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Gift, Plate and Lemon Cookies

1   My very good blogging friend, Marilyn, has sent me a present of some Christmas clings, something we don’t have in the UK. I liked the look of her Hallowe’en clings and she sent me some delightful ones for Christmas. The Grandchildren are going to love decorating for Christmas! Thank you!

Thank you, Marilyn

Thank you, Marilyn

2   I bought this beautiful plate in New Hampshire.

Cherish the simple things

Cherish the simple things

3    Needing biscuits this afternoon, I was delighted to find this cookie sausage in the fridge!

Ready to slice and bake

Ready to slice and bake

Here are the cookies. They didn’t last long!

Lemon Cookies

Lemon Cookies

 
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Posted by on October 22, 2013 in baking, Beauty, Food, home, photography, Postaday2013

 

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Beasties, Birthday, and A Butterfly

1 Thank you so much to everyone who offered advice about the fate of our lovely Crocuses. What a Beautiful Community indeed!

I went off for my piano lesson this morning and the patch was intact. When I returned an hour later, the beasties had been there again and uprooted another dozen and in broad daylight! We’ve protected the replanted ones with an upturned hanging basket and a child’s windmill! We think there are deep beak holes in the spaces and wonder – do Jackdaws do this kind of damage? If it happens again, I’m going to have to lie in wait to discover the culprits, be they mice or rats or squirrels or birds!

In the hedgerow near my piano lesson

In the hedgerow near my piano lesson

Daffodils and gorse on the street side

Daffodils and gorse on the street side

2 Our eldest daughter was 40 yesterday and is coming home tonight for a Birthday dinner ( Smoked salmon and prawn stacks, Venison Casserole with creamy mash and cabbage with bacon followed by Chocolate Torte) No 3 daughter is able to join us and we will Skype with the other two over the course of the evening.

Posy for the table, using rescued Crocuses and Primroses

Posy for the table, using rescued Crocuses and Primroses

3 This afternoon I went out to collect the above small posy for the dinner table, I found this beautiful Peacock butterfly on the Muscari. Fortunately, my camera is always in my hand!

Peacock butterfly

Peacock butterfly

 

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