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Clearing out the kitchen cupboards
I have finally lost patience with my kitchen cupboards. I have lots of different sorts of flour, sugar and other baking ingredients and it had all got terribly out of hand – particularly…
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Must be a proverb in here somewhere
I don’t know whether this should be “God will provide”, or “Consider the lilies…” or even “A sower went forth to sow…” – but something like that. Back in June, I took some…
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The Angel of Judgement
The plumbers are coming tomorrow to service our boilers – there are two for the house, and they are both in the basement which is the closely guarded domain of J. They will…
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Lurk and Lurkette
I may have mentioned Lurk before. He was made for the Cupar show in the class “a draught excluder made from recycled materials” and won second prize. His name is short for “Eden…
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In which Amber is lively
Amber is large and plump and lazy. She likes chicken and tickles and being combed and well, let’s be honest, sleeping. That is most of the time, but occasionally she gets it into…
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Loch Leven Castle
Went to Loch Leven Castle today. This is on an island and is where Mary Queen of Scots was held as a prisoner and later made a daring escape. Of course romantic as…
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New shelf
One of our airing cupboards which was supposed to be for towels, the upstairs step ladder and the upstairs hoover (aka “The Shark”) has been a right untidy mess since we moved in. …
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Firm friends
One of the entries from the show found his forever home with the friend he was based on. The one on the right is the original – the left is my clone. The…
