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livinguktaiwan
@livinguktaiwan Sep 1, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC

Tribute to Dolly Parton

It seems fitting that this week's Three Tune Tuesday should be dedicated to Dolly Parton, the Queen of Country Music, who died last week. I wouldn't say I'm a big fan of Dolly Parton. I don't own any…

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livinguktaiwan
@livinguktaiwan Aug 27, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC

LUT Hive Garden Journal 2026 #7

I'm going to start this month's garden journal with my sunflowers. They've really bloomed in the month and have many heads per plant. And now they're growing inwards towards my garden smiling at me e…

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livinguktaiwan
@livinguktaiwan Aug 19, 2026, 9:09 AM UTC

Bristol Balloon Fiesta 2026

The other week, I attended the Bristol Balloon Fiesta in England. It's the largest hot air balloon event in Europe and the second largest in the world after Albuquerque in America. ### The site The e…

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livinguktaiwan
@livinguktaiwan Aug 6, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC

Train travel in Lithuania

During my travels, I find trains in most European countries very affordable compared to the UK, the exception being Sweden. Lithuania is also very affordable; and that was great for my recent trip wh…

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livinguktaiwan
@livinguktaiwan Aug 4, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC

Looking for accounts to support

Every now and then, big accounts do a shoutout on Hive asking people to suggest good-quality, worthwhile authors to support. Many orcas, whales and curation guilds are itching to curate good content,…

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livinguktaiwan
@livinguktaiwan Aug 2, 2026, 11:18 AM UTC

Queen Victoria and Osbourne House

Britain's most glorious period is probably the Victorian era when Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 till her death in 1901. Engineering developments propelled the British Empire to become the world's…

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livinguktaiwan
@livinguktaiwan Jul 29, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC

The art of getting the right balance

I just counted, I have over 20 draft posts in my folder. Normally I upload photos to the editor first, that helps me to structure what I want to write. Then it takes me ages to write the entire post.…

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livinguktaiwan
@livinguktaiwan Jul 27, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

LUT Hive Garden Journal 2026 #6

It's been a little over 3 weeks since my last LUT Garden Journal, and there's been quite a lot of growth in my garden, but sadly not much harvest. ### French beans The other morning I got a lovely su…

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livinguktaiwan
@livinguktaiwan Jul 22, 2026, 9:59 PM UTC

Ribbons, graduation, matcha latte and canal

If it wasn't to meet up with an old university friend, it really feels too much of a chore going out in this hot weather. Shades, hat, sunblock is a must. Let's go!!! Forty minutes later I arrived, a…

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livinguktaiwan
@livinguktaiwan Jul 20, 2026, 2:26 PM UTC

Benches from around the world

It's surprising how many random photos I've taken since I started blogging. You never know when they may come in handy. Like all these benches from around the world, I never thought they'd see the li…

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