Yesterday was my birthday, I turned 38… that’s such a big number! I had a lovely day though, it was almost worth getting another year older for. Almost. We started the…
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This is my fail-safe Madeira Cake recipe that always works. Thanks Nigella! All you need are some lovely fresh ingredients… Free-range eggs, of course… Mix and stir and mix some more,…
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Just look at this little chap! He’s the first of what I am hoping to be many courgettes, fresh from the garden. I just sliced him longways down the middle, flower…
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This much soap would make anyone pure! I took this when I visited the Trebah Gardens in Cornwall where they had a Museum of Soap. Much more interesting than you might…
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Oh my. One minute I am scratching my head wondering why the commenting on my site has broken down, the next I’m recklessly reconfiguring the whole site design! It seems to…
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This is a self-portrait taken on Friday (this very Photo Friday Friday) with my Sony Ericsson k800i. I’m wearing yellow. I never wear yellow! I had a case of jaundice a…
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I’ve discovered tea drinking. I am English, so obviously I have drunk tea on many occassions before, but my copious buying and drinking of so many espresso-based coffees every day has…
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I love visiting the Eden Project in Cornwall. Even though I’ve been there loads of times now, I still find it breathtaking when I get that first glimpse of the biomes……
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This is the QEII, a very large cruise liner who lives in my home city of Southampton, except for when she’s gadding around the world in luxurious splendour… much like the…
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Today I felt something I haven’t felt for a long time… the collywobbles! The second leg of the Championship football playoffs were to blame – I don’t normally get very wrapped…