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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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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,… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading