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Husband’s Health
This is the post I’d always hoped I’d never write. I try to be a positive person, at home and online. My gardening channel on YouTube, on here and even on the old podcast – positivity is at the heart of everything I do. Not naivety – I’m fully aware of the negative aspects of…
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A Weekend of The Arts
‘Hominin’ Book Launch (Neil R McAdam) & ‘Interstellar 10’ (Roger Sayer) This weekend I was lucky enough to take Dearest Son to a couple of events: It was our first book launch event we’d ever been to and I was keen to take DS (that’s Dearest Son) as I want him to experience new things,…
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Still no car – oh and the dog got sick
Life continues to be anything but straightforward at the moment! Oh my, where do I start? Firstly, to those of you who would normally have seen a visit from me on your blog and haven’t – I apologise! I’ll get round to it eventually is all I can say on that one. In other news,…
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Change of transport for allotment visit
High stress levels this week and we’ve barely started this journey. This is going to be a mixed post. Yes, I went to the allotment and I’ll show you some of the work done there but there have been a LOT of other things going on too. Life isn’t too easy at the moment if…
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The Storm is Passing
I thought I’d share some photos I took in the garden/house before the storm arrived. It certainly has been a rough day here weather-wise, as it has been for the rest of the country. Strong winds saw pots and plants flying round the garden, bins moving as if by telekinesis and me at the kitchen…
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Unable to make a decision
I thought I’d made my mind up – then I changed it again! Some of you will know I’ve done a podcast for the last 2 years and am currently taking a break for July and August to figure out what I’m going to do with it next. Here’s the truth: I’m not sure! I…
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The Weirdest phone-call I’ve EVER had!
This happened just a couple of days ago. I was in the kitchen doing something (can’t remember what), when my husband called me to tell me my mobile was ringing in the living room. I went through to get it and of course, the person had hung up. I looked to check the number and…
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Family life and other complicated stuff
Well, where do I start? I did say recently I’d had a bit of a week – every week? That’s how it feels at this point. I’m still going through everybody’s older posts to catch up with what I’ve missed so if you have a blog and suddenly see my name appearing on several of…
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First Holiday in 5 Years
To say it got off to a bumpy start would be an understatement. Apart from the car going in to the garage 5 days before our departure – we had a few other issues to contend with. We had been in the car 20 minutes when I realised I’d left the spending money at home.…
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Car trouble + garden issues = a difficult week to find the wins
I have tried, I swear I have. I’ve prepped beds, weeded like my life depended on it, checked the weather forecast…frequently but I still haven’t got the plot fully planted. I have finished putting up the supports for the peas & beans and even got peas planted out. When I went back up to put…
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Almost a perfect Sunday
I had quite a busy Sunday and it was almost a perfect day. I made things: I made some sourdough crackers and a lovely dip; started some l.reuteri yoghurt in my new machine which I don’t quite understand; made some rhubarb cordial; choc chip sourdough cookies; vanilla cupcakes. The weather was not great to put…
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Is this the sign I need to stop watching so much spooky stuff?
I was convinced we had a mimic in the house! Picture the scene: I had just sat down at the table in the living room, switched on my laptop and picked up my headphones. No sooner had I lifted them to my ears than I hear the word, “Mum”, in a loud whisper from the…
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