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A once in a lifetime sighting I would have thought, unless you've stumbled on a small colony. I get visited by a sparrow with a cyst on her head that has survived even though her vision might be somewhat impaired by it, it looks like she has a crest, I think she's even managed to breed this year too. I looked it up on the white one it's called leucism, so your spelling wasn't far off at all.

How does it happen Steve? it's obviously not an albino. I've seen albino ravens, crows, magpies and jackdaws, even an albino bluejay in Toronto, but that white house sparrow must have had a hard time growing up.

My Love's A Monster - Johnny Sayle's might just qualify. I have the film on DVD and every now and then I put it on in the background, more to hear the music and voices of my youth rather than to watch, having to listen to the multitudinous babblings of many nations on the Costa del Sol on a daily basis it makes me miss the insanity of the Northern scene enormously. Elaine did a job that I don't think anyone else would have had the stamina to do because she wasn't there, most of us that survived are nearing pension age and probably wouldn't know where to start on such a project, even if we could or did advise on how it should be portrayed, it was all a very personal journey, some of which I'm happy to forget but a lot of which came close to some of the storyline in the film. I've watched some corny films over the years, but there aren't many that make me smile as much in recognition of my youth as this movie.

It wouldn't do for me Russ, apart from the aubergine purée and the wine, I used to do a bit of island hoping, and find myself answering the Spanish in Greek (I put it down to old age and alcohol).

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Sort of, not traditional Japanese in style, but various parts of Asia have their own slant on things. It doesn't look in tremendous good health, but may well have recently been trimmed to encourage better ramification.

You can air layer thick bits of branches off and make very nice bonsai in next to no time, though it's not something to try if you don't know what you're doing.

Don't you think I did research first? I knew it wasn't Hamble, but couldn't ever remember another doll. The "choose your window" bit came from a night in Osnabruck where I was seeing the pre Midge (Man)Ure Ultravox perform and was asked by some obnoxious paratrooper to do just that, and his intention was to throw me out of it. Needless to say I saw the performance end, and he didn't.

Poppy, Jemima, Humpty, Big Ted and Little Ted, choose your window

One of the weirder native Spanish orchids, Serapia lingua.

They were a week or so late here, but ought to be with you 20th maybe. Lots of them all of a sudden, so I think some were probably heading up the east coast of Spain rather than the west coast lot that go via Huesca and then across Portugal. Saw a male brambling this morning while walking the dog, no camera with me though.

The swifts have been in the south of Spain for about a week now, so they ought to getting close to the UK in the next few days too.

6 months in traction if you try this one

I see them daily Steve, even had one eating suet on the balcony last week.

Any relation to Arnold?

Thinking about the analogy of art prints, surely a limited edition print is the same at an issue copy of a record, in that the original being a one off is the master tape or acetate, a signed copy would be similar to a demo, so the analogy doesn't quite work, or at least for me. Do you know what gets my goat? The troll under the bridge.

Eddie Kool would be nice, once in a while...

But a classic of that genre (crap)

"Bad Moon Rising" - Creedence Clearwater Revival (yuckity yuck yuck)

I don't know, but I hope they're not still waiting for a train

I was being flippant, tis the season to be a wally!

toss a coin?

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Do I care, (Indeed I don't)

Dancing all night on a sprained ankle at the Torremolinos weekender.