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Hello… Me Again!!
Hello, to all the people who may be reading this who have not spent the last nine years getting links to my previous posts sent on the family group chat, welcome! It has been a few years since I last updated my digital footprint with a blog post. For anyone new let me introduce myself, my name is Lucy Strawberry. I have been sharing elements of my life on this website since I was ten years old, however, so I can sleep soundly at night I have made those posts available to only me. Some general information about me, I am a proud resident of Northumberland, England. I enjoy walking,…
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Arty Walks And Little Adventures – A Day Trip To Berwick
Northumberland is a beautiful place bordering Scotland. Until this week I couldn’t say had ever been to the beautiful town close to the border known as Berwick Upon-Tweed. I must say it is definitely worth a visit! To begin the day Tom, Otto the collie dog and I woke up and had some breakfast, watched Gilmore Girls and had a cup of tea. I always struggle to sit down and enjoy breakfast when there is something exciting ahead of me, I’m just impatient for the day to begin but I know I won’t enjoy it proporly until I’ve eaten. Ben and Rocky the cats posed beautifully for my camera while…
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A Northumberland Snow Day – A Winter Wonderland Wonder
I think everyone has an inner child that gets that tingly, excited feeling when they look out the window and the world is covered in a shimmery white blanket of snow. Yes, there is the defrosting of the car to contend with, or the delay to your bus or train to plan around and yes, you will inevitably get cold at some point. Snow is not always convenient and can in all honesty be an absolute pain in the wrong circumstances. But I do still, wholeheartedly think that a snow day is one of the most exciting days of the year. Where the world is unrecognisable and sparkling white. The…
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Coming Home To Otto
Otto was not the normal adopt a dog kind of story. I actually had absolutely no idea I was even getting a dog at all. The summer before I turned 18 I nagged and nagged and nagged my parents about how much I wanted my own dog. We have two beautiful family collies, Meg and Bep, that I love dearly, but I wanted a dog that was my own. I wanted to train my own dog, take it on adventures, love it and have the kind of friendship that goes with ‘a girl and her dog’. My parents made it very clear that it was not going to happen. Very…
