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Gardening

Glorious Gladioli

Last year I planted several Gladioli bulbs, then promptly forgot about them. This year they’ve come up. There are four, but as yet only one is in flower – but what beautiful flowers  ...

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Gardening

Peas

A few week ago I wrote about being innundated with peas. This has proved to be a good thing given the way our other vegetables are behaving. A few days ago I tasted the first of the peas and was  ...

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Gardening

Uh-oh!

There is an uprising occuring in our front yard at present – The Revenge of the Vegetables. After several months of being prodded at, picked at, munched on and exposed to all sorts of  ...

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Our Home

An unexpected visit

“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care – in hopes that a possum soon would be there….” This is what the fireplace looked like when I went to bed last night.  ...

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Our Home

The tree!

This evening was spent decorating the trees and various surrounds. Not quite finished yet (it’s amazing how much mess one makes whilst decorating), but the results thus far are now post  ...

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Food & Recipes

December!

I love December- the calendar ticking over today has landed me in the most wonderful mood. As soon as I arrived home from work I begun to put the Christmas decorations up. They aren’t done  ...

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