Today the kitchen smelt of child hood memories, it was also filled with the sound of children’s laughter a wonderful combination. I made the decision to get the bread machine out of the loft, it has been there for a year or more, I found I was not using it and it was taking up …
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Year:2011
Village Barbacue Evening
Even the sun came out for this event, it was the first time it has been held at the farm and it was a lovely evening. The Farm was the perfect setting for such an event over a hundred people turned up and yet there was still lots of space for everyone to spread out there …
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Buy Yourself An Energy Generator!
I just love the idea behind these and would love to own one. I do believe in negative energy and the need to create positive energy around us, these little beauties are energy generators, made with lots of love and care from the heart of Dorset. I know a lot of people will not get …
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Now Is The Time To Book Hotel Deals
My in box is flooded with deals around the UK from the big chain hotels, I have not seen a summer like this, normally weddings take up a lot of the big hotel business but this year there is definitely a change. Novotel are offering up to 50% off during July, August till the start of …
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A Park For All Children
This week Wiltshire Council made me very happy, I took Paige my granddaughter along to the refurbished children’s playground in our local park in Salisbury, I had read that it would have things for disabled children as well as the normal playground things. The playground had been totally restructured so it was easier to get …
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Now That’s What I Do Best
At last a hot sunny weekend, so of course that must mean a trip to one of our local pubs. I spent a very nice hour with John sitting in the sun in a friendly country pub, just chilling. I felt a lot of the frustrations of the week just fall away, the guys at …
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Yes I really am in the clouds!!!!
First I need to say sooo sorry to people who have had a few problems getting recipes from my site, thank you for letting me know. A couple of months ago I changed my web hosting, as I felt I was being over charged, I went for cloud hosting, no idea at all how it works …
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Home For Now
Mixed times are still with me, but I have crossed a few hurdles, I was dreading Paige having surgury again but she has recovered ok and then the trip to Southampton to see yet more surgeons but we have been and go back in six months so for now I can breath again, how I feel …
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A Different Mixed Grill
Last night I cooked a dish which left me with polenta left over as I cannot stand wasting food I put it into the fridge for today, in Italy polenta is often fried or grilled the next day, so I then had to go through the fridge and find something to put with my grilled polenta and …
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Italian Sausage, Fennal & Green Lentils
I am at the moment going through an Italian phase, it is one of my favorite nations for food, generally I love the rustic feel behind the food using simple pure ingredients but producing wonderful flavours. This dish is a fine example of that, the flavours are deep, intense and very satisfying, using fennel which is …
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Summer Is On It’s Way
Today the sky is blue, the sun is very warm, the birds are singing and the gardens on the farm are looking so beautiful, it is one of those moments in life when you think to your self how lucky am I. I have no fortune in the monetary sense but I feel blessed to have …
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It Was A Wonderful Mothers Day
I know I am rather late with this but I have been really busy which I will also explain to you in the next few lines, but first I want to let you know about my wonderful treat for Mother’s day which Graham arranged for Joanne and myself, he really is a good son in law. …
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