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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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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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Sleepless Nights and Tea Rationing
Last night was one of those when I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I went downstairs, made a cup of tea, and carried on reading Few Eggs And No Oranges, the wartime diaries of Vere Hodgson, and thought how odd that I should be sitting there, sleepless for no particular reason,…
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Snapshots of Paris…
I’ve been looking through my old holiday photos and, since I’m on a ‘virtual’ trip for the Paris in July challenge, run by Karen at Book Bath and Tamara at Thyme for Tea, and Dreaming of France over at An Accidental Blog, I thought would post some of my pictures for a Saturday Snapshot, which is…
The Book Trunk 