We have snow. Not lots. It’s already starting to melt into slushy snow, but every now and then, there is the odd, hopeful flutter of little flakes. Covers up the mud nicely. It’s the last day before the children break up for a week. I have two of them home, […]
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Bird table disclaimer
Food! Can I get to it? Maybe not. Hang on! Sparrows, that’s MY food! Geronimo! Disclaimer: Bird table suitable for sparrows and small birds only. When a fully grown Cream Legbar cockerel lands on the table it will topple over loudly, breaking abandoned jam jar below and scattering a flock […]
Read moreYarn Along – Knitted blanket garter squares
Wednesday already! Knitting and reading. Its Ginny’s Yarn Along again. After digging around my Charles Dickens books yesterday, I found myself reading one. Hard Times. I haven’t read it for a long time. Its kind of comforting to pick this book up again. Familiar, but so much I have forgotten. […]
Read moreHappy Birthday, Mr Charles Dickens
I could not let Charles Dickens 200th birthday pass without recognizing it in some way. I read my first Dickens at the age of 7. I have a vivid memory of waiting in our hallway for my lift to school, reading just one more page to my mother. The first […]
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Maker of pretty things, living a country life in a 275 year old cottage, UK
