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<\/a><\/p>\n13th August – When we read in a grammar exercise that King Charles Spaniels are named after Charles II, my ten year-old student told me that King Charles II liked to party.\u00a0 She learnt it on Horrible Histories<\/em>.<\/p>\n 14th August – A male and female finch are sitting on the winter-bare branches by my window.\u00a0 Now and then the female flits over to the planter box and scrapes a few more grains of soil out while the male stands guard on the branch just above.\u00a0 Now I have an unusual problem:\u00a0 how can I water my pansies without the tunnel collapsing?<\/p>\n 15th August – Researched a holiday resort online and found many variations in prices for the same room, same dates.\u00a0 Rang the resort and told the owner we’ve stayed there several times over the past 25 years;\u00a0 he gave me a $200\/week discount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 11th August – My oldest son is composing a piece of piano music.\u00a0 I’ve never known a composer before.\u00a0 He’s posted it on his blog:\u00a0 http:\/\/lukeworth.wordpress.com\/ 12th August – Saw a tiny finch digging in a planter box hanging from my porch. I looked in and found a slanting tunnel dug out beside the pansies. … <\/p>\n<\/a>