Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Well, hello there cowboys and girls! Welcome to Kindling 101 with ME!! All I’m missing to go with the smug grin is a Christmas sweater….perhaps I’ll dig one out for next time.
If you’re anything like me and have an open fire or log burner that you use during the colder months then gathering in the fire-making materials will be [...]
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Here I am.
See you tomorrow.
Lots of love
Cherry x
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
A great way to use sunflowers that you have grown yourself or buy from the store is to attach them to a wreath.
I have a pre-existing wreath that is heart shaped. I tied several sunflower heads to the wreath using florists wire and filled the spaces that were left with daisies and other flowers from the garden.
A [...]
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Hello!
I’ve been looking forward to this week’s batch of postings. I’m doing something I’ve never done before which is a whole week based on the the same subject - a THEMED week.
And the theme is?
Jam.
For the whole of this week we’re celebrating the summeriest of summer kitchen activities - making Strawberry Jam.
Today I’m kicking off [...]
Monday, July 20th, 2009
A Day to be a Darling Bud
I used to love watching The Darling Buds of May on television. Loved it. One time, towards the start of my relationship with Robert he found me watching re-runs of the show on television. When it was finished I looked at him with a sad face.
“Aw hon”, he [...]
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Continuing to Live an Outdoor Life
Today is Thursday which means I write under the Entertaining & Celebrations section. I wanted this section to encapsulate celebrating all things not just events and today is one of those days that is simply about celebrating living out of doors. Yesterday I wrote about the brilliant nights sleep that [...]
Monday, June 29th, 2009
Packing a Picnic Lunch for Children in the Style of Dick Whittington
It’s nice to be able to use up scraps of fabric in a way that doesn’t always end up with the scrap becoming a tea-towel. We’re having a great summer here in the UK with the weather behaving REALLY WELL. This means that the [...]
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Home & Family - Pick Your Own Fruit & Vegetables
Hello! How’s it going? I hope you all had a great weekend. Mine found me home alone for the first time ever on a Saturday morning, well since we moved in anyway! It was WEIRD!!!! I felt like I was house sitting. I’m so used to [...]
Monday, May 18th, 2009
Pick Your Own Asparagus
The ‘Pick Your Own’ season has started again in earnest and, as in previous years, it’s Asparagus that starts us off on this particular culinary and outdoor adventure.
Asparagus is odd and cute when it’s growing. As you walk closer towards the current year’s crop you start to see spiky things growing straight up [...]
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
The Sweet Simplicity of Happiness Series - Life on the Lawn
The weather in England has been really good this week. In fact I had a new Barbour jacket delivered yesterday and ended up having to take it off due to it being too warm. I don’t expect that these temperatures will last right through until October [...]