Saturday, 17th August 2024 - Saturday Market
Steve and Zoe drove us to Casseneuil. Beautiful town but it was deserted. AND no charging points for their car. We had a wander and a very salubrious coffee at canoe hire place. Looking for something a bit more vibrant Steve drove us to Villeneuve sur lot which was much more buzzy. We strolled through the market and found a lunch spot with a fixed price three course menu with wine and coffee. The market was dismantled by the time we had eaten our peaches and cream. Charging points came available so Steve charged off to plug in. We tourist around churches and bridges and returned to a charged car as the rain bucked down. A supermarket gave us refuge and provided us with party wine and sea urchin nibbles.
I am drinking a last glass of wine with Steve and Zoe at 1.30am ish, Tim has gone to bed, before they leave us tomorrow. Now Steve has gone to bed. We have spent a fabulous evening at Mike and Pippa’s French house warming party with their friends, neighbours and family. Now Zoe has gone to bed!!! I am all alone.
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Friday, 16th August 2024 -The Moon and Pippa
My alarm was evil waking me at 2.30am. I shouldn’t complain as we are going on holiday …. But I will a little bit as I love my sleep. A drive to Gatwick in the dark arriving in Bordeaux in daylight. Ray and Linda were on the same flight and we grabbed a lift. A stop off for lunch in Duras was delightful. We had the set menu which was a bargain. We all gad crudités, then I had an escalope of turkey followed by an amazing coconut tart. Back on the road Ray very kindly dropped us at our Airbnb where Steve and Zoe had settled in and dipped in the pool.
I unpacked my pants, changed into cooler attire. We wandered along The Lot river watching the water activities. We had a little rose and olives. Thank you Steve and Zoe for bringing supplies, before walking to Mike and Pippa’s. Wow what a fabulous house they have. It was filled with friends and family. We sat outside and ate under the stars. I am shattered and going to bed. Goodnight.
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Thursday., 15th August 2024 - Temptation
I did lots and lots of ironing. We now have copious amounts of shirts and blouses to wear - no bottoms needed ironing?!?
We went for a quick chatty walk with Tony and Wendy this afternoon. The bushes are abundant with blackberries. This prolonged our stroll as we kept stopping to pick and eat them. I wonder if you can make blackberry gin?
This evening WOKAS had.a portrait demonstration. It was a risk having an event in August and we were concerned the turnout would be low. Soooo embarrassing when you have a paid demonstrator. No worries this evening. It was one of the highest numbers of members attending we have had. Very pleasing and a great portrait painted in oils in about an hour and a half. Very clever. Very inspiring. Another highlight was a bourbon biscuit I had with my coffee. Yet another highlight was meeting Ted a 12 week old puppy. I am not that bothered by dogs unless it is Fable but Ted was adorable until he started chewing the buttons on my blouse. Welcome to WOKAS Ted.
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Wednesday, 14th August 2024 - Having a Rest
Thank goodness for the cooler weather. I do not function very well in the heat mentally and physically it makes be a bit cranky. So today I was full of joy. The washing got put on the line. I did some more weeding. I hoovered a tangle of cobwebs that had been building in our bedroom.
The best part of the day was with Harriet and the grandchildren. Herbie loves water especially if there is a hose involved. We all got a bit wet, even the cat, from his exploits. Tim put the paddling pool out on the grass. Our robot mower took a couple of bites. It no longer holds water. It is going to have a couple of remedial patches. Thank goodness I did a double cheese scone bake. They all have hearty appetites. They make me grounded. We are running low on books for them to read. Anyone got any that are suitable for an avid six year old reader, he was reading my old Dr Suess today and adventure stories for 11 and 13 year olds let me know?
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Tuesday, 13th August 2024 - Verbena bonariensis
I woke up at 3am to find Tim beside me. I waited for his return. After a while I went in search of him. He was in the garden. We watched the Perseid meteor shower then went back to bed with wet feet.
The weather was perfect for a trip out in the MG. I didn't have to snuggle my knees under a blanket. It wasn't too much of an adventure as we had letters to post and a bit of shopping to do.
I have made soup and cheese scones in preparation of our grandchildren visiting tomorrow. I am so looking forward to playing with them.
Our garden has Verbena bonariensis sprouting up all over the place. It glows in the sun. A fabulous plant. The temperature went below 25 degrees so I ventured out into a shady spot and did some much needed weeding.
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Monday, 12th August 2024 - Memories
Another mighty hot day it has been. I was full of beans cleaning and hoovering until the heat increased. I sat down for a coffee and that was that... the hoover is still sitting in the middle of the hallway.
We are watching a crime series called Vienna Blood. Love the 1900's period it is set in. Love the actors. Love the costumes. Love a murder mystery. Perfect end to the day.
Today's postcard is for John who's birthday it is today and from a day we spent with friends in Falmouth. Happy birthday John.
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Sunday, 11th August 2024 - Persicaria runcinata
Today I have been keeping my washing machine occupied, it has had a rest while I was on holiday. The sun had dried all my knickers on the washing line. It has been a been hot to do much else but potter.
When I visited my friend Leelee a month or so ago she had a tub full of delightful plant that I coveted. I took some cuttings. Within a couple of weeks they had rooted - very pleasing. I planted them out and to keep them strong removed any flowers. My Purple Fantasy is looked fantastic. Today I took a couple more cuttings. Would you like one?
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Saturday, 10th August 2024 - Nasturtium for Joy and Pleasure
We are home from a wonderful Falmouth after a week of holiday friends, adventures, food and wine. The train journey home was much easier than going with no cancellations. Just over 7 hours door to door. So good to be back home and find the chickens still laying eggs, Morris the cat at 21 years still alive and tomatoes ripening in the greenhouse.
This morning we jammed all our clothes back into their bag. Having purchased a few new things it was a very tight squeeze including a few bottles of Cornish gin. It was a mizzle of a morning that cleared as we walked through Falmouth town. We had our last coffee holiday coffee with Diane, John and Bobby in Windjammer watching boats and ferries coming and going.
Today's postcard is to celebrate the arrival of a new baby.
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Thursday, 8th August 2024 - The Famous Barrel at Penryn
Rain didn't hamper play today. But too wet for long rambling walks which gave my thighs a chance to rest. John took us to Penryn. Lunch was planned. The Famous Barrel looked a good spot. Lovely pub full of a bar of locals. We ordered our drinks. No food served. A couple of bags of chilli curls, Twiglets and peanuts sustained us. Back into drizzly Falmouth to get some supplies from Lidl for dinner. A lovely lazy afternoon back at Moonraker watching the rain across the Fal. Bobby needed a walk. Gyllyngvase Beach was the perfect spot to chase a ball and watch Diane bravely take a swim. We warmed up with a coffee in the cafe on the beach. Back at the apartment Diane made a very tasty paella. We are now catching up with the Olympic highlights celebrating being on holiday with friends with a glass of sparkling Chapel Down.
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Monday, 5th August 2024 - Trelissick Beach
After breakfast chez Moonraker and a bit of a lie-in - so nice not to wake up to an alarm - we took another boat to Trelissick. It was a half an hour-ish trip on the Fal and a very amusing commentary from our captain. He tempted us with sights of herons - saw them, seals - nope, egrets - nope, mermaids - nope but Poldark was filmed nearby, I did enjoy that series. On landing it was an uphill windy route to Trelissick beach where I poked around the rocks and got squirted by the winkles. Continuing our uphill walk we wandered around Trelissick House, I had a Cornish pasty before walking through the gardens with the most beautiful trees before zig zagging back to get our boat back to Falmouth. We did a bit of shopping and the heavy bags of provisions made us need to stop for a gin and tonic before continuing home.
I have a pepper/tomato and sea bass bake in the oven ready for Diane our next addition to our party. Oh and a glass of rose.
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Saturday, 3rd August 2024 - View from Moonraker
I have had my last morning of bnb for a while.
Tony came and collected Tim and I. What a kind friend he is. He dropped us off at the station and left. We wandered onto the platform, Tim dragging a bulging bag (I couldn't decided what to pack so took loads of 'just-in-case'), to find our train to Charing Cross was cancelled. The next scheduled train meant we would miss our train to Falmouth. Tim had had this happen to him previously and knew what to do. We went from Ashford to St Pancras, to Paddington via the tube. I had no idea where I was or where I was going and trailed along with my bag in total confidence that Tim would get us where we needed to be. He did. We got out train and now we are in Falmouth staying in a fabulous apartment that looks over the Fal. A few beers and wine later and I am ready for my holiday.
We are alone tonight but will be joined by friends whose apartment it is tomorrow. They are going to show us the local delights. Fabulous.
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Friday. 2nd August 2024 - Treasures at Bentley's
Oooh I had a sudden realisation that we are now two days into August!!! Is time running away with me? Is it getting older that days seem to fly by. I have so much I want to do....
It has been a busy and happy day. The boiled egg I served my bnb guest was perfect on the third day of experimenting. Success is beautiful. I wrote my 'To-Do' list. It was very long. By 12.30 I had two thirds crossed off. The greenhouse has been tidied. Pots have been refreshed and old saggy soggy petunias composted. The day was going well. I met Harriet and the grandchildren in Cranbrook. They had a dentist visits. Herbie has 21 teeth and Hetty left minus one. She nearly left her removed tooth in the basket at the supermarket checkout. The checkout girl kindly gave it back to us!! I love them soo very much. They came to see their grandad. He and Herbie did a fine job of cutting the grass on the sit on mower. Harriet made me tea. Why is tea so much better when it is made for you?
Our bnb guests opened a bottle of wine this evening. It would have been very rude to refuse a glass or two. They had bidded for a couple of items at the Cranbrook auction. I love an auction and felt a brief pang of jealousy - then I remembered we have a loft, garage and house full of 'stuff'. Best not add to it.
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Thursday, 1st August 2024 - Bramley Apple Tree
The commission I did? Phew they liked it.
My guests challenged me at breakfast by ordering poached, scrambled and boiled eggs, ham and cheese, toast, croissant, pain au chocolate, fruit salad and yogurt, tea, coffee and a mug of hot milk. I felt a small sense of achievement following delivery.
We celebrated Tony's birthday a day late - they were busy elsewhere on his birthday day - with Wendy by having breakfast at The Woodcock Inn. I had the Full Monty. A rare treat. Many of those and I would have many muffin tops. I didn't have to eat again until this evening.
This afternoon I watched some bits of the Olympics while ironing bedding. Wow what a lot of muscle. Very entertaining. My roller iron is starting to misbehave. Hopefully a temporary gremlin or it could be an expensive expense.
Our Bramley Apple Tree looks like it is going to have a good crop this year. I love it's wonky ways. A good subject for today's postcard.
I am loving the sound of the thunder as I type. A power outage may be on its way. I had better type faster.
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Wednesday, 31st July 2024 - Rowan's Last Song
What an emotional evening it has been. The last Morris dance of the season. It ended with a charming evening of song in The Bull in Benenden.
Today's postcard was drawn and painted whilst watching and listening and singing.
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Monday, 29th July 2024 - Mussels for Dinner
While I was ironing sheets, pillow cases and table cloths I watched Tom Daley and Noah Williams diving in the Olympics. Wow they are impressive. It left a good feeling in me for the rest of the day.
It was too hot for me in the garden so I continued work on a commission that has challenged me. This afternoon I got the composition right. I am now very happy with the painting and hope the recipients will be. What I paint and what the customer has in mind can be very different. If they don't like it they don't have to have it or pay for it. I will post it if they say it's ok.
Mussels were on offer in Tescos. There was a recipe for roasted smashed potatoes in a magazine I had picked up. They made delicious partners. I am not sure why the potatoes were par boiled with vinegar in the water? Any ideas
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Sunday, 28th July 2024 - Mini Watermelon
A hot hot day was forecast. So after serving guests fried eggs, croissant and pain au raisin (I kept a spare for Tim and I to share with our coffee) I took the Makita hedge trimmer to my box hedge. By the end of the afternoon I had trimmed about two thirds. I had great fun forging a chicken and cockerel. They are a little wonky and eccentrics.
The garden was a kaleidoscope of butterflies, stridulating grasshoppers, and a wake of buzzards. Guess who has been trawling the internet this evening!?!
Lindsey had perfect timing and dropped in just as I needed a tea break from hedge trimming. Today's postcard is of the delightful mini watermelon she gave me as a charming gift. Apparently very common as a gift in Japan. Yep, another internet discovery.
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Friday. 26th July 2024 - The Pink House, Rye
This morning I was happily pottering around making bread dough and tidying up when Tim said "Are you ready?" I had forgotten he was going to Rye. I wasn't going to miss out on a trip to the Rye Art Gallery or coffee, toast with marmalade at The Apothecary. I was ready in minutes.
This afternoon Tim promised a dry walk through Hemsted Forest. Tony, Wendy and I disagreed as we jumped over puddles and paddled through mud.
Marion and Arian, guests who we have known for many years and are now lovely friends, joined us with Tony and Wendy for dinner. Tim made a chickpea and fish dish that I like very much. The turmeric bread I made brightened up the meal. As the evening chilled we came inside and sat around the kitchen table exposing Marion and Arian to Tim's pickled eggs. A lovely evening with lovely friends.
Today's postcard is of The Vicarage in Rye. So many beautiful buildings to draw but I chose this one as it is one of my favourites and there was a bench to park myself on while I drew.
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Thursday, 25th July 2024 - Bonny Green Garters
I haven't ventured any further than our garden today. I did go out to collect the eggs and feed the chickens. They made a valiant attempt to fight the crows for the bread crusts. The crows are much more wily than the hens and come in from the chickens blind spot - behind. Oh and I did fill up the bird feeders. The rain has meant that I have got to the bottom of my ironing pile and Tim and I now have shirts to wear. Two of my friends are exploring hotter climes. One in France and the other in Italy. Me!!!! Jealous????? Errr YES.
Tonight's postcard is a retrospective painting of the final dance the Morris do at the end of their set. All and sundry can join in. One of our lovely Dutch guests bravely took to the floor. I no longer partake having joined in many times in past years. I have been watching Tim Morris dancing for over 43 years and still don't know the names of all the dances.
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Wednesday, 24th July 2024 - Sheep Market in Ashford
Lindsey and I spent a couple of hours in Tenterden pursuing many shops. The coffee and cinnamon bun in Nutmeg were excellent. Our brother was due to visit this weekend. A bad back had made him cancel. This is sad as we haven't seen him for many months. We got some healing tea and a murder mystery book to send to him while he recuperates. Backache is horrid, physically and mentally draining. We hope he is well soon and able to reschedule his visit. Get well soon my big brother.
I have just returned from a very entertaining at The Bell and Jorrocks. I wasn't going to go. Tim gently persuaded me. I am so so pleased I went. I chatted with some lovely people. The Morris dancing was glorious... but.... the song and music following was fabulous. I laughed and cried. Emily singing to Alan was wonderful. They both know how to entertain an audience. Tonight's postcard is a gathering of many singers and musicians drawn as I watched. Great evening.
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Tuesday, 23rd July 2024 - Whitstable Groynes
I am drinking a gin and tonic whilst reminiscing on a wonderful day in Whitstable. Harriet hired a beach hut. Tim, Natalie, Brett, Harriet, Raffy and Herbie - oh and me - celebrated Hetty becoming a teenager. We had bacon fried by Brett on the gas stove in the little hut and made into sandwiches with ketchup, beer, Monster Munch, fizzy sweets (Raffy sorry I stole your chocolate covered honeycomb, it was delicious though) and a pile of chocolate brownies topped with 13 candles. The weather was grim as we set out, drizzling and grey. As the tide went out, sand appeared along with the sun and ice-creams. I got rather soggy playing with Herbie in the sea. Harriet saved me from total immersion and with the girls played in the waves. I retired to the beach. It was the best time to see the family messing about in the waves. Happy birthday Hetty. Your grandparents are so very proud of the person you are. Thank you.
One question for you from Herbie.... Why is the sea salty? Five adults and two clever children did not know the answer. Do you know?
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Monday, 22nd July 2024 - Prosperity and Health
Today's postcard is inspired by blackcurrants. Tim and I are eating yesterday's blackcurrant cheesecake.
We are watching The Jetty. I love it apart from being a little jealous of how gorgeous Jenna Coleman is!!!.
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Sunday, 21st July 2024 - Love and Friendship
I have cooked my last eggs for guests this morning. I have a couple of days off. I am hoping to doing some oil painting. I have some ideas batting around my mind that I feel the need to get out.
Would we be having lunch inside or out? Nick, Alli, Si and Lesley arrived with wine, honey, Baklava, , cherries and flowers. So lovely. The rain stopped. The sun came out and much to my pleasure we ate outside. I had forgotten how wonderful a jug of Pimms can be. I did share it. I love cooking for friends as any mishaps are generously received. We had courgette and tomato soup accompanied by Tim's French sticks. Followed by potato and herb salad with pink trout. We had a salad Elizabeth had made us a few weeks ago which was delicious. Hold on. I am going to have to look up what it was called..... Fattoush! Really tasty. I made a cheesecake with blackcurrants given to us by Malcolm. It was cooked in a water bath to keep its wobble. We have a fridge full of leftovers being the benefit of making too much food.
Lindsey dropped by with Herbie's socks and sunglasses. I miss that little chap.
Alli came with sweetpeas and a lavender wreath she had made. I love it very much - thank you. They were the subjects for today's postcard. Sweetpeas for friendship and lavender for love.
Tim and I are ending the day watching a film set in Istanbul. We are reminiscing about our few days there. Such an interesting place.
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Saturday, 20th July 2024 - Three Generations
Harriet and Herbie we dropped off at breakfast time while Brett, Hetty and Raffy went to a climbing competition in Tunbridge Wells. They all had great climbs. We had a gap in the afternoon while Brett was still climbing. Harriet, Hetty, Raffy, Herbie and I squeezed into our little red two door Peugeot and took a trip to Tescos for ice-creams then landed in Lindsey's garden where Will, Fizz and Ottie were spending the weekend. It was a perfect afternoon with a paddling pool and ice-creams, cherries and donuts chatting in the sun. Thank you for hosting us Lindsey. I hope we didn't leave too much chaos behind.
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Thursday, 18th July 2024 - Nearly a Heatwave
Tim and I have been doing pottering jobs. I cleaned out the hens and was rewarded with eggs. Tim mended a leak under a sink and rewarded with no more drips. We went to Adam and Eve's to get apple juice, then to Sainsburys and found nothing we needed, onto the fishmongers and bought a fish for dinner, then to Waitrose and got trout for Sunday and finally Tescos for house plants.
It's been a warm one today and inspired my postcard. As I type I am waiting for the brief visit from Tom to collect his passport before he adventures off to Albania for a holiday.
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Wednesday, 17th July 2024 - After the Dancing
It is late. I am tired. I am eating a ketchup sandwich at 11pm. Don't judge me? It is 'organic' tomato ketchup.
Adriene helped ease my stiff back. I love her very much.
It was one of those days that go by in a whirl of work, stuff and emotions. Thank you to my sister. I spent the afternoon with her. She made me tea, fed me biscuits, cherries and raspberries while we proudly chatted about the wonders of being grandparents and the delight our grandchildren bring us.
I made rice and tomato soup and felt a pang of loss. It was my mother-in-laws recipe and a favorite of hers.
I wasn't feeling much in the mood for going out this evening but I am so glad Tim whisked me off to The Halfway House. It was good to chat with friends, watch the dancing, listen to the music and song while drinking rose wine.
I did today's postcard while listening to music and singing. It doesn't quite catch the energy of the evening. They could be waiting for a bus! I loved drawing it evenso.
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Tuesday, 16th July 2024 - Lemon Cake and Peaches
I had a wonderfully late start to my day. First I made bread, then did some yoga with Adriene that I haven't done for weeks and was horrified at how unbendy I was, following that I made a lemon drizzle cake for guests that we had a little slice of after dinner. I planted some hydrangeas in the gaps left by the roses I had dug out. I am very proud of my cuttings that have taken three years to be big enough to go out into the big wild world. It all sounds like the perfect day but in reality I was tetchy and grumpy with niggling back pain.
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Monday, 15th July 2024 - Lilford Art Gallery
Harriet had a rare few hours free to squeeze in a visit to Canterbury before the school holidays begin. We rendezvoused in the park and ride after she had deposited the children at school. We took advantage of the sunny day and walked into town. The Lilford Gallery in Castle Street took our attention even before we had stopped for coffee. Sam was wonderfully knowledgeable and helpful about the art and artists and answered our many questions. We rewarded our artistic minds with coffee and a cheese scone. What a precious few hours I had with my daughter.
The weather warning on my App was accurate. It is chucking it down as I type. My pots of petunias will suffer but the hydrangeas will be joyful.
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Sunday, 14th July 2024 - A Bunch of Buddleia
I had two bnb rooms to turnaround today. I worked my little socks off to get them done. My reward was ironing the sheets while watching Wimbledon. Tim brought me an Aperol Spritz and cooked me pizza for dinner which was a good way to end the day.
We have buddleia shrubs flowering all around the garden. It smells of honey and is lovely in a vase. A good subject for today's postcard.
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Saturday, 13th July 2024 - To Be Always Cheerful
What a lovely way to start a Saturday with Herbie and Harriet visiting. It was before breakfast and a s I was scrambling, frying and poaching for guests I made a trio of eggs for Herbie's breakfast with buttered soldiers. Harriet and Herbie helped me with tomato watering and chicken feeding duties in Dingleden. Tony and Wendy have now returned and I am very pleased that the hens survived under our care. The park in Benenden was a good place to meet the rest of The Evans who had spent the morning climbing. Tim cooked pasta with cheese sauce supplemented with pizza to feed our growing granchildren. It was lovely to sit outside and let them play in the garden. They left. I always feel a tug in my heart when they go. Malcolm came and collected Tim and Nick leaving Suzy and I to drink tea surrounded by the debris of the day.
I think I will have an early night and a date with my book. I am reading Weyward by Emilia Hart - excellent book now I have sorted out the characters place in history.
Today's postcard is of coreopsis. I have a pot of it on the back door step. It bravely survived the winter and is now looking fabulous. It symbolises to be always cheerful. Perfect for the person I am sending it to.
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Friday. 12th July 2024 - Skinny Sarah
I met Sarah for a coffee in Wendy's in Cranbrook. She is so thin and skinny I hardly saw her. Wendy's was closed so we perused the charity shops in hope it would be open in half an hour or so. I filled a bag with a delightful new top, books and jigsaws for the grandchildren. Still no chairs under the tables or lights on at Wendy's. We debated long and hard where to go and took a bunt upon Willow and Sage. We had much better than anticipated (we are very fussy) coffee and a shared bacon sandwich. Thank you Sarah for a very lovely morning even though I think you are a bit too thin.
I came home to find Tim working on the garden relieving me of weeding a flower bed. He had snuck in some bed and breakfast guests who are very delightful and Dutch. I have caught up with my ironing. I have read school reports from my two littlest grandchildren and so very incredibly proud how they have coped and thrived through a very unsettling and difficult year.
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Thursday,11th July 2024 - The Mad Hatter
As soon as I had cleaned the bnb rooms I was out the door and on the road to Wickhambreaux. Harriet me welcomed me with coffee. I took cold chicken, eggs, pasta, smoked salmon and cream cheese to help feed the ever hungry growing grand children. Harriet, Brett and I went to Littlebourne Primary school for Raffy’s last play. She was a star being the Mad Hatter, a very opinionated caterpillar and taking the last minute role as The Key due to sickness. I felt very emotional thinking about how time flashes by. It was a privilege to be there.
I am painting tonight’s postcard in the company of other WOKAS artists, some doing oils, some watercolour and some painting on maps/magazines which was the brief for this evening. I decided to go off piste.
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Monday, 6th May 2024 - Day Eight - Inky
I wondered if I may grow quills and turn into Mrs Tiggy Winkle I had so many piles of washing and ironing to do.
Amy's prompt for day eight is 'Inky'. I got out my homemade inks. Today's postcard is painted with ink made from daffodil flowers, oak galls, copper and avocado stones. Shame you can't smell them. A lovely mix of colours. Tim and I went for a damp misty walk to post yesterday's postcard. We came across a wonderful wood with old rambly trees which inspired my inky painting. My Connected Postcard Project is pushing my creativity. I have now sent 127 little paintings to friends and family. The responses I have had are so lovely. I have had hand written letters, emails and comments on my blog. Some of my postcards have been kept, some framed and some sent on. So encouraging to keep painting and sending.
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Sunday, 5th May 2024 - Day Seven - Stone 'Gravel'
I breakfasted my guests, cleaned and made their beds. Give me praise for working on a Sunday!!!
Wendy gave me some Russian kale plants that she grew from seeds we gave her at Christmas. They were in the greenhouse and yearning to be planted out. After a barrow full of homemade compost was dumped on the veg patch - thank you tim - I planted them alongside pest controlling marigolds. They are looking rather droopy. I am sure once their roots are settled they will decide to grow vertically.
Ok so I am pushing the boundareis of today's prompt a bit. Amy gave us 'stone' for day seven. This afternoon we had tea and cake with my mate Leelee and her husband Richard. I adore their house and garden. Not in the least bit jealous - they have bee hives and wild bits of colourful beauty and views to views of 32 miles. Their elderly dog is named Gravel. Near enough to stone I thought as I watched him ramble through the bluebells and wild garlic. I think that's ok don't you?
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Friday, 3rd May 2024 - Day Five - Bristles
I have scrambled and fried eggs for guests, made their beds and cleaned their bathrooms.
Another delivery of plants have arrived. I plugged my ears into an audio book and potted up fifteen aquilegia, five day lilies and three hydrangeas that were free as I spent so much!!!
I did a bit of therapeutic lino cutting which I love before meeting Tony and Wendy at The Eight Bells in Hawkhurst. We were delayed due to three-way works traffic lights, followed by normal queing at the lights at the crossroads and ending with traffic lights at road works. I enjoyed my Big Tom spicy tomato juice very much.
Day Five of the Inchie Challenge and Amy has given the prompt of Bristles. That got my little grey cells working. I ended up doing a Google search and found that crows have bristles near their beaks. One purpose is to prevent insect legs getting into their eyes. I love facts like that.
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Wednesday, 1st May 2024 - Day Three - Love
It was a traditional 5.31 am start to May day on the streets of Goudhurst watching the Morris singing and dancing in the start of summer. I always get a bit emotional listening to the singing I think it is being with the grandchildren and thinking of their future.
Today's prompt from Amy is 'Love'. I have painted a postcard to show the love of Sean and his dog and the love of his dog for chocolate birthday cake.
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Tuesday, 30th April 2024 - Day Two - Patience
As I drove into Cranbrook to meet Sarah for an americano and half a bacon roll I pondered on how to fulfil today's prompt from Amy. Patience!!! Tough one. Then it came to me. I planted a tree peony in the garden and had to wait 'patiently' for years before it flowered. Now I wait for over 11 months of the year for it to burst into bloom for probably a couple of weeks at the most. I never thought of myself as patient or not. Now I think I am.
To those who commented on the Morris fertility cake I will enlighten you....I have no idea apart that for the last 36 May Days the Weald of Kent Morris have danced a fruit cake has been speared on a sword and shared with the adoring audience. The getting up at 5.31am on May Day to dance and sing marks the beginning of summer and the fertility.
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Monday, 29th April 2024 - Day One - Leaves
Amy Maricle is running a 12 day Inchie Challenge. I thoroughly enjoyed the last one I did so am doing it again. I get a daily word prompt by email. Today's is Leaves and inspired by the rhubarb in the garden. And it means I don't have to come with an idea for my postcard for 12 days. I have broken the rules already as mine is a 10 x 12!!!
I am not sure what happened to my morning. It sort of disappeared. The afternoon was full of sunshine and I was very happy pottering around weeding, planting and watching the chickens battle with a crow and a magpie over crusts of bread.
My kitchen smells of the fertility cake that Tim has baked for May Day. I won't be eating any of that thank you.
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Sunday, 28th April 2024 - Norway Chills
No, I am not in Norway. Explanation later.
We have the most adorable three guests to stay. They are long term returners from Holland and have become fond friends.
I have been ....yep....... lino cutting this afternoon. It is much more time consuming than I had anticipated. I love it.
Today's postcard is inspired by Wistling. An excellent Norwegian thriller. My only complaint is that it has subtitles and get very confusing when I don't read them as I am trying to paint my postcard. I am snacking Liquorice Allsorts - Bassetts are the only ones for me - another birthday present from Harriet. My birthday just keeps giving.
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-Saturday, 27th April 2024 - Montana Broughton Star
Yesterday we had a wonderful day. The afternoon was spent in Wickhambreaux. Harriet and Brett have transformed an apartment they bought a few months ago. What an amazing team they make. Brett with his workmanship, Harriet with her artists eye and bargain hunting. They have worked their socks off scraping it back to the bare bones to start again. It looks stunning. So proud of them. Raffy and Herbie both got headteachers certificates this week. Hetty's beetle linocuts were beautiful - so proud of all my grandchildren too.
My late night was caused by having dinner at Ewan and Kath's. We haven't been to their home for ages or seen their daughters who have grown and changed. I managed to button my lip and not tell them. Always embarrassing to be told by your parents friends how much you've grown as a child. So good to relax with a delicious curry and charming friends. It's uplifting to be in the company of a good looking couple. Thank you for a great evening.
Today has been quiet.
This climber was part of my many and very thoughtful birthday presents from The Evans family. I will find a delightful spot in the garden for it to clamber up to its full potential of 10 metres!!!
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Thursday, 25th April 2024 - View from Little Rock
It's Nick's birthday today. Happy Birthday. I love a birthday celebration. Tim and I battled through Folkestone's bracing wind and sea rain and met him with Alli, Si, Lesley, Lucy and Mick in The Ship Inn for a pre lunch drink. We missed having whelks and cockles at Chummys - not so keen myself. We had a table at Little Rock with a great view over the sea that was a threatening green colour with wild white horses. I want to go back and explore - when I have finished my lino cuts that are coming along slowly but surely. What a great place Folkestone is. I can see why it was voted the best place to live in the South East.
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-Tuesday, 23rd April 2024 - Rambling Up Hill
In between having a messy time cutting a lino print fish I had brunch bought for my by Gay as a lovely belated birthday present.... And her and Robert gave a beautiful pink rose. I have walked it around the garden to find a suitable spot. This afternoon Tim, Wendy and I started a short walk due to the incoming rain that never arrived so it ended in a very very long walk ending at The Bull.
Our new woodburner is glorious throwing out heat to warm our chilly bones in the evenings.
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Saturday, 20th April 2024 - Trees and Bluebells
Hopefully Tim has done the last grass cut with the sit on mower before the robot is allowed out.
I have been gardening. Potting on my rampant seedlings, getting rid of exuberant weeds and planting out mysterious plants as the labels I wrote in the autumn are now blank.
Tim added a prawn curry and homemade roti breads to the two curries I made last night.
The bluebells are looking lovely in our hornbeam woods. I have been inspired by the Impressionist pointillism I saw at Musee D'Orsay for today's postcard.
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Friday, 19th April 2024 - A Symbol of Long Life
My thoughtful sister came for coffee with a box of Macarons just in case we were missing Paris.
I seem to have expanded. My jeans are just a bit tight around my wobbly waist. At least I know the reason and thoroughly enjoyed my almond croissant, Aperol spritz, baguette, roast pork in a cream sauce, wine, apple tart with caramel butter and more.
I pruned my mint and put the cuttings in water. They have sprouted roots and a caterpillar. The caterpillar and it's mint has been put in a jar with compost. I am keeping it for Herbie to look after. He loves an insect. I have just had an internet explore to check they are insects as they have many legs but according to the Woodland Trust site they have six legs which class them as insects and up to five pairs of stumpy prolegs with useful hooks for hanging.
We have come home to a garden with an abundance of fruit tree blossom. So pretty.
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Thursday, 18th April 2024 - Lunch at Mignon Cafe
We were still in Paris this morning. Alex and Julia met us for a walk around Sacre Coeur. There was a street that I had read about, Avenue Junot, that had beautiful houses and the sun was shining. I really hadn't thought of taking my sunglasses. We stopped for lunch in Mignon Cafe. Being vegetarian we filled ourselves with black radish, spelt and sourdough.
Now back at hom. I have had the most wonderful time celebrating my birthday. Thank you Tim for organising the whole trip from our 6th floor apartment in Montmartre, trains - many trains, restaurants, a gallery trip - I love a Monet painting of turkeys, the sunshine, and the surprise dinner with Steve and Zoe. What a wonderful couple of days. I love a city visit. Always pleased to come home. I miss my friends and family.
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Wednesday, 17th April 2024 - Pavilion de Flore
I woke to my husband bringing me an almond croissant. Perfect with a mug of tea. I bring tea bags wherever I travel. Lindsey understands the importance of tea particularly in the morning. He was up and out while I slumbered and showered. We packed our backpacks and headed downtown. It was a beautiful morning for a Parisian walk. Just adore it here. We spent the afternoon in Musee d’Orsay amongst the Impressionists. So many paintings I had only seen in books and some I had never seen. There was a Monet of white turkeys I particularly liked. It chucked it down while we were immersed in paintings. So lucky with the weather. A Metro took us back to Monmatre. A brief freshen up, a cold glass of rose then back out for an evening of food and exploration.
We went for an aperitif. I was confused by Tim ordering two grand beers!?! Steve and Zoe were there. What a lovely surprise. We had dinner at Ma Biche which was good apart from a toilet fiasco. A wander back to the bar below our apartment to finish the evening with a Cointreau. I have heaved myself up over 100 steps of a spiral staircase to bed. Good night lovely people.
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Tuesday, 16th April 2024 - View from 19 rue Gerando
Tim has taken me to Paris as an addendum to my birthday celebrations. What a treat. Springtime in Paris. The Eurostar took us to Gare du Nord. We had a picnic on the train. My cranberry and vodka Cosmopolitan went well with a tuna and gherkin roll. What a fine way to travel. We are staying in Monmatre in an apartment on the 6th floor.
After unpacking our undies we had an explore. Loads of bars and restaurants. We took the advice of bnb host. Dinner in Les P’tits Gros -translates as The Little Fat One!!! Wine, bread - why can’t we have bread like the French make - delicious food. After our meal we clambered up the steps to Sacre-Coeur and watched the lights dim over Paris while the Eiffel Tower lit up. Just stunning.
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Monday, 15th April 2024 - Tom and John
We have had a new flue and woodburner fitted today. Tom and John battled through wind and hail. It was a rather dusty process. The end result looks great. We look forward to many nights of warm toes.
My lovely sister came for tea this morning. We chatted about our love for our grandchildren. The rest of afternoon I spent in my studio lino cutting a fish.
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Sunday, 14th April 2024 - Clive and his Singer
We were five minutes late to the beer festival at The Bell & Jorrocks due to the broadcast change in time of The Archers. There were many many sides of Morris. Steampunk in black with leather, many bells and rainbows of ribbons. A lovely way to spend a couple of hours on a Sunday.
Tim has printed a map and we are planning our few days in Paris. I keep forgetting we are going and then get excited when I remember. Paris in the Springtime - so romantic.
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Friday, 12th April 2024 - Frittilaria
Tim looked after, fed, entertained, fed and entertained, Hetty, Raffy and Herbie while Harriet and I spent a morning together at Water Lane doing punch embroidery. It was a birthday gift to Harriet and myself. I will blog in more detail tomorrow. I have been for a walk with Tim, Tony and Wendy that ended up at a drinking session at The Ewe and Lamb and feel a little infused with white wine.
We have a path into our woods that is speckled with Fritillaria for a very short couple of weeks in Spring.
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Thursday, 11th April 2024 - Woodland Partners
The bluebells in our woods are coming out alongside the wood anemone. They look lovely together.
Tim and I have been planning our trip to Paris. We met with Alex and Julia (from Toronto, that’s where we met them) at The Woodcock with Sarah (who is Julia’s cousin, that’s how we know them) and Nigel. They have been living in Paris and had some good tips and where to eat and what to see. We have added it to our two and a half day itinerary.
This evening I went to a WOKAS get together. The subject was to make a Picasso pot. My efforts were abysmal and ended back in the clay bag. I had a charming evening nevertheless.
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Thursday, 11th April 2024 - Woodland Partners
The bluebells in our woods are coming out alongside the wood anemone. They look lovely together.
Tim and I have been planning our trip to Paris. We met with Alex and Julia (from Toronto, that's where we met them) at The Woodcock with Sarah (who is Julia's cousin, that's how we know them) and Nigel. They have been living in Paris and had some good tips and where to eat and what to see. We have added it to our two and a half day itinerary.
This evening I went to a WOKAS get together. The subject was to make a Picasso pot. My efforts were abysmal and ended back in the clay bag. I had a charming evening nevertheless.
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Tuesday, 9th April 2024 - Jam Jar Posy
After Tom keeping me up late celebrating last night I managed to rouse myself ready for my second day of being 60. Elizabeth and Keith drove to us from a field in Frittenden in their individual camper vans. The wind in the night caused them to not have the best nights sleep due to wobble. They joined us for bacon sandwiches - some topped with fried eggs - yuk. I highly recommend pineapple chilli jam. It is an excellent pairing with bacon.
Tom packed up his car and Fable. He is now back in Northampton beavering away with work after a couple of days abstinence. It has been good to have him home for a brief and charming visit. I will miss him, Fable and his playlist.
Tim and I dragged ourselves out for a walk. We felt so much better after being blown at with a cool wind and squelching about through the mud. I still haven't mended my damn wellies.
It is very quiet at home. I have started preparing for an art exhibition. All my ideas are in my head swimming about. I need to start getting them out and onto paper. I love doing my postcards but am looking forward to making something bigger.
Part of one of my birthday presents was a jam jar posy made by Astilbe and Sorrel. Sophie is an artist when it comes to flowers. They are beautiful thank you.
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Monday, 8th April 2024 - Happy 60th Birthday to Me
I am 60!!
I am typing drinking sparkling wine with my son listening to Dexys Midnight Runners - loved that band - what happened to them?!? Moving onto Rag and Bone Man - loving my birthday.
I have had the most glorious birthday. It started with a hot shower followed by croissant and coffee in the garden. It was the most sunny weather and a I had a walk with my son, husband and sister with dogs around Sissinghurst.
I was opening presents outside when Elizabeth and Keith dropped by. We opened a bottle of bubbles - it's my birthday!!! I AM DOING TO PARIS The most beautiful present from my husband.
Harriet, Hetty, Raffy and Herbie turned up with birthday cake.
Thank you to all my glorious friends who came this evening to The Bell and Jorrocks to celebrate my birthday. I think I like being 60.
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Sunday, 7th April 2024 - Auricula
I have started my birthday celebrations early. I have had a wonderful day with Harriet, Hetty, Raffy, Herbie, Tim and Tom at The Rare Breeds Centre in Woodchurch. I wanted to celebrate my 60th birthday with the grandchildren doing something that we would all enjoy. The greatest joy is watching them having fun, exploring and learning. Harriet made an amazing and thoughtful picnic. I felt very spoilt. Thank you my gorgeous family for sharing my 'big' birthday with me.
I planted auricula tiny plug plants back in the autumn. They are now looking big, healthy and flowering in my greenhouse waiting for a theatre. I love an auricula.
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Saturday, 6th April 2024 - Wild Purple Orchid for Happiness
I have prepared and cooked the same breakfast for guests for the past four mornings. I will probably be up frying eggs tomorrow as it has become embedded in my daily routine. I need to find some exercises to strengthen my back. Bending cleaning the rooms makes my back grouchy and spasm.
Tom has arrived for my birthday celebrations that start tomorrow. Fable needed a walk after being sat in the car for over two hours. I wore wellies and strode happily through the mud and puddles until I remembered I had not fixed the hole in my right boot! We posted my latest postcards, spotted a coterie (new collective noun for me to learn) of purple orchids and walked past The Bull. We opened beer and wine back at home. I reduced our egg mountain by making cheese and mushrooms omelettes. Well done hens.
There are load of entries on the internet about purple orchids. A lot to do with the double tubors. You can look that up yourself as I can't bring myself to put it in print. I will stick with the more pleasant symbolism of purity, prosperity and happiness.
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Friday, 5th April 2024 - Wild Violets for Healing
A lovely friend bought me coffee at Water Lane this morning. Thank you lovely lady. I popped by my sister's but she wasn't home so I went to the supermarket and got breakfast provisions for guests. Tescos had pots made from recycled fishing line and nets which looked perfect for Harriet's flourishing plants. I messaged her and while waiting for a reply went back to Lindsey's who had returned home. We sat in her summer house which seems to be a nursery for queen wasps and drank tea and ate digestive biscuits watching the wind blowing Fritha's ears about.
There was a message on Instagram saying that the florist at Hartley wasn't open today due to being unwell. Today's postcard is going to Sophie. Wild violets are good at healing sore throats, coughs, inflammation and yin deficiency. The leaves are full of vitamin A, C, rutin and quercetin. Not knowing what was wrong with Sophie I thought maybe she had one of the ailments.
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Thursday, 4th April 2024 - Chancing the Traffic
I have been catching up with 'stuff' today. It is very satisfying to get to the bottom of the laundry basket. Simple pleasures.
Tim and I called into Mike and Pippa's for tea. Mike suggested a walk up the road to The Print House. At 5pm I wondered if it seemed too early to be having a white wine spritzer. I had two and they were thoroughly enjoyable.
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Wednesday, 3rd April 2024 - Driving Home
Happy 29th birthday to Harriet. Wow, where did those years go.
Tim and I drove to wish our amazing daughter a happy birthday. Tim donned his work clothes and painted doors and walls in Harriet and Brett's flat. Harriet served us all coffee and pastries. Herbie delivered Harriet's birthday presents. Tim and Brett were painting at such speed they ran out of paint. Harriet, Herbie and I took to the shops to find more paint and more food. Conversation in the car was varied from handbrakes and gears to emotions and adventures. I was very pleased with my purchase. I bought a whole salmon reduced from £35 to £3.50. It is now chopped up and in our freezer. Herbie helped me choose a plant for a friend who very sadly has recently lost their very much loved dog. It has been a good day.
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Tuesday, 2nd April 2024 - Window Shopping in Cranbrook
On our last trip to Cranbrook Sarah and I vowed to try a different coffee venue after a grumpy greeting at Wendy's. We both forgot and ended up having very good coffee and a very needed half a bacon roll with chilli jam. We have become creatures of habit. It is comforting and means we can get to the nitty gritty of conversation about life in our happy space. Another regular haunt is the charity shop. There was nearly a bust-up with Sarah and the manager over the price of a stack of plates. I left them to it and pretended to be very interested in the clothing. I found books and a game for Hetty, Raffy and Herbie.
Once back home I had to reinstate my bnb rooms after the grandchildrens visit. Now all clean and pristine ready for today's guests. They have been before so I didn't get my usual guest arriving nerves.
The fridge is full of tasty bowls of bits of pieces left over from the weekend meals. I think I will have cold chicken followed by rice pudding and rhubarb. I made a triple sized rice pudding thinking it would be popular but none of the grandchildren liked it. Tim and I are making a valiant attempt at eating it.
Tony and Wendy picked us up for a drink at The Bell and Jorrocks, they were closing at 8pm so we went onto The Milkhouse, they were closing early too. We were extricated from two pubs in one evening!!!
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Monday, 1st April 2024 - Coaltit Rescue
Croissant at breakfast fuelled the grandchildren. Coffee fuelled the grandparents. It was a busy day again with Hetty, Raffy and Herbie. Raffy was out on her bike, Herbie helped move soil with his digger, Hetty pottered on her sprained ankle and rescued a coaltit that got trapped in the utility room. When it rained we took refuge at the kitchen table to play Happy Families which caused laughter and arguments and a bit of cheating as all the best card games do. The house is eerily quiet now the grandchildren have gone home. We will miss them and their bouncy ways.
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Sunday, 31st March 2024 - Chicken Inspection
Raffy and Hetty were up at 6am in the garden searching for a pheasant that had woken them up. They found him and his two female friends. We have had a lovely day. There has been an Easter egg hunt, Tim fixed up a bike for Raffy. She did circuits of the garden and church. Herbie and Hetty helped with with chickens, pulled rhubarb and weeding, watering and entertaining their Grandma. Tim built electric circuits with Herbie. The dining room has been turned into a hive of activity. Raffy is making a board game, Hetty crafting cards and found a box of Barbie's and a couple of Ken's that she found very amusing. An old box of Duplo littered the kitchen floor and still has hours of play appeal. The weather has been perfect for spending time in the garden. I feel very privileged in many ways. Tim and I are shattered!!!-
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Saturday, 30th March 2024 - Den Building
Happy birthday to my brother. Your card is in the post!!! I could blame the delay of the manby bank holidays ... but ... I admit it is to my negligence on my part that your birthday will not drop on your doormat for your birthday day. I do love you though.
We have the grandchildren staying tonight, possibly tomorrow. We are having a wonderful time. The weather has been sunny and dry and the garden has been explored, the chickens cuddled and a new den being built. How privileged are Tim and I. It maybe an early night as the bloody clocks change!!!
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Friday, 29th March 2024 - Tending his Flock
Tim and I dropped our bnb guest at Benenden School to continue with his film making. The roads to the market in Tenterden were unusually quiet. No schools. Bank Holiday and it was before 9am. I was hoping for a floriferous encounter. We did get some polyanthus but otherwise I was disappointed. The fruit and vegetable stall was a much more successful venture. We came away with cauliflower, garlic and enormous oranges. We had coffee and biscuits made by Pippa at Caxton Cottage. Coming home a shepherd was checking on his lambing ewes. Such a lovely scene for today's postcard.
I am heading upstairs shortly to change into a skirt. We are going for a 'pot' supper at June and Barry's. I will let you know about the 'pot' tomorrow.
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Thursday, 28th March 2024 - Cats and Dogs
I took advantage of a brief interlude in the rain to cut some daffodils, selecting ones that hadn’t been ravaged into frilliness by slugs and snails, for a last minute guest’s bedroom.
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Wednesday, 27th March 2024 - Bottle Ducks
We needed a wedding anniversary card and a wedding card. Rather than send shop bought ones Tim and I spent an hour or so printing and making our own. We had many failed attempts with wonkyness being our main nemesis. The final cards were straightish and lovely. We make a good team. They are now addressed, stamped and in the post.
Lindsey and Fritha took me for a muddy walk (thank you for the wellie loan) past goats, into the Magic Woods and by a pond with ducks. I love a duck. Lindsey has her Easter Tree up and decorated. It looked beautiful and I left with Easter Tree envy. I came home, got my secateurs and now have some twigs in a pot ready to be decorated while I watch Dragons Den.
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Tuesday, 26th March 2024 - Heart and Home in Lewes
Tescos delivered Easter eggs for the weekend treasure hunt with the grandchildren. I just hope it doesn't rain on Sunday. Pippa whisked Linda and I up to Lewes for an adventure. We met June in Cafe du Jardin for, yes coffee, and cake. June took us to her new space in the Lewes Antiques Centre where she sells her vintage homewares. What an amazing place for a rummage. June's room is beautifully curated but I would expect nothing less from her. Well worth a visit.
I am just back from The Halfway House after book group. The lasagne was just what I fancied. We couldn't full discuss our last book The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods due to lambing curtailing reading time. It wasn't on the top of our list for a book to read.
I did get some inspiration today about what pictures I will do for an exhibition I am in later this year.-
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Monday, 25th March 2024 - Shelf Building
This afternoon The Viridians met at Wendy's. Clive and I sat at the kitchen table. Leelee and wendy set up their easels. Oils, watercolour pencils, Indian ink and lino cuts were produced over a few hours. I love my afternoons with my art friends.
At the weekend Tom's friends Steve and Andy helped build some shelves. They are now holding Tom's cycling 'stuff'. It good to have good friends.
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Sunday, 24th March 2024 - Dinner on a Box
We are home from our weekend in Northampton. It's a long motorway drive and the Dartford Crossing was crawling slower than snails pace. The hedges on the country lanes were full of clouds of blackthorn blossom - so pretty. It has been a wonderful few days. We met some of Tom's friends. It's good to put a name to a face. Tom made us all spaghetti with beany bolognese and a less spicy tuna version for three year old Robin. Tom's table is still under dust sheets. Robin was very happy to have a box for a table. I felt suddenly emotional and sad as we left - it was quite painful.
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Saturday, 23rd March 2024 - Happy 80th Birthday Terry
It's been a good day in Northampton. Tim has done loads of DIY, clearing, shelf building, wiring and painting. I have done some interspersed with walking with Tom, Fable and shopping in an International supermarket that was crammed with fruit and vegetables I have never seen before. Tom and I bought garlic and mushrooms. I hope to return tomorrow for a deeper explore and take Google translate with me for the ingredients lists.
As I type I am drinking tea with Tom and his mate Steve mulling over the pro and cons of social media. After a couple of glasses of wine it makes for interesting discussions. Earlier shelves were built that fit into an alcove to be filled with, no not books, bike 'stuff'. Fair enough it's not my home. Tom cooked a very delicious beany bolognese that fed
Tom's good friend was 80 today. We met him in the park this afternoon with Charlie and Jack. Happy 80th birthday Terry.
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Friday, 22nd March 2024 - Nine Chimneys Lane
We have spent a good many hours on the road today. First
a stop in Balsham near Cambridge to collect a couple of radiators from ex student and colleague of Tim's. We had lunch in a very pretty pub called the Black Bull. The butchers is now a bakery and sells lovely cakes. We got a variety of four and headed into the county of Bedfordshire to see Dave and Josie who added tea and coffee to the cake. Back in the car to Northamptonshire.
After an excellent take away curry I am sitting typing at a fold out table in Tom's house in Northampton. Tim and I are spending a weekend doing DIY a bit of decorating and gardening.-
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Thursday, 21st March 2024 - Bouncy Triplets
I filled the kitchen with ironed shirts while my guest ate breakfast. I feel like I have a new wardrobe. I wore one out to lunch with Nick and Alli to celebrate a belated birthday. The Little Bull in Brenchley does a good bacon sandwich. We were near Si and Lesley's home and were welcomed with tea. Si had been up since 2am on lambing duty. There was no action in the lambing shed. Si kept occupied by making a Victoria sponge, chocolate eclairs and florentines for us to have with our tea. Amazing. Just as we were finishing our tea a ewe went into labour. I have been watching via the Lambcam at home. I got to see the real thing today with sound. After a lot of baaing a lamb arrived and the ewe sounded like she was purring to her new arrival. Such a lovely sound. What a privilege to see.
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Wednesday, 20th March 2024 - The Mill
I collected a basket full of eggs from our hen house. Two I poached for my bnb guest. While he was at the breakfast table I packed the car ready for a day in Wickhambreaux. Tim settled into The Mill snug for a meeting. Harriet and I collected a very cuddly Herbie from school. We took him to The Ivy Barn for refreshments. We topped up our vitamin sitting outside. It was lovely.
My postcard today goes to my son-in-law Brett. He has done an amazing restorating No 6 The Mill and now working on No 5. What a talented man. I am so proud of what Harriet and Brett achieved and look forward to their next chapter in life.
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Tuesday, 19th March 2024 - Phoebe and Gay
What a delight to wake up to a day without rain. I met my friend Gay and her granddaughter Phoebe for coffee, tea and croissant in Cranbrook with Peppa Pig. I always carry a drawing pen and paper with me. Phoebe did a lovely energetic drawing which included some serious dot making.
Tim had just finished strimming our grassy tufts when Sarah-Jane and Beachie turned up for a mug of tea. We haven't seen them for ages. We caught up on health and family news. I love a medical matter.
I have been getting some lovely messages from people I have sent my postcards. So pleased they are being well received.
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Monday, 18th March 2024 - Muscari for Creativity
A rather sore Tom (following his cycling escapades - so pleased he didn't break anything) and Fable stayed last night. They are pleased to be back together again. We chatted while I made 'The Best Vegan Lentil Shepherd's Pie' for dinner with Lottie this evening. It had an ingredient I had never used before, Tamari. Beware it is very very salty. This was negated by a topping of potato and cauliflower.
I left chocolate brownie cooling for my bnb guests to join The Viridians. I was restricted by time having to return home to greet guests. I must admit I was rather proud of myself having managed to make a linocut interspersed with tea and Alison's homemade cookies. I find their company inspiring. I was tempted to add a touch of watercolour to my print but decided it is going to be sent to a male friend and monochrome seems more masculine. Possibly sexist. My postcard. My decision. My opinion.
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