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An unusual design decision
Much as I love our house, it has some unusual design features. One which has been changed for the better, was that when the house was built, it had no back door on…
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Saphy at rest
I went upstairs to put the laundry away and was surprised to see this. To illustrate why I was surprised, here is a paraphrase of a famous Bible story. When Jesus was a…
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Everything in the garden…
Sorry to keep harping on about the garden, but another lovely day here on the dry sunny East coast, and after more hard work by J and I the garden is really starting…
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To the sea
I’ve been wanting to get out to the coast since we moved in (specifically Pittenweem) but with everything I have had on, I never seem to have had time. But yesterday I submitted…
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In which the three of us enact an Edwardian Novel
One of my favourite books is “The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists” by Robert Tressel. It is about the sufferings of a group of house painters in a fictionalized version of Eastbourne at the start…
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Invasive Plants
I love our Fife garden. There are many reasons for this, the first being that it is just a gorgeous garden – although we are five minutes walk from the shops it is…
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On Elections
Two points for anyone who wants my vote. a) Do not send me election material as paper things through my door. This is unnecessary and damaging to the environment. I file them in…
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Cauliflowers
What is it with the size of cauliflowers? On the whole they are disappointingly small, but from time to time you get an unnaturally huge one. I do not know if I have…
