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That’s the focus of my latest Weekend Poll. Add your voice, and share the link with your counterparts.
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Nature
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a horse grazing by moonlight in England’s New Forest last weekend
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Humility
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a sculpture from the 2019 exhibition at the incredible Beaulieu in England’s New Forest. This property is home to gardens, the National Motor Museum, a palace and – seen here – the remains of an abbey.
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Joy
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: folk dancers last Saturday, outside Winchester Cathedral. Many from my era will appreciate that I visited in part due to memories of that famous song, but the cathedral and its grounds are wonderful even if you don’t have that context.
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Weekend Poll: Conferences as Professional Development
That’s the focus of my latest Weekend Poll. Add your voice, and share the link with your counterparts.
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Delighted
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: London’s Tower Bridge, above the Thames and overlooking the Shard
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Reflections
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: azaleas inside the incredible Isabella Plantation gardens of Richmond Park, London
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Friendship
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: from last year’s visit to Quiraing (A’ Chuith-Raing) on the incredible Isle of Skye, Scotland
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Self-ish
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: the waters of Vancouver’s Spanish Banks
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Grateful
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: sunrise over Miami Beach, Florida
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Hope
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a Napa Valley home
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May
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a rhododendron
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Constructive
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a Great Pacific Blue Heron
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Upward
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: fireworks over English Bay
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Paths
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: spring time at Van Dusen Botanical Garden – and gorgeous displays of Goldenchain Trees (labernum) and allium
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Appreciation
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a group of girls soaking up the sights at Hong Kong’s Stanley Beach
About Shelagh: Speaker and Trainer
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Weekend Poll Results: Admin Professionals Day™
Happy Administrative Professionals Day™! Here are the results of my latest Weekend Poll – in which readers told me what you think of the event, and what forms of recognition would be meaningful to you.
Weekend Poll: Administrative Professionals Day™ 2019
That’s the focus of my latest Weekend Poll. Add your voice, and share the link with your counterparts.
Nature
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a horse grazing by moonlight in England’s New Forest last weekend
Humility
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a sculpture from the 2019 exhibition at the incredible Beaulieu in England’s New Forest. This property is home to gardens, the National Motor Museum, a palace and – seen here – the remains of an abbey.
Joy
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: folk dancers last Saturday, outside Winchester Cathedral. Many from my era will appreciate that I visited in part due to memories of that famous song, but the cathedral and its grounds are wonderful even if you don’t have that context.