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The White Lady
I have a Christmas Cactus, or more accurately, a “false Christmas Cactus” – so called because unlike its close relative, it normally flowers a bit earlier in the year – so the Americans…
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Bread and Soup
Yesterday I made some bread. The ingredients for it are flour, salt and yeast. Today it is a bit hard but ok for toast. Tomorrow it will be so hard as to be…
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Our warriors, in serried ranks assembled
J unpacked his French Napoleonic Army and put it into the display case where it lived in the house in Norfolk. It looks great here as it did there, and I am glad…
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There’s a sign on the wall…
I put the sign up today having finished painting the fence. However I then had to prep and prime all the metal hinges on the gates and then paint both gates. There were…
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A lovely day today
Red sky in the morning is supposed to be Shepherd’s warning. I’m not sure why because where I come from sheep pretty much have to be waterproof. Anyway, we had a spectacular red…
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Who does this?
I’ll be the first to admit that I am not one for watching every penny that I spend. We’re not badly off and I don’t take the pleasure some people (J is one…
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Cats at night
We are not keen on our cats going out at night. In practice this means that we are not keen on Saphy going out at night (Amber rarely goes out at all unless…
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A Tail of Two Bad Cats
I have always been a huge Beatrix Potter fan. My favourite is “The Tailor of Gloucester” but close after that comes “The Tale of Two Bad Mice” In case anyone is not familiar…
