15a1uqs40FJn7csn7K3pRCTEdff-ZopGI7rY_DF7FBbpQ1_EX9clOGi35DyVOnij1BmNUIpUZMwTbQ-xgN55t/s1600/peonies4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-HNas4jKpLzOC6BsvI68HTK2a9RNUhwY2vaf1fDwojUnbcwh_Yjy_JF15a1uqs40FJn7csn7K3pRCTEdff-ZopGI7rY_DF7FBbpQ1_EX9clOGi35DyVOnij1BmNUIpUZMwTbQ-xgN55t/s640/peonies4.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b><i>have a fab weekend...</i></b><br /><b><i>we have village stuff on...</i></b><br />our annual village *club day*...<br /><i>the close the village, floats & balloons day...</i><br />we love it...<br />it passes in front of our house...<br />so we make banana muffins & coffees for breakfast...<br />& drag chairs to the pavement to wave at locals we know *floating* past...<br />total storybook stuff...<br /><i>perfect for beach-reared aussie kids living in an english village...</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbTUCTKy8t0mUujK_5f0xiEP6lxPU54tsceS2N5N8Yu37El3UPUxwK4uMr4cEwa6MKzkpDENmaEpFw89YqcimZwAaYAwerdciOMlXCKLLJnhs_0S-TXI15x8k4o3a0lC1m2SBrunpyE-8/s1600/peonies5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbTUCTKy8t0mUujK_5f0xiEP6lxPU54tsceS2N5N8Yu37El3UPUxwK4uMr4cEwa6MKzkpDENmaEpFw89YqcimZwAaYAwerdciOMlXCKLLJnhs_0S-TXI15x8k4o3a0lC1m2SBrunpyE-8/s640/peonies5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b><i>i have been trying to meet my sister-in-law in paris this weekend...</i></b><br /><b><i>sometimes things just can't be *pulled off*...</i></b><br />i love her so much...<br />we met at uni...<br />she's the link between the hubster & i...<br />but it just couldn't happen...<br />i just couldn't seem to manage it...flights & all...<br />so i'm thinking of her...<br />i'll be thinking of her all weekend...<br />i told her to stand on the steps of Sacre Coeur & to just <i>take Paris in...</i><br />to sit in the Shakespeare bookshop opposite Notre Dame & to just while away the hours...<br />to walk under the Eiffel Tower & to gaze up & smile for us both...<br />i do all these things whenever we visit Paris- & i would have done them all with her...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZoX5JiX8VLeVwDOupTW5FtlC7vocepgVHN7-SisAINH2pgjnc8TwTlvhSlIABOTGAhRSMbocDvvBJG8zzvl6cTahK7y5Qadn2z1Z2-u8T7uTit2igwZgK9mQpHyI_ey2kbTSU5BnVwAA/s1600/peonies6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZoX5JiX8VLeVwDOupTW5FtlC7vocepgVHN7-SisAINH2pgjnc8TwTlvhSlIABOTGAhRSMbocDvvBJG8zzvl6cTahK7y5Qadn2z1Z2-u8T7uTit2igwZgK9mQpHyI_ey2kbTSU5BnVwAA/s640/peonies6.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">some things are just not meant to be...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">so i'm going to gaze at these peonies...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">indulge in my mags...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">&</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">snuggle away from the rain...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...happy friday lovelies...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">p.s... </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">just want to say thanks</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">every comment</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">every email</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">every new friend that stops by</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">makes me smile big & wide</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">x</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div>

friday pretties & peonies in french teapots...

it's friday... you all know i lurve fridays... L.O.V.E... today has seen one kiddo home from school sick... one new gate at the end of o...

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