Author Archives: Alice

Little Horse

By Alice | Published: January 19, 2012

That isn’t Little Horse, that’s a normal sized horse. THIS is Little Horse with tiny little stumpy legs. As seen on a very wintery lunchtime walk. I’ve been talking lots of film pictures lately so there has been a bit of a posting hiatus while I work my way through a roll and send them [...]

Posted in Oxfordshire, Travel & Places | 2 Comments

Maple Pecan Granola

By Alice | Published: January 9, 2012

I don’t plan to make granola in particular at this time of year but this seems to be when the urge strikes. I guess it is a time of year when you need all the cheer you can get while still trying to eat healthily. For this batch of granola I wanted to limit the [...]

Posted in Cake & Dessert, Cooking | 7 Comments

Wintery visit to Kew Gardens

By Alice | Published: January 5, 2012

Between Christmas and New Year we visited Kew Gardens, I had been quite ill after Christmas with a horrible tummy bug so this was my first trip out feeling quite pale and delicate. We often seem to go to visit gardens in the winter, they certainly are quieter! :) My dad had strongly recommended we [...]

Posted in London, Travel & Places | 4 Comments

Books I read this Christmas

By Alice | Published: January 2, 2012

Seems like ages since I did this last! These are the books I read over Christmas. A D Miller Snowdrops: A central crime story with interesting description of expat life in Russia. Christopher Isherwood Mr Norris Changes Trains: Maybe not the best Isherwood? But it kept me reading, again it is an expat story, this [...]

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Happy New Year!

By Alice | Published: December 31, 2011

It is the time of year when many people start thinking about resolutions, me included. I generally like to have a couple as I do like a good ol’resolution. My smaller resolutions of last year were to sign my name with a capital ‘A’ unless writing to my family (just because) and to have a [...]

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