Life is exciting! It should always be exciting, but sometimes it gets extra exciting. And I think it’s important to show our excitement instead of glossing over it and worrying about the unexciting parts that are always lurking around. Next weekend is an extra exciting time for me for three reasons: 1. We are moving into our new … More Too Much Excitement For One Weekend?
There’s a lot of big stuff going on around here at the moment. A baby on the way, Operation BAH (Buy a House) underway and big temperatures nurturing big vegetables in the garden. Today is the first day of ‘Autumn’, but it’s 28degC. As for those veges… I can barely look at tomatoes anymore. Their constant … More Big Stuff
Oh dear, the Twiglet is sick. Yesterday I played the ‘ignoring card’, trying to keep busy so the sickness might crawl off into the corner. Did it work? Well, I managed to get a few things accomplished, including making apricot chutney and some much-needed weeding, but I don’t think it helped with the sickness thing. Today I’m … More The Great Potato Harvest
The tomatoes have invaded the kitchen. They’re taking over. Eating them isn’t making much of a dent in their numbers. This can only mean one thing: it’s time to do some tomato preserving. But maybe tomorrow. I have other preserving experiments to finish tonight…
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