Monthly Archives: February 2008

Smells

By Alice | Published: February 23, 2008

Granola! I am on my third batch and I’m learning… That I don’t like to add brown sugar; honey and golden syrup is better.Don’t make it when you are hungry as you will over do the sweetness and start adding things like brown sugar (that was batch no.2).That I will always manage to get some [...]

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Herb seed time

By Alice | Published: February 22, 2008

Inspiring images from Flickr 1. kitchen window sill, 2. Herb garden, 3. My back garden from above with notes Did you know there are no pictures of French Parsley on Flickr? (Yikes, I would so not have been interested in that this time last year.) Maybe I can be the first to put one on [...]

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Little nest

By Alice | Published: February 21, 2008

I pass this little tiny nest every day on my way home and always make a point to look out for it. It is so neat and well made, and is about the size of one cupped hand. It has lasted all through the winter perched high in the tree, through the wind and the [...]

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Much post of all kinds

By Alice | Published: February 20, 2008

I thought about calling this ‘Going Postal’ but thought that would be far too cheesy! I sent out a little surprise parcel to my sister today because she is going through hard times with her back after her operations. I included a copy of the print (of the chair we gave my mother) I made [...]

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Pumpkin Bread

By Alice | Published: February 19, 2008

The temperature has suddenly plummeted so we have canceled all our plans to go out for the evening and instead are going to stay in under a blanket on the sofa and drink mulled wine and perhaps eat a bit of this yummy bread… We don’t eat many sweet things around here (although I would [...]

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