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Six days in Houston TX

My sister-in-law and her husband came to Houston for a week’s holiday. We didn’t let the weather get in the way and in a week managed to give them a great holiday.

This is what Alex and Bob got up to on their trip and some ‘things to do’ while visiting Houston.  Continue reading Six days in Houston TX

Flip-flops in February

A bush has just spoken to me!

Now those of you familiar with the strange things that happen while I am out walking on the hike and bike trail will think ‘so what’. Lonely lost pelicans, cyclists taking selfies while actually in motion, and frolicking bank managers are, after all, to be expected.

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Thanksgiving – a foreign perspective

If you are in the UK, generally speaking, you will not be too aware of Thanksgiving – it just passes  you by. If you are in the US, you would have to be dead not to be aware of it. It signals the official start to the countdown to Christmas. Houses are bedecked, festive lights are popping up all over the city and the TV schedules have been taken over with Thanksgiving Day parades.

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