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  • Mine’s a large one

    My ears are still ringing. 5 small children can make a LOT of noise. But then so can good friends gathered around a table, eating good food, having a good chat. They all had wine, I waited ‘Til now being the driver. But it was OK. I must be getting sensible in my old age.…

  • (yesterday was) Choose-day

    I didn’t forget! This weeks choice was to get back in touch with some good friends I haven’t seen for AGES. They’re coming for a sleepover with their brood in a few weeks. Result. I’m liking this regime of choice. A lot. The picture is of an embryonic idea. Again. I do MEAN to finish…

  • Round and round the garden

    Today has been one of those days when you begin to question whether karma is having a larf. I can’t bear to go into detail but it involved tantrums, impossibly tight car parking spaces, cancelled playdates, emergency dashes to doctors and the entire linen cupboard deciding to jump out to greet me. Nice. Suffice to…

  • Same old same old

    Just a quickie today. It’s our first day back at school and Elder went without a wimper (phew) although there were a few excellent arguments going on in the playground by other, possibly more spirited young, desperate to avoid their lessons. Little and I have had our walk and customary hot chocolate with a very…

  • I wrote that!

    So, the recipe book. Or should I say The Recipe Book. I thought you’d like to see it in the flesh as it were. I used old family shots together with my pics of quilts and stitchy goodness. Then I chose the recipes that had memories or interesting phrases (wrap yr brandy snap round a…