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Start of Christmas
Actually it is not the start of Christmas, but only the start of preparations for it. Our tree is ordered from Caulders and is arriving week of 10th December, at which point the…
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Christmas Craft Fair
It is the Christmas Craft Fair (I refuse to spell it “Fayre”) at the Folk Museum this month. I contributed some pictures which I think look quite good – but possibly not Christmassy…
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Leaves and toads
Today I got to it and started to clear up some of the leaves from the lawns and drive. I had been trying to hold off from doing this until the cherry tree…
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Vestibule
Time for a piece of restoration work before Christmas. The vestibule was laid with the same very knackered green carpet which was originally through the whole house. My first plan (R’s idea) was…
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Mindful Art
Last week we made some “Mindful Art” pictures at Craftmates Club. Basically you take dilute acrylic paint and pour it over canvas. You use various techniques to mix it so that it creates…
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Brampton and home
Today we went to see Brampton before we went home. It is a very pretty and prosperous little town. We walked up the Moat/Motte which is basically a big wooded mound which used…
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String of Horses
R and I went off for a little holiday to celebrate (!) my 60th birthday today – leaving J holding the fort and the cats (not literally). We went to an old coaching…
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Book of Kells
My Mum and brother N brought me a reproduction Book of Kells from Dublin (where they had just seen the real thing) for my birthday. It is a most incredible reproduction – really…
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Surrogate Birthday
I had a combo Halloween/Birthday celebration today for my birthday on Wed. Funny that when I was a child I always had a combo party – but it was with Guy Fawkes night…
