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A ‘Spendthrift’s Spreading’ of Marmalade!
Yay! The Great British Bake-Off is back, and promises to be every bit as good as the last series… And the One before that… And the one before that. Consequently, I am baking mode, and what better time to take a look at a cookbook. So here are my thoughts on a Persephone kitchen classic,…
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Mr Fortune’s Maggot
Now listen up people, because I want to tell you about a truly wonderful book. I loved it, loved it, loved it! What is it? Oh, did I forget to say? It’s Mr Fortune’s Maggot, by Sylvia Townsend Warner, and it is fabulous, and I am so pleased I like it, because it is one…
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Hidden Garden Haunted by a Ghostly Monk!
Monks Walk: The carved wooden sign at the entrance. Been on holiday, and scheduled posts to appear while I was away (including this one), but nothing happened! Plus all my portrait photos, which are saved as such, are appearing here as landscape… the same thing has been happening on Facebook for weeks. I have no…
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Ladies Who Lunch – With a Hidden Past!
Somehow, as I read this short story I thought of our two ladies being Edwardian, but there are references to flying and a speakeasy, which would place it in the 1920s or the early ’30s. I our imagine the duo slightly older and stouter than this pair, and wearing their furs, despite the mid-day heat,…
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A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies!
A Peacock butterfly perched on a white buddleia – isn’t he glorious? I’ve neglected my garden shamefully, and it’s terribly overgrown and out of hand, so I’ve been out there this week trying to hack back the jungle. And on Wednesday my efforts were reward by the most beautiful and amazing sight – butterflies! Hundreds…
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