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The yearly task

Today was the day I started my Christmas cake. I note from previous blog entries that this is generally the time I start my Christmas cake. I have the fruit happily soaking. I generally don’t make a Christmas cake when … Continue reading

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Mophead massacre

It should take me around 20 minutes to walk from home to Kate’s place. Kate is the puppies’ hairdresser and she lives on the other side of the park…more or less. While Kate usually picks the girls up and drops … Continue reading

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Teddy bear no more

Emma had her first haircut today. While Mirinda was sad to bid farewell to Emma’s long, thick curls, I was overjoyed at the improvement to her feet. I’m looking forward to no more mud. Day-z, of course, didn’t have her … Continue reading

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Another day

Who’d think the Hop Blossom could change so much. Today it was raining. And this is how it looked: And the rain kept falling, all day. The garden was a bit of a quagmire, most of which, Emma bought into … Continue reading

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Finished fence and sausage rolls

Carl came round this morning, as promised, and finished the fence. Mirinda went off to guitar class so I waited with the dogs for her return. While I waited I made sausage rolls for our lunch. I used Delia’s mother-in-law’s … Continue reading

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Badly timed flush

Today is the anniversary of our getting council permission to build the extension. And now it’s almost finished. Feet draggingly. I woke up this morning, let the dogs out for their constitutionals then set about performing my own. It wasn’t … Continue reading

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Another year on

This time last year, I posted two photos, showing the changes in the garden. I thought I’d do the same this year, given the slight changes made in the last 12 months. 2012 2013 2014 Hardly looks like the same … Continue reading

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Sticky muddy garden

Our garden is a quagmire. I noticed that even Day-z has started picking out the tiny islands of grass to walk on, afraid she’ll vanish in the bog. Of course, Carmen just charges through it, making it worse. I have … Continue reading

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Painting in the park

What a grey, dull day it was today. It even managed to drizzle later on. One of those days that talking about the weather is just made for. Everyone I said hello to on the way to the shops made … Continue reading

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Two dogs, one stick

From a lovely sunny day, to a wet night. We had clouds scuddering all day but generally the sky was bright and happy. Not so Carmen. She was fine early on. I put the lead on them to go for … Continue reading

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