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Christmas Craft Fair
It seems just like a moment ago that it was the flower show and now all of a sudden it is getting colder, the leaves are starting to come off the trees, and…
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The last rays of summer
When we open the back door now the smell of the ivy flowers is beautiful and almost overwhelming. The bees are all gone for the winter but there are still quite a few…
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Shepherds’ Pie
I know it should be called cottage pie if it is beef, and shepherds’ pie if it is mutton – but I have always called it shepherds’ pie with beef so I’m going…
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AliExpress
I buy quite a lot of crafting things (paper, felt, pens, paint etc) and up until now I have largely been getting them from Amazon (yes – I know I should shop locally…
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An Oddball whisky
R has been having a go at buying whisky from an auctioneer. This is apparently a “thing” these days where you bid on individual bottles and crates of the (in my opinion fairly…
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Dunfermline
Several things about Dunfermline a) It is a difficult word to spell – somehow however many times I write it I still get it wrong. b) The first poem I ever learned by…
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Harvest Festival
Today was Harvest Festival – the church was looking very festive. Things have moved on since I was a child – then it was all giant marrows, now it is food for the…
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Harvest home
It is our church harvest festival tomorrow and I made an apple cake with yet more of the garden’s never ending bounty. In total, the Scouts picked over 200kg of apples and took…
