{"id":3870,"date":"2020-11-24T22:05:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T22:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3870"},"modified":"2020-11-24T22:05:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T22:05:52","slug":"pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3870","title":{"rendered":"Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An exhausting morning helping restore the area around a couple of ponds nearby. We had to make sure a large area of exposed liner was effectively covered. So ended up with an aching back!<\/p>\n<p>I watched the football tonight and a pity we didn&#8217;t win as I think we played our most fluent football. The<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong> Mighty Hatters<\/strong> <\/span>just seem to keep drawing at home! Not sure I understand the reasoning about letting us go into stadiums at this stage (albeit with a reduced capacity).<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday&#8217;s Answers on <strong><em>Mistletoe<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a)<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong> 85 species<\/strong> <\/span>in Australia\u00a0 b) It was a mistletoe <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>arrow\/spear<\/strong> <\/span>that killed Baldur\u00a0 c) <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Oklahoma<\/strong><\/span> has Mistletoe as its emblem\u00a0 d) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Herefordshire<\/strong> <\/span>has Mistletoe as its emblem e) <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Mistle Thrush<\/strong> <\/span>and <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Blackcaps<\/strong><\/span> love the berries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Quiz is on <span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong>Water<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>a) Where is most of the Earth&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>fresh water<\/strong> <\/span>located? 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