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Pants
Last Thursday, the most amazing sound filled the evening air. Bells! I donβt think Iβd realised how much Iβd missed hearing them until they were ringing again. Thursday night is bell-ringing night at the parish church behind our house. Or, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged allotment produce show, bell ringing, bells, children, coffee, community, community cafe, community nursing, countryside, COVID-19, district nursing, fete, july, library, meadowsweet, nurse, nursing, pandemic, pants, rain, school holidays, summer, summer reading challenge, tansy
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Bouquet
To cut a very long story short, we are on day eight of cooking on a camping stove and washing up at the outside tap. The kitchen fitters who were supposed to be installing our new kitchen had to isolate … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged allotment, camping stove, cornflowers, COVID-19, cut flowers, hospital, isolation, kitchen, new kitchen, outside tap
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One week…
Since last week, the mysterious door has been popping up all over the country! From Edinburgh to Exeter! π Follow my social media accounts over in the side bar to see where it pops up next —> It is just … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, blog, cats, children's books, COVID-19, Discover Kelpies, district nurse, door, edinburgh, exeter, front door, Hannah Foley, library bicycle, magic, MG Fiction, middle grade fiction, nursing, PPE, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches
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Steam and song
On Sunday, bubbling pans on the hob, we had the kitchen windows open to let out the steam. A soft rain fell outside, the gentle putter of the falling drops punctuating by the occasional ding of a larger drop hitting … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Making changes, Wildlife
Tagged 2021, bike ride, birdsong, blackbird, blue tit, Covid, COVID-19, cycling, daffodils, lockdown, nature, rain, river, spring, vaccinations
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Seed plans
Well, what I really want to know is, what are you doing about seeds this year? My favourite little Welsh seed company has been overwhelmed by orders, and due to social distancing in the seed packing sheds, canβt take any … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things
Tagged allotment, chitting, COVID-19, dad advice, dahlias, flowers, garden planning, gardening, grow your own, potatoes, sarah raven, saving seed, seed orders, seed planning, seed potatoes, seeds, vegetables
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Nasal passages
On Friday I was called into school. Wren had put something up her nose. The way Wren told it, her teacher had clocked her across the classroom mid-deed. Hats off to Miss L, Iβm not sure Iβd have noticed a … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged children, COVID-19, foreign body, headteacher, lockdown, nasal passges, nose, pentorch, school, teacher, tweezers
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Merry Christmas
On Sunday morning I trundled out on my rounds, listening to Sunday Worship on Radio 4. The service came from St Davidβs in Pembrokeshire. After all the bad news of recent days it was comforting to hear Welsh words spoken, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged bird feeder, car driving, carols, christmas, clinical incident form, community nurse, COVID-19, darkest day, district nursing, Exeter cathedral, garden birds, happy new year, merry christmas, National Trust, pembrokeshire, Pob bendith, pressure sore, pressure ulcer, Radio 4, seed orders, spring bulbs, St DAvids, stove, Sunday, Sunday Worship, support stockings, thank you, turning of the year, Wales, weekend working, wing mirror, winter sun
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Smash
In the absence of all the usual activities leading up to Christmas, we have been searching out other options to get us in the festive mood. A local garden centre is famed for its Christmas lights so we headed there … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged baubles, carnivorous plant, christmas, Christmas lights, coffee, COVID-19, decorations, family outing, feeling festive, garden centre, hot tub, mince pie, santa, venus flytrap
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Wet towels
I left the towels on the line for three days before I gave in and brought them in to dry indoors. The days have been full of fog and mist down here in the South West. Yesterday we drove out … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged christmas, Christmas tree, combe, countryside, COVID-19, December, devon, England, family, fog, mist, oak tree, ridgeway, southwest, swing, towels, tree, tyre swing, walk, wood
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