‘If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?’
It’s funny how the first flowers of the year – crocuses, daffodils, aconites -seem especially vivid in colour. Are they really brighter than other flowers, or do they just strike us that way because our eyes have gradually adapted to the long drabness of winter? I found these gorgeous things in the park up the road.
At last, Seville oranges have appeared in the shops, which means it is time for marmalade making. Bob is the marmalade maker around...
I seem to have read an unusually high number of books this year - surprising, because it was a unusually busy year. Looking back, I...
Today I've been icing my home-made Christmas cake. It's taken months to reach this point. I made the cake in October and fed it with...
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