This might very well be the last round-up of the year. The festivities are coming, and I will be travelling a tiny bit “in between the years”, as we say in German – between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Since London was such a great hit with my mum in April this year, I have decided to take her to Belfast for a couple of days. She has been there already, of course. There is hardly a place in Ireland she *hasn’t* been to yet. Years of visiting her ex-pat daughter mean she has travelled all over the island – without me, I hasten to say. But Belfast is a big city, and there are plenty of cafés and restaurants and shops to keep us busy for a couple of days. And I look forward to spending a bit of time alone with my mum again.
But anyway, after all the excitement of this week (Tweet/Deletes, Q&As and Xmas Messages), the big news on tumblr was – the fact that the new adult content guidelines have come into effect. And I am not sure whether that means lots of stuff has been deleted, but the timeline just looks weird. There is all sorts of Hannibal/Red Dragon stuff in there – which is already several years old at this stage… Tbh, the whole guideline change may have repercussions for this weekly round-up, too. It looks as if tumblr will never be the same again. We’ll see how it develops. Here’s this week’s round-up:
- Reminder by idontfindyouthatinteresting that Red Dragon Con 5 is only 6 weeks away
- A new tumblr call rcrispina has been born that focuses on Richard’s characters – but expressly states it will not objectify his RL persona. Aha. Ok.
- Snowy bauble posted by fizzyxcustard
- Better still – the whole man in a winter coat, slowly being snowed in. Also by fizzyxcustard
- Ok, last one of those fizzyxcustard picture edits – sparkly RA
- Ra-of-light describes what this picture does to her. And what does it do to you? (Ages ago I actually wrote an *ooof* on it…)
- RA describing how to make Christmas pud. Giffed by riepu10
- LOL – bagginshield-disaster pretty much describes what a bagginshield disaster is…
- Very cool gif set by lethal-desires of the great red dragon
- ROFL – crystalchandlyre is so on to something. I’ll join her.
- Lots of cool one-liners this week – like this one from fruitcake007. I totally whisper with her
- Or this one liner by fredragon. Need I say more?
- Ineedthislikeaholeinthehead finally watches ITS and finds Gary too sexy to be true. What do you think? Is RA believable?
At the end of this I also want to update you that Flat Richie is already on the road again. He only stopped over for one night with Helen and is now on his way to the next destination. Bets are on whether he will make it *before* Christmas. In any case, if you haven’t checked it, read Helen’s blog posts on Flat Richie’s visit with her.
I’ve been quiet the last couple of days – getting ready for my mum’s visit. But after a final big translation job today I am now set for the holidays, and I really look forward to it. I want to use some of my free time to craft – make a Christmas journal, sew a couple of presents, do more baking, and practice more watercolouring. You can see my first try on the right.
And I also want to do a little more blogging – there are a few updates to write before we put this year to bed. And I have also just realised that I haven’t sent Richard my usual end-of-year update. (Nope, not a fan letter. Just an update. I insist on that wording!)
But until then – hope you can catch a few minutes of peace and quiet, and be ready for the festivities.
Love,
Guylty ❤️
Nice haul! Am I the only one who thinks of Twilight’s sparkly vampires with glitter RA?
I love your watercolor!! So pretty.
Have lots of fun with your mum. Spending time with loved ones is the best thing about the holidays. That and—for people like me with 9 to 5 jobs—not having to go into the office. I hope to do some crafting, some blogging and possibly some RA watching during my time off.
Merry Christmas to the whole extended Guylty family.
❤️❤️ K.
P. S. ‘I hasten to say’ is by far one of my favorite English expressions!! Yes, I’m weird like that—I rate words &!expressions.
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Mum has arrived and the sun is shining. I think I’ll go for a walk with her now – so I’m just quickly popping in here to say hello.
Glad to hear you like those English expressions – despite all the American influence, I guess 😉
Hope you’ll have lots of time for family and yourself over the next few days. What are you going to craft???
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I’m itching to try the coffee died paper but we’ll see. I also have a sewing project on my mind and I’m still holding out hope that my graphics skills will magically return. I’m *not* gonna have enough time…
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Kate ah if I could be in the room when you make the coffee paper and smell the aroma hmmmmmm✌️😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗
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See, that part I’m not necessarily looking forward to…
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The best and only part for me and I would happily drink whatever coffee you had left over 😘😘👏👏👍I’ll bring the Walkers cookies too for your tea
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After I dragged paper scraps through it?? Yikes! I promise, if you ever come to my house, I’ll make you some fresh coffee. ☕️ 🍪
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Ah I’ll keep you to that!! 😘😘😘💗💗💗👍
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American influences
Irish influence Armitage influence what a wonderful trio 💗💗💗💗💗😘😘😘😘
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Have a Happy Christmas
I hope you have a good time in Belfast, it’s great to have something to look forward to.
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Exactly, and I really *am* looking forward to Belfast. It’s been a few years since I was last there, and I really like travelling anyway. Doesn’t always have to be abroad; a different city on the same island is actually good enough 😉
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The RA tag (and probably others as well) is seriously messed up. Is that what you meant by the timeline looking weird? Even if you filter search results by “recent” and not “top” posts, you still get only a handful of recent ones and the rest are much older. They used to be in order of posting (with endless scrolling) so it was easy to catch up on any I missed, now if something doesn’t appear on my dash there’s no guarantee I’ll catch up with it in the tag. Deleted blogs is only partially the reason I suspect. The whole site is going down the gurgler, but I’m going to hang in there as long as possible because ultimately my blog is my playground, my RA happy place.
Have a lovely time with your mum, S., and I wish the very best to you and yours’ for Christmas and the New Year.
PS And that’s your first try at watercolours?!! I’m envious!!
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That’s it – the RA tag is just weird. There was hardly anything new in there; and then suddenly all these Hannibal/Francis Dolarhyde posts popped up. It took me a while to actually cop on that these were old posts.
I really wonder how we are meant to use tumblr then? Just by looking at our own dashboard rather than the tags? But it’s virtually impossible to keep up with a particular topic just via the dash… In any case, they are definitely killing the site. Such a pity.
Mum has now arrived and it’s so beautiful outside, I have decided to take her out for a walk into town. OK, I admit, it’s also an excuse to buy a couple of last-minute presents…
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Wow, echt schönes Bild. Und das soll der erste Versuch sein? Du kannst aber auch alles, einfach nur furchtbar soviel Talent 😉!
Wünsch dir/euch frohe Weihnachten in Familie und danach viel Spaß in Belfast. Genieß die Zeit!
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Nee nee, ich kann bei weitem nicht alles. Und malen ist nun wirklich etwas, wovon ich wenig verstehe. Aber ich hatte mich da gestern mal inspirieren lassen von einem YT video, und war dann überrascht, dass es doch einigermaßen aussieht…
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The joy of painting 😉? Dafür, dass du wenig davon verstehst, sieht es erschreckend perfekt aus.
Könntest du bei Gelegenheit mal einen Link zum ooof für Nr.6 posten? So ein geiles Bild 😍.
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The Joy of Painting 🖼 ist das allerbeste. Vielleicht mach ich das heute als Hintergrund-Berieselung beim Geschenke Einpacken an!!
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Hast du schon mal versucht, danach zu malen? Ich meine, funktioniert das wirklich? Dann bestünde ja noch Hoffnung für mich 😂.
Geschenke muss ich auch noch einpacken. Bevorzuge als Hintergrundberieselung aber eher Weihnachtsmusik.
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Nee, ich glaub das wäre bei mir ein klarer Fall von ‘sieht leichter aus als es ist ‘…
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Dann haben wir ja was gemeinsam.
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Da wünsche ich dir und deiner Familie vorsichtshalber schon heute frohe und gesegnete Weihnachtstage sowie eine gute und friedliche Zeit mit deiner Mutter. Lass es dir gut gehen und pflege deine (vielen) Talente. *jetztmaltsieauchnoch* 😉
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Danke dir – und hoffentlich komme ich noch vor den drei Festtagen wieder ins Netz. Ich hab da eigentlich noch ein paar Sachen vorzubereiten und durchzuziehen 😉
LOL – #DilettantenDerWeltVereinigtEuch
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Guylty the water color is gorgeous!! Another Etsy item you can sell now!
I love #4 and #5 those pics of him in beard ahhhhhhh
Have a wonderful time w your mum in Belfast and a great and relaxing Cmas w your family!! Eat, drink and be merry!! Of course blog b/c we love you here 💗💗😘😘😘
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LOL – no one is going to buy dilettante water colours. But I was happy enough with them and feel happy to experiment more with paint brush and water…
Hope you arrived safely in Texas and now have some lovely time with your family!
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First, yes I am in Texas just had breakfast with my dad then Cmas shopping will commence. So thank you for your kind words😘. Second I don’t know what dilettante means and stop deflecting b/c you are artistic beyond words and I see I’m wasn’t the only one to praise your water color work. I’m very visual so the photographs you take will nicely translate into the water color project for you in my opinion😘😘Third I’m happy your mum is there now and you can spend time w her. I have Belfast on my travel bucket list so please take pics and post your time b/c er some of us are not on Twitter besides you Kate and the 6’2 tall dwarf to leave comments 😘😘😘😉
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Very nice roundup.
For the record, I love RA and I do NOT ship Bagginshield. At all.
I think Tumblr just destroyed itself for no reason that we know of. Unless they’ve decided to turn it into a children’s playground. They’ve flagged NFComics as NSFW and now you can’t find it (she’s resurrected as zombiecarrol) and staff IS watching becuase every time someone finds a way around their walls, they hold it up. The tag is a joke, all of it…
EITHER WAY!
Have a very Happy Christmas, all of you!
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Zee thank you for saying the Bagginshield comment I thought it was just me! I’m not on Tumblr so I don’t really get it to be honest but I do like the two beard pics of Richard and the spread eagle one w his combat boots on! Very sexy and dreamy 😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️
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Yeah, I can’t even take it or leave it. I just leave it. Then again, I’m not a fan of the slash genre. No, I’m not homophobic, it just does nothing for me. I prefer my alpha male with a strong woman. Not an alpha woman and not a push-over, just a strong one.
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Oh yeah I just don’t care for it and I don’t get the LOTR fan fare anyway but I do like Thorin for the strong male he is sigh sigh and it has nothing to do with homophobia at all so none of us would think that!!! 😘
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I’ve written LOTR fanfic since 2002???? I started with elves, but quickly found my way to the Rohirrim. I LOVE my Rohirrim!!! I fell in love with the dwarves as well. Sigh. I guess it’s just my love for hairy men!
(There are people who think if you don’t solely enjoy slash fic, then you are homophobic, because no one in their right mind would like heterosexual fanfiction! Well I guess I’m not in my right mind, even tho I’m right! LOL!
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You are in rare form today!! 🤣😘one of my viewing goals for NY Eve is to watch the LOTR trilogy !!!!!!!
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If you can find the extended, do. I did a rewatch a few months back and after seeing the Hobbit trilogy, it answered a LOT of questions. There is also a scene in Moria that now makes me cry.
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Yeah, Bagginshield is not really my cup of tea, either. It’s a case of “I can take it or leave it”. It’s definitely not the main canon in my head (not least because I was always slightly annoyed by the whiny hobbits – both in LotR and in TH)
WTF . NFComics is porn? LOL, fantastic. Well, that says it all, doesn’t it`? Tumblr is definitely on the way to self-destruction.
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Yeah – they fixed it so you can’t even LOOK for her. If someone reblogs something, you can pull it up on the side, but not the archive. And there is no arguing with them. ONce they decide, you’re screwed. Last night another ‘fix’ made the rounds, but it looked really techy to me.
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yeah, i’m not into Bagginshield tbh…i do quite like Thorin fanfic and it’s made me warmup to the character of Thorin alot…we rewatched The Hobbit for the first time since seeing it in the cinema and i still have a massive urge to punch Thorin for being so bloody stubborn..apart from the end obviously
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ONe of my oldest LOTR friends can’t stand Thorin as a character – she’s fond of her Hobbits and she feels Thorin used Bilbo as DragonBait. Another friend doesn’t like this adaptation because the dwarves are supposed to be ugly and we have hawt dwarves.
I’m kinda… partial to the hawt dwarves. I’m partial to BadAss Santa Dwarf as well…
Okay, I like all of them, but I”m partial to the hawt dwarves, the funny dwarf and the Bad Ass Santa Dwarf.
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That is an interesting theory of Thorin using Bilbo as dragon bait though 😉🤔
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IN the books, he did. Apparently. I don’t remember it’s been so long since I read them. I should go back and at least reread the Hobbit. It’s been 45 years?
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Me too! I like Richard in his youth has a wonderful primary school teacher who read Yhe Hobbit tonud and did a phenomenal Precioussss accent of Gollum who was my fav character ❤️😘💗🎯
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Gosh my typing is horrible today sorry !!
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Wasn’t it was Gandalf’s idea to take Bilbo along, because dragons don’t recognize the smell of hobbits? I blame Gandalf, not Thorin, he orchestrated the whole expedition.
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PS It’s been over 40 years since I read the book as well, so my opinion is based solely on the movies. 😉
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I agree with you Mezz. It’s all Gandalf’s fault.
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Nordlicht 😱🤣😉👍😘💗💗💗
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Mezz from what I got out of it didn’t Thorin not trust Bilbo in the beginning so maybe he leveraged Bilbo against Smaug somewhat until Bilbo showed that he could be trusted no?
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Thorin was really given no choice but to take Bilbo, and when they reached inside the mountain, there was still no choice, because Gandalf had chosen Bilbo for a very specific reason. He set the wheels in motion and there was no going back imho. Can you guess I don’t like Gandalf?!
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So Gandalf manipulated the whole scheme/journey.., I liked Thorin for a lot of reasons though and I didn’t know Gandalf back story from LOTR books or movies 🤔🤷♀️😉❤️
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Wait a minute, you don’t know LOTR Michele 😲? Can’t believe it. I liked Gandalf at the beginning, I mean who don’t like Wizards. But my attitude towards him changed somehow. He is indeed a great manipulator.
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Nordlicht jou jou I know so my first goal of 2019 is to view the LOTR trilogy so I can chat better about Middle Earth
I’m not a HP fan either 😱🤷♀️☕️
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Gandalf put wheels in motion, for he was sent from Valinor as one of 5 wizards to watch over Middle-earth, for people to fight against the darkness. For if Smaug made alliance with Sauron/Necromancer, all would have gone to hell during the Battle of the Five Armies and later in the War of the Ring. You should read in the Appendices of Rotk, there a chapter Durin’s folk, plus in the Unfinished Tales, there is a chapter about Quest of Erebor, plus one on wizards. And I do recommend you read The Silmarillion. 😉 Gandalf had every right to do what he did (I am sorry to say that 😉 )
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Thank you I will follow your advice to the T !!! Any questions I know who to ask now 😉😘👏
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And I’m sorry to say that I disagree 😉.
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Nordlicht disagree with?? Gandalf as manipulator? Thorn used Bilbo? Gandalf used Bilbo as Smaug bait?
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With Andrea’s last sentence Michelle. Der Zweck heiligt die Mittel – seh ich nicht so.
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I can but support your goal for 2019 Michele 👍😊.
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Thank you Nordlicht! So you think Bilbo went on his own accord? I mean once he acquired the ring he certainly morphed into a stronger version of himself. Thorin has multiple agendas as well though no?
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Hobbits don’t go on an adventure. Except if you are a part of Took family. (Tooks were mainly of Fallohide Hobbit stock, and had quite a reputation for unusual behavior (among other things being more adventurous than the other Hobbits), a quality not valued in the Shire. For this reason they were seen as less respectable). Which Bilbo was. Bilbo struggled between being a Took and being a respectable Baggins. He was to refuse invitation for a journey at first (remember that conversation with Gandalf in the morning 😀 ), but when he heard Thorin singing, he wanted to see the mountains and all that gold. For Bilbo loved going elswhere when he was little, and always pretend he was on an adventure, but that changed after the death of his parents (to shorten the story). But then again, in the morning, when dwarves were gone from his house, he was Baggins. Until Gandalf came and said practically threw him out saying he had not time for anything if he wanted to go. Gandalf chose Bilbo because Smaug was not used to hobbits’ smell and he thought adventure would be good for Bilbo. And, well, he was right. Hobbit was glad to share perils and proved he was the valuable member.
More on this here https://www.quora.com/The-Hobbit-book-movies-and-creative-franchise-Why-did-the-quest-need-a-burglar
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Andrea thank you for explaining the back story to me!! The light bulb went off in my head so I’m very grateful to you 😘😘💗👍👏
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I am here for all your questions: I sleep and breathe Tolkien 😀 :* ❤
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Watch the LOTR movies or read the book (both would be best, of course, Michele 😉).If you liked The Hobbit you will like it as well. I love the book and the movies.
I don’t think the ring made Bilbo stronger. But on such a long journey everyone is changing and you somehow get used to dangerous/challenging situations.
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I’ve not read the book (shame on me) but from what I’ve been told while yes Gandalf took Bilbo, Thorin was against it and then used Bilbo for his own purposes.
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Rachel that’s a great idea I need to do a trilogy binge myself on the Hobbit maybe w the nieces!! 😘👍👏
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well i figure that Armitage must be a good actor if he can bring out such a strong reaction from me! lol
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Yes I agree and I have grown to love Thorin as a character on multiple levels!! Do you have a fav character by the way? I’m just curious
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fave character from Hobbit or any of his work?
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Rachel either Hobbit or any of the characters he’s played or both if if you like I’m just curious if it’s ok to ask you 😘🤗
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fine to ask, i’ve not seen all his work tbh but i do have a big affection for the Johns-Porter, Thornton and Standring
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Rachel Standring and Thornton are awwwwesomeeee!! What haven’t you seen?
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Oh loads-I’m a terrible fan! Lol
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Same here! We can start our own little club. 😂😂
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Another sub category on your blog perhaps “The RA Catch up Fans Club”
Entry requirement desire to watch RA from LAMDA grad to Daniel stud man 😉💗💗💗🤣
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😂😂
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I’m happy you find this amusing I try to be as funny as the trio here but you , G and Nordlicht are a tough act to follow 😘😘😘🤣👍👍👍👏👏👏 I say of course w all the love in my heart for you three 💗💗💗💗❤️❤️❤️❤️😎😉
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I love the Johns. I should start filling my Quickies category on the blog. I made something for that once.
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When is there gonna be another RDAC
entry? Breathlessly waiting for that 😉😘🤣
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You are? Well, I might have one for you later then…
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Kate I’m always HIGHLY anticipating your blog posts and now w RDAC announced I’m itching for entry zwei😉👏👍😘☃️🎯
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I agree with Mezz, that’s amazing for a first watercolour! What a talented lady you are (but we knew that!)
A quick update… #flatrichie has left the UK (I did wonder if he’d get caught up in the shenanigans at Gatwick airport, but it seems not. Phew!)
Have a wonderful Christmas, all of you, and enjoy your time with your mum. 😘
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You’re all very generous with your praise re. the water colour. But I confess – I was hoping for that so that I can garner more motivation to experiment with it 😉
Phew indeed on Flat Richie hopefully circumnavigating the Gatwick Dronegate. Honestly, so annoying. I mean, I assume it was a protest of some sort, and of course Christmas is the most effective time of year to shut down air traffic, but OTOH it is really such an asshole move to do that at this time of year…
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Asshole in every way 😡 I feel so sorry for those who have had their holidays ruined!
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Oh wow Helen it must have been bad 😱
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Then more praise you shall get 😉😘I did not hear about the Dronegate at Gatwick?
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If you see my daughter while in Belfast – say hello for me!
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Have a lovely time with your mother. :*
And I wish everyone here happy holidays and all the best in 2019. :*
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Happy festivities Guylty and to everyone here.I don’t contribute much being a lazy lurker but enjoy the comments and the shared RA fascination. Thanks for the round-up up and all of them this year. It’s exciting that there will be a few RA glimpses in the new year at last – including Flat Ritchie xx
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Happy Christmas and this is probably the best place to say how lovely and welcoming you’ve all been to this newbie to the Armitage 😁
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Rachel from one newbie ahem me to another you I am sooo happy you are here!!! 💗💗💗😘😘😘looking forward to chatting with everyone in 2019 about Richard and many other topics!!!!👏👏👏👍👍👍❤️
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bless you Michele-you’re a sweetie x
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As are you !! Hope he does a play in London so I can come to the UK Brexit or Stayit we all need to meet!!! 👍👏💗💗😘😘😘😉
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Nice roundup. Hope you have a nice time with your mum.
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