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My secret shame

There hasn’t been much happening on the sewing front lately and here’s why: My sewing room has somehow turned into a junk pile. This happened gradually over the course of the last six months  ...

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Plum jam

Last year I decided to be adventurous with several punnets of strawberries and made my own jam. It was a successful endeavour that we’re still enjoying today so when two kilos of plums made their  ...

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Brunch and a nice surprise

I was supposed to host an afternoon tea today, but once we saw the weather forecast soar to 40’C we decided a brunch was more in order. Having never hosted a brunch before I wasn’t sure what  ...

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Flowers and tomatoes.

Spent a little bit of time cleaning up the front garden today. It still needs a lot of work, but it’s starting to shape up into a garden rather than a lawn! This year I wanted to have a fabulous  ...

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Stash

hoarder – a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use There’s some rearranging to be done here at Rose Cottage before the baby arrives. Today I decided to move my  ...

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Devonshire Tea

This morning I had sudden cravings for Devonshire Tea. We had been intending to go car hunting this morning as yesterday’s weather was too hot, but instead we decided to potter in the garden, go  ...

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