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The weather in our little seaside town has taken a change for the worse this week. We’ve been subjected to “an icy blast” and my goodness it’s been cold… so cold that the heating had to tested out last night. Apparently it’s going to improve, but we’ll have to wait and see. The French beansContinue reading “Brr….”

As usual we have more tomatoes this year than we really need. That’s not a problem though as our young people are always ready to accept bags of proper, tomatoey tomatoes. The mangetout peas weren’t great, but the French beans have made up for that and are delicious cold in a salad after being brieflyContinue reading “Crops!”

Every time I go to the cupboard to pick up a clean tea-towel, I’m very aware of the top shelf. There are things up there which must have been sitting unused for the best part of thirteen years. I’m sure we all have stuff we’ve put away and forgotten about, don’t we? Amongst the emptyContinue reading “A rediscovery.”

This week we were lucky to eat with some good friends from Middle England. They like our little seaside town and enjoy visiting nearby places of interest. But this week they were very keen to try the new Marco Pierre White hotel and restaurant which has recently opened. I checked out the menu and managedContinue reading “Another Tuesday…”

It’s been another glorious week here in our little seaside town, with only a little rain falling overnight yesterday. But on Tuesday we decided to have a day out, not least to celebrate our wedding anniversary, and Snape Maltings were our destination. It’s a place we’ve visited numerous times, the home of the Aldeburgh FestivalContinue reading “Tuesday’s trip.”

… it’s over let it go! Bernard Braden and Millicent Martin were responsible for the TV programme I think, but you’re probably too young to remember it 😉 It’s been quite a week here too. We saw an old friend for a couple of days and enjoyed a lovely lunch at Ely cathedral in spiteContinue reading “That was the week that was…”

From time to time I come across a phrase or words of wisdom which I want to save and ponder over. I tend to write the words on a piece of paper and then put it in a safe place. You know what’s coming next…where did I put that ? But today I came acrossContinue reading “Who said that?”

…the weather is cold, or whether the weather is hot. Whether the weather is dry, or whether the weather is not, I’ll weather the weather whatever the weather, whether I like it or not. It’s been a mixed week here – summer came and went and has come back again. Thank goodness for the greenhouseContinue reading “Whether…”

Summer has arrived… I think. We’ve had two days of sunshine, no rain and it’s jolly hot. I’m not complaining – it means there will be fewer slugs marching through the grass and flower beds, eating almost everything on their journey. I have “dealt” with over three hundred in the last couple of weeks andContinue reading “Finally!”

It seems like a lifetime ago that we were living in South Carolina, near the state capital Columbia, just off route 378, from Georgia to the coast. Nearby was the Old Cherokee Trail, a much more emotive route out of the south for that tribe. However, at the top of the road there was, forContinue reading “Shop locally…”