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A Victorian New Year Card
A friend I made at a local history group very kindly gave me this original Victorian New Year’s card as a gift. She commented that the kitten looked like our cat Saphy. Here…
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“Ready Meal”
Cold again this morning. We bought some rock salt and this morning R spread it around the house. It costs £1 per kilo and ten kilos just about did the steps and the…
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Return of the lads
R and J returned from their respective locations today. Without them I get a lot done, and the place somehow seems easier to keep clean and tidy, but it is also a bit…
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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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Italian Bean Casserole
I made an Italian bean casserole for lunch yesterday and served it with a (not very authentic) homemade focaccia. So it was three sorts of beans (fresh and dried), three sorts of tomato,…
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Heather the Heilan’ Coo
This is Heather – she came with us all the way from her homeland in Argyll where she was made by a local craftsman “Chainsaw Carver”. I think the removal men were a…
