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Phew that was a close call!<\/span><\/div>\n
It looked at one point that the Vote Yes campaign <\/span><\/div>\n
might actually win. <\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Better together<\/b> I say, <\/span><\/div>\n
like this lovely family of swans I snapped on my last home visit <\/span>to <\/span><\/div>\n
what it has appeared recently was the <\/span><\/div>\n
not-so-<\/span>United Kingdom.<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/div>\n
I am of course referring to the Scottish <\/span>referendum<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
where this week 53% of Scots <\/span><\/div>\n
rejected independence from the UK.<\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swan Family, Burford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Typical me, I am friends with the other 47%…<\/span><\/div>\n
I do not know a single Scot who voted No,<\/span><\/div>\n
so that is a tad awkward,<\/span><\/div>\n
especially as I was leading the <\/span><\/div>\n
Down Under twitter #VoteNo #bettertogether<\/b> campaign.<\/span><\/div>\n
(Well, maybe I exaggerate, but three tweets is a lot from me.<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n
So it appears <\/span>I may be off <\/span><\/div>\n
the haggis and Chrissy card lists this December.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Except<\/i> I wanted them to stay,<\/span><\/div>\n
They were the ones that wanted to go…<\/span><\/div>\n
What am I talking about?<\/span><\/div>\n
Maybe it’s me<\/i> that should be reviewing my Christmas card list? <\/span><\/div>\n
Ha Ha! Ermm, moving on…<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United Kingdom bones – Harrods, London, United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
…with a seamless link<\/span><\/div>\n
courtesy<\/span><\/span> of an United Kingdom bone.<\/span><\/div>\n
It was a shame that the Scottish referendum result overshadowed <\/span><\/div>\n
the big news story of the week in our house!<\/span><\/div>\n
Bring out the bagpipes for a drumroll on this one please…<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
The Crazy Poodle has been picked as <\/span>
Pet of the Week <\/b><\/span>
for a Pet Food Company – whoo hoo!<\/span><\/div>\n
Now bless him, I will save the full story for next week,<\/span><\/div>\n
and we will of course have a full interview, <\/span>
 and a press release, once we have appointed his doggy Agent! <\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crazy Poodle – Melbourne, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
I hope he doesn’t forget to say in his acceptance speech <\/span><\/div>\n
that he wouldn’t have got to where he is today <\/span>
without the full<\/span>back up and support <\/span>
of our entire family.<\/span><\/div>\n
He is definitely in the better together<\/b> camp<\/span><\/div>\n
he hates it when one of us is away…<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
To celebrate we took him to the Mornington Peninsula today.<\/span><\/div>\n
 The Crazy Poodle loves nothing better <\/span><\/div>\n
than to chase flies on the beach.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sorry can’t stop, got flies to catch – Blairgowrie, Mornington Peninsula<\/p>\n
The pet food company want to phone me <\/span><\/div>\n
before they send <\/span>the prize, <\/span><\/div>\n
I can sense another awkward moment.<\/span><\/div>\n
I’m sure they will ask<\/span><\/div>\n
for details of the Crazy Poodle’s favourite food?<\/span><\/div>\n
So I am going to have to come up with something <\/span><\/div>\n
better than <\/span>flies!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
Linking with Blue Monday<\/a> – thanks Sally<\/span>

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<\/a><\/div>\n

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Linking with Alphabe Thursday<\/a> – thanks to Jenny<\/span><\/div>\n
R is for <\/span>Referendum!<\/span><\/span>

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Linking with Saturday’s Critters<\/a> – thank you Eileen<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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