Blog Archive — 2020

Winter, Year One

Written on Sunday 27 Dec 2020

Winter, Year One. A cold and frosty first Christmas in our new house. Between Covid and everything else that’s gone on this year, it’s not quite the big family event I imagined. But if this year has taught us anything, it’s how to be happy with just the three of...

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Autumn, Year One

Written on Tuesday 3 Nov 2020

Autumn, Year One. The last of the barbecues gone, a wind from the west brings colder storms ashore. We wonder how the rest of the year will go; Halloween without trick-or-treaters, Christmas without family and friends?

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Summer, Year One

Written on Saturday 1 Aug 2020

Summer, Year One. The weeds keep on coming but the pumpkins are ‘roided up and ready to take them on. Astroturf is gone and the blackberry bush keeps on giving. Tomatoes are nearly done but beans are coming on strong. Lettuce and spring onion seeds going in today.

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Spring, Year One

Written on Thursday 21 May 2020

Spring, Year One. A new house, a new start, and our first ever garden of our own. We have survived the incredible stress of moving in the middle of a pandemic, and now at last I can put some of that time stuck at home to good use. The previous...

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A Journey into the World of Slimming

Written on Thursday 14 May 2020

While clearing out a decade of unnecessary junk from the kitchen today, we discovered this recipe book from the 80s… and it is INCREDIBLY CURSED. Here’s some of the recipe highlights you may like to enjoy. Or you may not, you know, it’s your call. We’ll start with “Tangy Grapefruit”....

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