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Well gentle reader, I am feeling somewhat discombobulated right now. I have just got back from a meeting in Heathfield about fracking in East Sussex. I went because I didn't know a huge amount about it and wanted to know more. The Government are very keen on it and...
I had an interesting and rather nice day yesterday. First of all, I went up the road to Burwash. On our local Freecycle group, a chap had offered an old Nokia, the type that makes telephone calls and pretty much that’s it. Just the type of phone that my Mum wanted. So...
I tried to reblog Jen Gales post today about elderflowers, but it wouldn't go. So here is the link. Lots of lovely ideas to use them, and in season right now. Once you have located your elder flowers, go back again in the autumn when the remaining flowers have become...
Jen Gale over on MakeDoAndMend posted this intriguing list today on taking stock. So I thought I would join in and add my two pennorth. This is what I am currently doing, using Jens Taking Stock list Making : wedding invitations for DD2, a Year Book for a special WI...
We finally had some sunshine this afternoon, so I covered over the two cherry trees in the front garden with a shroud of Enviromesh to keep the blackbirds from pinching the cherries when they ripen. They are just beginning to blush pink now. A squirrel is getting into...
Oops, thought I had posted this last night! We’ve got a skip outside at the moment, and today we have been busy tipping stuff into it. From early this morning DP and myself have been shovelling spoil from the foundations etc into a wheelbarrow and pushing it round the...
Had to go to Tunbridge Wells today and ended up walking from one end of the town to the other, had sore feet by the end. I use an M&S credit card for absolutely everything, to collect the points, making sure I pay it off in full every month. Then every now and...
Well, we are robin-less! Yesterday, they were there in the morning, busily flying to and fro, to and fro, to and fro. In the afternoon, I mentioned that I hadn’t seen them for an hour or so, and DP said, no, he hadn’t either. And that was it. They cleared off without...
Yet another pancake variation this morning. After the WI lunch yesterday, I had some raspberries left over. So this morning, I used self raising flour as usual, but instead of water, I used raspberries. They had been frozen, so were very juicy, and I had added a good...
Well we definitely have robin chicks. When both birds were out collecting food, I had a quick peep at the nest and what did I see but a little head and beak peeking over the edge. Very excited I rushed to get the picture taking equipment, and by the time I had got...
Am pretty tired right now. It is the annual Resolutions lunch at the WI tomorrow. It can be one of the duller meetings, so we provide a lunch to lure members into attending. The ploy works well 😉 So I have spent today shopping for and cooking 36 portions of...
Have been sat at my desk a lot lately, and just couldn’t face more pc time to do any posts. Been stuck there again today and have been taking breaks to do things like the ironing! Comes to something when the ironing is a break! Still, was determined to get some...