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Holey socks!

Pink eye

And I got the taxes done. The government owe me and I was dying to mail the paperwork off because the government take about 8 weeks to send one a refund and the dollars will go towards my new armchair which should arrive in 4 weeks. So I ventured out to test the waters and immediately ventured back inside because the…

Cottage gardens

You know, I think they do PHOEBE!!! Aren't they snazzy!!!

Yes, listening to the radio we are in for lovely ice pellets followed by snow with cancellations all over the place. I shall stay home and do my taxes! I shall do my taxes in my brand new kitty cat socks! A lovely friend sent me two pairs on reading about them on our pyjama topic. Nothing like happy socks to cheer one up…

Drain pipe

Street lamps

Good afternoon JACKIE, no I don't expect to become rich from the sale of granny's sewing machine! I wouldn't sell it anyway after my aunt decided I was probably the only one who wouldn't sell it and made me promise not to. This entailed carting it all over England and Canada. However, I won't elicit such a promise from my…

LIN, Lovely photo, proud grandma and pretty little girl Lin. Today is just gorgeous, so gorgeous it inspired the normally lethargic Anne to spring clean. This is an annual event I have to be in the mood for, a moment to snatch before it fades away like a wisp of smoke. The logic behind this remarkable event, - I want to be…

I had a laugh at your joke BUZZ, and thanks for the movie tip PATSY. I will try and find it. I've just heard on the news that Mr Trump has won S Carolina for the republicans and Hillary for the democrats. Fascinating stuff for an outsider and normally politics don't interest me much, but this campaign, from the little I…

Good heavens LIN, I live and learn! Anne.

Petit fours are French I guess, but that didn't stop us English making and mopping (eating) them up. What I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY would like though is a slice of battenburg cake! Mmm, mmm, a square of cake comprising 2 pink and 2 normal coloured cake squares joined together to form a bigger square and covered in almond…

Oh no, it's me again, I will lie low tomorrow, promise, but I just want to thank Jackie for the link. Absolutely fascinating for me, but I can imagine it all being a bit "what's all that about" for you SANDY. Sorry, as Jackie said a bun is a bun and of course a Teacake is a Teacake! I forgot about teacakes with gooey fruit…

As always beautiful photos JERI. The alligator looks strangely contented as if he's (it's got to be a he) just enjoyed his lunch! I like the reflection of him in the water, and the sunset reminds me of the ones I enjoy here over Lake Ontario. I particularly love the sunrise here. I've always wanted to visit the Audubon…

JACKIE, there's a "quick Sally Lunn"in my "joy of cooking" book and it sounds exactly like your Bath Sally Lunn and not a bit like my version which is a yeast bread with raisins. The book one is for, flour, baking powder, salt, shortening, sugar and 3 eggs. When baked you cut it into squares and serve hot. Does that sound…

Good lovely, warmer, morning friends. The plaque is most interesting JACKIE. I must have got it all wrong about Sally Lunn. I could have sworn she lived in Derbyshire and even seem to vaguely remember a plaque in that fair county. Maybe she was a lass who liked to travel especially when BUZZ tells us her cousin once…

Old world

Time traveller (Dr Who)

I wonder what happened to the horses and all those old wooden carts when the dust/garbage men took over? Same with the milk floats when the super markets took over. When I first married we didn't live far from my father in laws dairy farm and he delivered our milk daily. We got the odd cabbage etc as well. Seems (and is) a…

Actually Sally Lunn JACKIE not Nunn or was MFP doing its helpful spell test? It's named raisin bread over here. Bath buns were for us.......Bath buns. Which got me thinking of Devonshire Splits! Sort of like a sweet bread bun but split almost in two and filled with thick clotted cream. Can you still get those? Oh dear,…

Sugar cane

Standstill. Anne

Hello, my house smells lovely today. I'm making cinnamon, walnut, raisin bread, or a "Sally Lunn" named after the Derbyshire Victorian lady who invented it. More useless information for you gals. I'm full of useless information! Are they still named Sally Lunns JACKIE? Or was that a northern name? It's warming up here, but…

You are welcome any time MARIE, but remember the TWO trees are very old trees so probably will have a rest year this year! I ate an apple a day for 5 months and gave bushels away. Anne.

Oakville, Ontario, MARIE. It's partway between Hamilton and Toronto, on Lake Ontario. I live near the old town not far from the lake.

Cat mint

Carrot hair (red head)

Valentine card - from my youth: Rose's are red Violet's are blue I know because I've seen them hanging on the clothes line. (Happy days for us not so romantic types)

There's an enclosed wooden box inside the wooden cover to store ones needles and threads, pretty neat! This machine is still in working order, it just needs oiling. My mothers 76 year old Singer still works as well and she made a lot of her clothes on it until well into her eighties. Her mother, my granny Gawan, died when…