Up in the air and down
Bored with your job? Hop on over to Real West Dorset for my latest Lush Places blog. It's not all bad. That's about it. Love Maddie x
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Stars in our eyes
The Perseids meteor shower - here's how it went . The link takes you to my friend's Real West Dorset website, where I have blogged under the Lush Places banner. How was it for you? That's about it. Love Maddie x
Flying the flag in the Enchanted Village
It is Bunting Day in the Enchanted Village, a Saturday in early June when our menfolk crowd around the bottom of a ladder with copious cups of coffee while one brave soul climbs to the top and puts the flags out. The annual village fete will soon be upon us and so will the football. Oh yes, the football. In the Grigg household, rather like during the election, we will sit on opposite sides of the fence. Mr Grigg is passionate about the game. Me? I neither understand the offside rule nor do I care. But I do like the house and the street being decorated, which it is every year whether the football is on or not. Six men turn out this morning to put the bunting up while my neighbour flits in and out of her front door with a tray of coffee and biscuits. A short man stands on the phone box while a taller man balances precariously on the litter bin next to the village green in an attempt to tie a string of bunting on to a signpost. Mr Grigg is up a ladder in fake Crocs and Mr Sheepwash swings...