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Down here on the earth We are egging on Midnight To get a move on while up in the skies astronauts wait to head home and see family and as ra passes homes towns and continents new year comes closer clockfaces move on till time meets the midnight hour people singing Auld Lang Syne
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Pigeons landing on the city rooftops enjoy a midwinter meal robins and ravens join in the fun but are puzzled at the sight of their cousins landing on the evergreens explanations requested as they’re xamining the spoils elevated northern temperatures say the swallows and swifts decided it was a good idea to return home
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#weather #seasons #winter #snow What happened to the White Stuff ? Father Time dropped the seasonal clock confusing squirrels and hedgehogs alike trees kept their autumns colours leaving jack frost and the winds to do the job of the falling snow and birds normally in warmer spots decided to take a shot in nests in…
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#christmas #dinner #changes #turkey #lamb A pleasant surprise Awaited those round the table After the kings speech While various vegetables slow cooked on the hob there’s no Turkey to be seen Whilst he’s running around a happy little barn bird there’s a leg of lamb roasting away Carrots and Turnip Parsnips and Petit Pois sit…
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I Freshly Baked and sliced Today ready and waiting to receive and house the tasty morsels tween top and bottom floors II Rich, Red, and Satisfying wonderful whiff comes together as they come together in the pan III Every chickens home (for a while or two) gravitating towards a bowl or a frying pan as…
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#football #Manchester #City #United Ball kicked around from end to end, by gladiators from a northern town Aim of the contest score more than the other team in Red or In Blue Fans cheering as one as their team goes in battle with their local foes. And chorus rings out as tackles a plenty fly…
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#food #winter staples you find in the store cupboard aren’t the regular beef chicken or pork and though you can have fish , you’ll probably find it wrapped up in the fridge – no lemon juice, stock cubes, soy and Worcestershire sauce share a spot, even the tinned produce you’ll find there – tomatoes and…
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#Stars #Sky #Night Sunlight fades, and these appear…it’s taken a while for their limelight to attract your eye reality is….far off in space another sun is burning away, and all to say hello.
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the long strands of spaghetti enjoyed an oily bath while various ingredients were being chopped up and added to the pan onions and carrots danced with a little bit of garlic before tomatoes joined in the fun bubbling away happily for a while mushroom sliced and fried joined in too till they all clung to…
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#festive #christmas #decoration Brilliantly coloured and shiny as a pin its been hibernating from January to Now Sleeping away among the bubblewrap with its brothers and sisters awaiting the moment Rainbows of Colour ready to be released to brighten up a winters night Sounds of Ruffling in search of wrapping paper and cards – a…
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