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A day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 26, 2026March 23, 2026

My sister shared some photographs of her camping trip to Vic Bay (Victoria Bay, Garden…

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A Zebra lacking stripes

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 25, 2026March 24, 2026

Source I always worry that animals with albinism or unusual colour variations will be targeted…

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Body Shop Velvet Fig and Pistachio (and Dewberry) series

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 25, 2026March 19, 2026

The Body Shop went bankrupt in Sweden, but former employees and executives acquired the rights…

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Stop the world, I want to get off! Influencer set for toddlers

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 24, 2026March 23, 2026

Find it here

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Has spring sprung?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 24, 2026March 23, 2026

We were out for our first ride of the season this past weekend. It was…

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A Day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 23, 2026March 15, 2026

Swedish ‘snus’ – small pouches of moist oral tobacco you place under your top lip.…

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This makes me ragey

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 23, 2026March 15, 2026

I can see both sides. The companies are doing the work to make it available…

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Smile

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 22, 2026March 15, 2026

Oh no Temu! An ad from French cat food company, Caats  

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Trousseau chests/bottom drawers/hope chests

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 22, 2026March 15, 2026

I see so many full dinner services and tea sets in second-hand shops these days.…

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100 years old today!

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 21, 2026March 22, 2026

I wore this upper arm bracelet when I got married. It belonged to my maternal…

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