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29 January 2008
My girls’ weekend was just the ticket - relaxing, riotous and fun. One of the great things about the weekend (aside from the company and the world’s largest onion bhajis) was having the opportunity and the inclination to play with my camera again. I am still trying to decide which lens I am […]
Filed under: Mulch, Photo projects — Clare @ 5:21 pm
25 January 2008
For the same reason as last year…
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 4:41 pm
21 January 2008
The third Monday in January is officially the most depressing day of the year. Plus, since about 2005 this sad fact has always made the news so for those of us who wake up to radio alarms, the transition from sleep to wakefulness is heralded by John Humphries pretty much telling us that we […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 6:29 pm
18 January 2008
All this week I have been making myself fresh juice for breakfast. It’s a zingy accompaniment to my bran flakes and yoghurt that helps to brighten up the murky mornings we get at this time of year. I like mixing up a variety of fruit and vegetables but usually starting with grapefruit and […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 11:26 am
4 January 2008
In the run up to Christmas we received several large parcels and packages through the post. One of the most exciting of the bunch was the box of seed potatoes I had previously ordered from the Organic Seed Catalogue. As always, I have far too many - 8kg in total. I can […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 10:59 am
2 January 2008
I can feel myself begin to emerge from my end of year blog hibernation (I think I might actually make it official next year, hang a sign on the front page saying ‘closed for sleep’ and not kid myself that I will have anything to say for the whole of November and December) and the […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 10:20 pm
22 December 2007
I spent hours in Birmingham this week searching for a star-shaped cookie cutter and could find nothing except plain or fluted rounds. I don’t know where the good people of Brum who bake biscuits are going for their cookie cutters, but perhaps they are just not very imaginative. I have discovered that I […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 3:26 pm
9 November 2007
I was coming home through Kings Heath this morning and spotted a sign announcing the imminent arrival of a Wilkinson’s store. Excellent news. It put a spring in my step.
Still, if this is what passes for excitement in my life at the moment then I really need to get out more.
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 10:07 am