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Allotment improvements
We’ve been working pretty hard in the allotment and the progress is really beginning to show, at least to me it is. This is how the brassica area looked before our two visits last week: A big job and there is a third row to the right which you can’t quite see but believe me,…
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One day in a photo gallery
I did a few things yesterday, from picking fruit, walking the dog and getting swooped by some seriously aggressive seagulls so I thought I’d share some of it with you. Firstly, the garden. There have been a lot of summer raspberries which have been great and I am finally getting bees visiting the garden. I…
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#Bring back the 80s
Can I claim that hashtag please as I would actually like to bring back the 80s! I never thought I’d say something like that. I’m not one for reminiscing you see. I’ve heard it said that those who focus on the future experience anxiety while those who focus on the past experience depression so I…
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The growing, the harvesting and then comes the processing
It’s one thing to grow your own but I can’t be the only one who finds processing what I’ve grown takes so much of my time at this bountiful time of the year. Dearest Son and I have managed more trips to the allotment than usual this week and have been catching up on some…
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Daily Prompt #8: Dogs or Cats?
I haven’t done many of these daily prompt thingys but when I saw this I felt compelled to answer for a couple of reasons and one of them is war. I have been a cat person all my life. Grew up with them, had 2 when I lived alone etc etc and now not only…
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It’s the little things
Don’t you find that day to day, it’s the little things which bring you the most happiness? To be clear here, I’m putting family and health to the side as they are pretty major things in my mind. I’m also not including wealth – have you seen how miserable the truly wealthy look these days?…
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The plants, me or the neighbour’s cat?
Who has been the most ‘productive’ this weekend? I hadn’t planned on doing a ton of stuff this weekend as I just wanted to relax after finishing the home-schooling but apparently, I can’t sit still. I’ve been doing some sewing/repairing/knitting of various things but I’ll show you them at a later time when I actually…
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Garden herbs and summer fruits – the harvest begins
At last I am able to get out into the garden and start bringing in some of our home-grown goodies. Today, I got a load of herbs which I will probably dry although I used some fresh for the soup I made for dinner. My sage is growing really well which I love but the…
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Daily Prompt #6 – What do you think gets better with age?
My immediate answer to this was going to be ‘confidence’ but that is not entirely true. I feel in many ways I am more confident and in other ways, not so much. For example, in my 20s and 30s, I was very fit. I had the toned, flat stomach and I enjoyed being able to…
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Exciting News! A new poetry book is now available on Amazon Kindle – and guess who the author is?!
Yes, I’ve finally got a poetry book finished and on Amazon Kindle and I am so excited to share the news with you. ‘A Plateful of Poetry’ is available now. I have shared many of my poems on the blog and people seemed to like them so if you or someone you know enjoys poetry…
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It’s been a strange few days
Winding down home-school, fighting weather and dealing with bereavement has meant a few strange days recently. We don’t finish our home-school till Thursday but we have the winding down feel to our days. We are all a little deflated to tell the truth: Dark, cloudy skies with frequent heavy downpours is matching the general mood…
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Weather – stop complaining!
We complain about the weather a lot in the UK but maybe we shouldn’t. I have been keeping an eye on the weather forecast for weeks now. I may have mentioned once or twice before my many vegetables which are struggling to do anything much due to our cold and wet conditions. I then thought…
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