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The big read

I’ve got a pile of books to read this weekend, I may have to set myself up in the garden with a big pitcher of iced lemonade and just try to absorb everything. These two I ordered from the…

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Make and do

I’ve decided I need to direct my artistic urges into areas other than my job, which is demanding less and less of me creatively as time goes by! The knitting has been going ok, although I’m no good at…

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Summer in the city

The 8th June was Mark’s birthday and the 10th June was my birthday. Birthdays = cake = whoopee! On the down side, I am another year older and another year closer to being 40. Being 40 doesn’t bother me…

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Monday moans

Oh dear, my skin hurts! I really tried to keep out of the sun over the weekend (yes, you heard right, SUN), but that is quite hard! I think the main damage was done at the big garden fair…

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Hot plates

Today I brought the loveliest Rachel Kelly plates. I got them in habitat, and they were in the sale! I got all 4 for £6.60. They are melamine, so I don’t even have to worry about breaking them, something…

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Born to be a geek

When I was a girl I think I dreamed of the internet. (Whilst, obviously I still look 19, the world wide web was absolutely non-existent when I was a child – nearest thing I had was an Etch-A-Sketch). I…

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Pwllheli

In my childhood I spent many traumatic holidays in North Wales, in places with impossibly unpronouncable names with vrtually no vowels. Looking back at the postcards, I can see why I haven’t been back!…

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Oh, to be in England in the summertime…

This is the 10-day forecast for Southampton on weather.co.uk. Look at how they suggest Hamburg for a holiday destination – where it is also RAINING! That said, they do have lots of beer and giant sausages there, so not…