This weekend, I found the box with our cinnamon and apple tree decorations. They are still looking good. Unbelievably, they smell just as cinnamony as ever. We made these eight years ago! They are made with three ingredients: apple puree, cinnamon and a tiny dash of PVA glue, although that […]
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Preparation – word of the week
Some weeks, it feels like I’m wading knee-high through treacle. Takes real effort to get anything done. This week was one of those. Enthusiasm was waning. Looking back, I couldn’t think of anything remotely remarkable for my weekly roundup. I’d taken one photo all week, which wasn’t a lot of […]
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“But, you said that there would be no more holes to dig!” Ah. Yes. I might have said something like that. My suggestion that the teens might like to join me in the garden to dig a new flower bed, went down like a lead balloon. The memory of digging […]
Read moreHow to knit an acorn
Ten years ago, I knitted a handful of acorns. The process frustrated me. To knit an acorn really shouldn’t have been such a trial. For goodness sake, the shape is not that complicated. It’s true, the acorn part was straightforward, but somehow the perfect cup eluded me. It needed a […]
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