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Getting the garden polytunnel ready for Winter
It’s that time of year already so let me show you what I managed to do. Regular readers will know I got the polytunnel for the garden very late into the season so I don’t count this as a ‘normal’ year for it. Having said that, things have been attempting to grow and there is…
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What are you grateful for?
When a message keeps coming your way, you better start paying attention. I say that because for the last week or so, I’ve been noticing the word ‘Gratitude’ more and more. In fact it’s everywhere: in my emails, newsletters I’ve subscribed to, YouTube videos, search results – everywhere I look in fact. I get it…
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5th November – avoiding the fireworks!
We decided an earlier dog walk was in order to avoid the loud bangs. I also decided to take some pictures on the way, so I can show you lovely people! I’ve shown some of the work done by a group in town called ‘yarn bombers’ I believe, and they have been hard at work…
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Big Fail
There are some things I just can’t do. After reading about Laura’s post being stolen I think a lot of us have become more aware of the need to put some sort of official copyright on our posts – something I’d never done previously. So, on Friday morning, I set out to do just that.…
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Teethy Tribulations
To put it mildly, we’ve had a bit of a week It all started last weekend, at this point I’m not sure exactly when, but Dearest Son came downstairs almost in tears and holding the side of his face. It was pretty swollen and he was struggling to speak or eat. I had a good…
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Beware Multi-Tasking!
It’s not the safe, time-saving method of productivity you thought and I can prove it. Tonight I thought I would start a sourdough loaf which I could finish in the morning. The problem was our kitchen was really cold and I needed the butter softened. I took it out of the fridge and continued with…
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We got a trail camera!
Hubby was convinced we were getting a large visitor to the garden at night so I was determined to find out what was going on. I went shopping on Ebay and found a decent trail camera. It arrived a few days later and I opened it with the excitement of a child at Christmas. I…
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Underwhelmed by our pumpkin picking adventure
We went to the Cawdor Pumpkin Patch but weren’t too impressed. Now before I dive in, I want to admit, I could be completely wrong. Maybe what we saw and experienced is what we were supposed to. Maybe our expectations were just a little too high. Maybe if Dearest Son was 3, it would have…
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Autumnal skies on the plot
I also finally got the last of the garlic planted in the polytunnel. I am aware our clocks go back here in the UK, this weekend which is great for my sleep but not so great for my ability to get to the allotment during the week. As it is, we are racing the sunset…
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The Calm After the Storm
Storm Ashley came like an angry poltergeist, threw things around and was seemingly exorcised out of here. The noise of that wind last night was enough to make me go out, in my pyjamas, to check the polytunnel. I don’t know what time it was but it was wild. Of course Scooby came out with…
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Garlic Moon?!
Ok I’ve mixed two things I did together to come up with that title. We had a gorgeous, sunny and warm day here and I don’t care if it’s not ‘meant’ to be like that here in October – I’ll take it! I nipped into the new polytunnel in the garden and checked the temperature…
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How influencing are ‘Influencers’?
Up until recently I was pretty convinced I wasn’t being ‘influenced’ at all but I’ve had a re-think. I was listening to a podcast the other day and they were discussing how influencers are lying to us. One guy had apparently done a video showing how he is one of the ‘5am’ club people –…
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