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Ash Wednesday
I went to church to be “ashed” this morning. I explained to R what it entailed and what it symbolizes and he looked at me incredulously. When I got back he wanted to…
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Pancake Day
I made pancakes today. Having bought lemons for the “crepe” version, it turned out that both R and J preferred Scotch pancakes (aka drop scones). So I made those instead which leaves some…
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Some Wildlife
R and I took the car to be serviced and walked back, first along the side of the A91, and then by the Eden. We saw this gentleman enjoying a meal by the…
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An interesting combo
Today I made ricotta gnocchi in a tomato and pepper sauce with foccacia Because it was Sunday, I also made dessert which was a chocolate and orange cream whip (forgot to take photo…
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Happy Valentine’s Day
R and I exchanged Valentines in the typical manner of long married couples. This was my card (I will presume it was from R as it was on my chair in the lounge…
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Car and cats
This morning it finally stopped raining, and I valeted the car. After carefully waxing him and cleaning his glass and trims, I went inside to freshen his fabric, clean the leather and vinyl…
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Vile weather
For two days now I have been trying to polish the car with my new “ultra shine wax”. Yesterday it was moderately rainy and windy so I put it off. Today it was…
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Started on the dining room
I started on the Dining room today. First one piece of good news – the old Lincrusta (or Anaglypta) came off in one single piece – it was really hardly attached to the…
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Lenten Rose
We saw this beautiful plant by our garage door today – it is a Lenten Rose (a sort of Hellebore). Apparently the beautiful markings are there for any Queen bumble bees which are…
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Food Reclamation
My mother is a terrible woman for constantly buying food and not eating it up. When we visited her yesterday I had cause to open her freezer (or one of her freezers –…
