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Day 78 – Hippo celebrations!

After releasing my latest embroidered decoration – a cute little Hippo –  Tuesday was a day of celebration and relaxing!  Monday had been a long day doing a full day of work, followed by a late night to get the shop updated, so Tuesday was much more chilled out: hanging out with family (remotely) in… Continue reading Day 78 – Hippo celebrations!

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Day 64 – Pies and cakes!

The shopping arrived at lunchtime and not a moment too soon! We were completely out of vegetables, maybe a stray potato was left somewhere, but that was it.  We were out of bread.  We were out of flour.  We were out of milk.  We’d rationed for the last two days of our non-shopping stint, waiting… Continue reading Day 64 – Pies and cakes!

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Day 51 – In celebration of the sandwich!

I know, I’ve skipped back a few days, this is a retrospective trying to catch up on my ‘lost week’ where I seemed to fall behind on everything. This was the day before VE Day, and we plotted how to celebrate the day which mainly involved finishing the bunting and deciding what to have in… Continue reading Day 51 – In celebration of the sandwich!

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Day 47 – Nothing but a Chinese Fakeaway

The day was pretty sedate: a bit of crafting, sketching out some new designs to follow the ‘Hopeful Heart‘ pattern, and completing a quick Mollie Makes keyring in the morning followed by a shopping delivery and Chinese food in the evening.  After all, after a frantic week, what can be better than an easy Saturday,… Continue reading Day 47 – Nothing but a Chinese Fakeaway

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Days 35 & 36 – Japanese cooking extravaganza!

I’m doing a double-day post for last Tuesday and Wednesday, because the things we made on Tuesday carried over into the things we made on Wednesday. Both days were a bit of a cooking extravaganza! My husband made some bread on Tuesday, it was a bit of an experiment.  Flour and yeast are hard to… Continue reading Days 35 & 36 – Japanese cooking extravaganza!

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Lovely Day 10 draws to a close

It’s been such a good day today!  The to-do list wasn’t very active, mainly about relaxing with a bit of home improvements thrown in, but we had a really good day! Seems like the wildlife are enjoying it too, check out this blackbird having a sunbathing session! Instead of having a bath first, we had… Continue reading Lovely Day 10 draws to a close