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Thursday’s Special (inspirational photo non-challenge)
I’ve decided to start a new series of photo posts that will be published on Thursdays in honour of Jupiter (or Thor – god from Norse mythology) entitled Thursday’s Special, and I would like you to join me and to share your work with me.
A few facts about Thursday, the origin of the name and the reason why I chose it as the day of my new special posts series:
According to some international standard adopted in most western countries, Thursday is the fourth day of the week. In countries that use the Sunday-first convention, Thursday is defined as the fifth day of the week such as in Portugal where it is called “quinta-feira” meaning fifth day of liturgical celebration (the first being Sunday) after Latin “feria quinta” used in religious texts where it was not allowed to consecrate days to pagan gods. In other Romance languages the name for Thursday was clearly derived from Jupiter such as “jeudi” in French, “giovedi” in Italian, or “jueves” in Spanish. In Slavic languages again the number is used such as in Croatian where “četvrtak” means the fourth day. In Hindi the word for Jupiter is Brhaspati, and Thursday is called Brhaspativar, also known as Guruvar in the South Indian languages.
The name Thursday is derived from Old English Þūnresdæg and Middle English Thuresday, which means “Thor’s day”. And who is Thor if not Jupiter (Latin: Iuppiter, Iūpiter) (also called Jove), in Roman mythology, the god of sky and thunder, the king of all gods. The Planet Jupiter which is visible to the naked eye in the night sky and occasionally in the daytime too when the sun is low, was named after it.
Jovian is the adjectival form of Jupiter. The older adjectival form jovial, employed by astrologers in the Middle Ages, has come to mean “happy” or “merry”, moods ascribed to Jupiter’s astrological influence.
This takes us to the symbolism of Jupiter. Jupiter is said to influence all the good and noble things of life, and lead each of us toward a higher purpose. It reflects the fullness of life and absolute freedom.
With this in mind I’ve decided to dedicate these “sacrificial” posts to Jupiter, a jovial god of light to enlighten us and help us expand.
Jupiter reflected 😉
**This is not a challenge; and there are no rules. I will not be giving you themes, but I am inviting you to share with me what inspires you, and makes you happy. If you like my widget, feel free to use it when linking to Thursday’s Special, or just place it somewhere in the widget area on your blog. If you want to take part, it will bring me great joy.
Addendum: At the beginning of 2015 Thursday’s Special turned into a photo challenge and the participants are given weekly themes every Thursday. In a year and a half of posting this event I realised that bloggers are happier when given specific themes for the challenge. The novelty is that as of January 2015 you are invited to participate as guest challengers on my blog and give themes to others. For more details please see Scheduled Challenges page.
When you make a post on the given theme, link it to my challenge post and leave a link to your post in the comments section.
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A lovely non-challenge to inspire hon. Have a great day! 😀 *big hugs*
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Morning Sophia 🙂 I hope you had enough sleep 🙂 Hey, I would be happy to see you enter my non-challenge 😀
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Morning hon and yes thanks. Hope to hear the same from you. 😀
I will have to think what to enter. Have no idea. 🙂
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Come on! All your pics are inspiring .. and here you can do whatever you like as long as you promise to grow and be inspired 😀
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LOL! You think? I haven’t had my 2nd cup of coffee yet, so no inspiration or growing here. It’s still chilly and I want to get back into bed. heheheh
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🙂 It is hard for me to believe that hon. I haven’t had my first tea either, and I am having some pretty bad cramps now which is why I need to see something inspiring!! But no pressure, crawl back into your bed 😉
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Sorry to hear about the cramps. Go get that tea and feel better soon. I wish I could crawl back into bed. Work to be done here. The house is not going to clean itself. 😀
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I know hon.. just take it easy. *hugs*
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Your love of languages is showing, Paula 🙂
The photo is a stunner so when I post I’ll be happy to use your widget.
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😀 Thank you, Jo 🙂 Happy Thursday 🙂 🙂 what do you call Thursday in Polish?
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Czwartek, but it’s Sobota today! I just saw this 🙂
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And it is subota here :D.. How do you pronounce czwartek? I look forward to your post for my Thursday’s Special )
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Ch-vartek? 🙂
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yes, that sounds right 😀
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I love your idea of non-challenge challenge and attempt to provoke people to think for themselves, create, share their creations, thoughts and visions with all of us.(you are certainly making me rethink my decision not to create my web page) Again you outdone yourself with out of the box thinking, creative writing, photography and superb music selection.
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😆 🙂 hvala Bumbarek 🙂
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With your creativity and ideas it would attract a lot of traffic 🙂
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Wonderful idea! Best of luck to you. 😀
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😀 Thanks Jackie. My best wishes to you too 🙂
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I love the image you have used to create your button Paula.
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Thank you Colline 🙂 I’m glad you like my “Jupiter” photo 😀
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.. and thank you for calling it a button 😀 When I shot it this winter I never thought it would be my button :D. You’ve made me laugh, Colline 🙂
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I have now put your button 🙂 on my blog and posted my first entry. When we saw this, it certainly made my family smile. It was the first thing that popped into my mind. Hope you like it Paula 🙂
http://collinesblog.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/the-mini-eyelash/
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I am so happy with your entry Colline 🙂 You’ve made me smile :D. A car with long eyelashes.. I could not ask for more 😀 About 23 years ago hubby burned my eyelashes on my left eye while lighting me a cigarette, but they grew back again as you can see in my header pic… anyway your post made me remember this trivia from my life 😀
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I am glad your eyelashes grew back 🙂 And that you enjoyed my entry. I look forward to seeing what other people come up with.
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Thank you, dear. I wonder how many of them will turn up considering it is August and many are still on holidays :O. Thank you for the follow up 🙂
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Happy to see my button on your page :D. I have singled out your link so far in the post, and waiting for others to come up with their contribution to Jupiter 😀
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I will check back later to read them. 🙂
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Thank you. I wonder if you got an email from me with an attachment some weeks ago. I sent it to your gmail account, to the address you have registered here. It is just something I offered you a time ago.
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I’m loving the image! I know your “Thursday Special” will make me very happy 🙂 Thank you, Paula!
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It’s so nice to hear this Sweetie 🙂 I can’t wait to see your post 🙂 Thank YOU.
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Do you want us to make a link to your Thursday Special if we join?
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Yes, Amy, that would be nice, thank you. Despite being a non-challenge it is the only “rule” – to link to my Thursday’s Special and to enclose your link in the comments section in my post 🙂
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I assume it should be posted on Thursday 🙂 Sorry, too many questions 😕
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Don’t apologize Amy 🙂 It is holiday here and I am at my computer non-stop :D. The only requirements that I set are to entitle it Thursday’s Special: (and here you include your own title – without brackets of course), you include the link to my post the same as you do with other challenges and you leave a link to your post and yes, the only setback is that it should be posted on Thursday, but that again is flexible cause we are not on the same time all of us ;). You have plenty of time usually to prepare as there are no themes that are given but then again it is more challenging as it requires you to come up with your own idea :D. Please, if you have any more questions, I am here.
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Sounds cool! I’m slow… so I may not be on the right track the first few times 😉 Thank you for hosting it!
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My pleasure Amy 🙂 Don’t worry about being late… Jupiter will understand 😉
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Looks excellent Paula and great idea!
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🙂 Cheers, Phil 🙂
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Count me in! I’ll post something as soon as I return!
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That’s great to hear Max :), and if you ever should start your own, I will be more than happy to join it 🙂
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Brhaspati. That is what we call Jupiter in Hindi. So Brhaspativar is Thursday! Or Guruvar in the South Indian languages, just in case you want to add to that extensive list 😀
And what a special image to start off a special ‘non’ challenge!!
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Thank you so much Madhu 🙂 I will have to look into the etymology of the names you provided :). I know you are quite busy posting about travels, but I hope you will be happy if you find the time and inspiration to join this non-challenge 🙂
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Promise to try my best 🙂
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I did not find the meaning of -var in Hindi. Does it mean a day or is it a simple suffix? Is Guruvar also named after Jupiter? This stuff is so interesting. I am glad you like my photo 🙂
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Var – pronounced Vaar – means week. Joined with names of the relevant planets, it becomes ‘day’. So literally Jupiter’s day 🙂
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Fascinating, so I may use your info in my introductory article. Thanks 🙂 🙂 🙂 Making me happy 🙂
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Here is a link that you might enjoy 🙂
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Wow, thank you. I have included your contribution in my text with a special mention 😉 (as if you need more traffic poor thing :D), and have been reading hinduism.about.com which tells me I should be wearing yellow clothes and eat yellow food on Guruvar… such as bananas, I hope lemons also count – much less calories in them :D. Can’t thank you enough for these free-lessons. Truly inspiring. Brhaspati will be satisfied 🙂
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Ha ha, he would be pleased 😀
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Oh yes, I knew what all days are associated with, but did not know the words in all these languages (having a blast right now :D) For example, here everybody gets married on Saturday which is a bad idea considering it is ruled by Saturn, a gloomy planet. They should all hitch on Friday instead. I hope people will start paying attention 😀
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Saturday is very bad here, but Tuesday is badder!
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Oh yes, Tuesday is the no day for many things, probably good for divorce :D. You have no idea what you’ve done with the link you gave me… Now I want that cameo bracelet 😀
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😆
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Do you know by any chance what day of the week you were born? (I am not doing your natal chart – no worries :D) I was born on Monday which reminds me of English nursery rhyme that starts with “Mondays child is fair of face” 😀
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Ah figures. No such luck. I am supposed to be full of woe!
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Oh Wednesday is great, under the influence of Mercury, good communications and great day for new beginnings 🙂 Don’t believe in nursery rhymes 😀
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Never do.
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Great idea, beautiful done… 🙂
In danish thursday is called T(h)orsdag, actually wednesday is called onsdag (Odins day), tuesday is called tirsdag (Tyrs day – our norse war god) and friday is called fredag (Freyas day – our old norse goddess of love, sexuality, beauty, fertility)… 🙂
Saturday (Saturn’s Day) is in danish called lørdag (laug dag – an old norse word for bath) – maybe danish, norwegian and icelandian people only take one bath a week “hahaha”
Sunday is in danish called søndag from the old norse sunnudagr, which means the suns day.
Monday is called mandag – moon day from Mōnandæg which are both old english and old norse.
😉
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Thank you Drake 🙂 I am glad I have made you think 😀
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Yeah it don’t happens every day… “lol lol”
You are a devil woman… 🙂 🙂 😉
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😀
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So, if I am going to meet a Dane, it better be on lørdag 😉
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Yeah – otherwise keep your nose closed optionally with a gas mask… 🙂 😉
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😛
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Why a thursday special? why not make it a daily special? 😉 The stars are back 🙂
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Cause I honour Jupiter ;), and besides daily special would be too much work. Care to join?
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What a spectacular photo of Jupiter Paula, absolutely stunning! And what a wonderful idea!
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You know of course it is not really Jupiter 😉 Patti, I am really glad you approve of this idea :). Can I expect you will join in? xo
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Adorei… interessante!
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muito, muito obrigada… Posso dizer obrigadissima??
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Eheheh… pode! 😛
De nada. 😉
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That’s a really cool Jupiter symbol, just similar enough.
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😀 Thank you very much 🙂
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I would like to participate! But.. I’m new to blogging… Can anybody teach me?
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Thank you so much for this post Opalla. It is truly inspiring and encouraging. Congratulations!
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Hi…here’s my Thursday’s Special link 🙂
http://elleturner4.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/thursdays-special/
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A first entry from me.
Song of Sunset http://wp.me/p3sJPz-lJ
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Thank you for taking part Babsje. Lovely takes!
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Thanks Paula. I’m glad to hear found your challenge, aloof the entries are wonderful. Best, Babsje
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I loved your latest photo, Paula!
Here’s mine for this week.
Paved Paradise? http://wp.me/p3sJPz-oG
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I’ve already been there, and included your link in my post ;). A great entry Babsje 🙂
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Many thanks! See you next Thursday. 🙂
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What’s that things ? Is it a planet ? Jupiter ? 😀
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That, my friend, is my lamp 🙂 It has a nice fancy bulb but it is a white globe in itself. I took a pic of it and its reflection on a glass table. The light of the lamp is the only light used in this shot! How do you like it? Jupiter is a fascinating planet!
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Well… your lamp have the colours of Jupiter ! 🙂 I specialy like photos that I can’t immediatly guess what it is ! 🙂
It’s a good idea ! And a great observation of your room and the objects. 😀
(Sorry for the mistakes, if mistakes there are. I come from Belgium and English isn’t my first langage ! 🙂 ).
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Your English is quite good 🙂 If you prefer you can write in French?
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Oh no, thank you ! I’m a French professor and if I begin to speak in French, I will use difficult words…:D
Where do you come from ? 🙂
(*well… your lamp HAS the colours of Jupiter) 🙂
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Please, please talk to me in French. My French is so rusty 😦 I need to practise…. I come from Croatia.
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La Croatie ! Et vous parlez français ? C’est chouette ! 🙂
En Belgique, j’enseigne le français à des étrangers qui viennent de différents pays: Afghanistan, Pologne, Espagne, Italie, Turquie, Ukraine… 🙂 Et maintenant… Croatie ! 😀
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J’ai fait des etudes de francais, anglais et literature. maintenant mon francais est mauvais 😦 Je travaille comme traductrice d’anglais Mais en 2003 j’ai traduit un livre du francais en croate 😉 – cela a ete ma derniere traduction franco-croate 😀
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C’est bien ça ! 🙂 Votre français n’est pas mauvais: vous faites peu de fautes et vous avez un bon vocabulaire de base ! 🙂
Je vous mets dans mes favoris, pour commenter vos photographies et pour que vous vous entraîniez à parler français. ! 🙂 Si vous le voulez bien sûr ! 😀
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Merci bien Yoris, j’ai envoye un email mais je crois que l’adresse n’a pas ete correcte :D. Si vous preferez vous pouvez me tutoyer… 😀 J’aimerais plus ca.
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C’est precisement ici que tu peux trouver des coordonees comment participer dans mon non-challenge 😀 Tu peux publier quoi que ce soit (photo(s)) et la lier avec mon Thursday’s Special de la semaine. Avec ca il y aura un peu plus des gens qui pourront voir ton travail, le cote bon – pas de sujet – tu fais ce que tu veux mais ca doit etre publie jeudi – alors si tu veux faire un lien de ta photo reguliere de jeudi avec mon post – ca serait suffisant 🙂
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I’ve been wondering for decades why elementary school teachers don’t explain the origins of our English-language day names, which are fascinating and provide an insight into ancient times. But then I’ve also been wondering why so many of those same teachers don’t seem able to impart simple arithmetic to their students. Consider me anything but jovial on that subject.
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Do you really think that our knowledge depends on teachers we had? I learned very little in classes. We can only rely on books and our thirst for knowledge.
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I’m all for books, having bought and read many of them since I was a teenager, and learning as many things as one can by whatever method. That said, I wouldn’t underestimate the power of a good teacher to ask lots of the right questions, to make connections among subjects, to explain things that many might find difficult, and to inspire students with a love of learning. I’m sorry if you didn’t have good teachers.
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Hi, I’m glad to join too: I have taken a copy of the button to add; I’m pretty new to challenges so I particularly like the idea of a no-pressure inspire one 🙂 nature usually inspires me the most.
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Nice to have you on board PTH 🙂
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As I’m about to disappear for a couple of weeks, I won’t get involved in this one yet, Paula. It has promise, eh ? – a hug variety of topics coming up. 🙂
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It is necessary to take time off, and you have a very valid reason dear M-R. I will be keeping my eye on you and waiting for you. I will be absent from the 20th July to the 3rd of August (2 B&W Sunday’s and 2 TS missed) on account of my summer holidays, but after that I promise some real action 😀
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Now THERE’s something to look forward to ! 🙂
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🙂
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I like your description of your non challenge. Shall have a think, so maybe next week! I love all of the linguistic Thursdays information Paula, most interesting.
🙂
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🙂 Thank you, Barbara. I am so glad you took time to look at the original post and read it. Talk later ….. 🙂
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