The build up to mother’s day is always sad for me as I lost my Mum two days before mother’s day 1976 when I was 21, I did not get the chance to say goodbye, to tell her how very much I loved her and to say sorry for being the most selfish daughter on …
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Month:March 2010
What A Way To Start Monday
I had quite a nice weekend, had Paige and Imogen over Friday night they went home Saturday afternoon and then our friends Simon and Sally came over for supper. Sally brought me a huge bunch of beautiful lilies and the meal I cooked went down very well, lots of good conversation covering everything from politics to …
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Stormhoek Pinotage
The label on the bottle describes this wine as big,rich and ripe and that’s all it says, which in the world of wine is slightly different, it is South African and quite a powerful 14%, it made me curious so I had to try it. It is not amazing but at £3.99 you are not …
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The Whale Caller
Cheap yet classy is the best way to describe this crisp coastal South African Sauvignon Blanc-Colombard wine. I bought it at Waitrose for £3.99 which is a real bargin, yes it was on offer and should be £4.99 which would still be cheap for such a good wine. I really enjoy buying my wine at …
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I Hope Spring Is Coming
As you can see the site has had a spring makeover, a huge thanks to John, he gave up hours to do it for me, I just felt I needed to thinking of spring time and forget about snow and winter. I need to feel the warm sun again and for an hour or two …
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