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Category Archives: Gardening

All about the weather really….

21 Comments Posted by Diane on June 24, 2008

I’m sorry I haven’t been around much and I can’t see things improving over the next few weeks. #2 son is now home from university (he did very well – graduated with a 2.1 so we are well pleased with him!) This means increased laundry (he has SO many clothes, just washed 29 t-shirts) and [...]

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Please look away if you are of a nervous disposition….

25 Comments Posted by Diane on June 11, 2008

I am not one of life’s natural green fingered, gardening types. Don’t get me wrong, I like having a nice garden, I just don’t particularly enjoy the process of getting it nice. I have a chap who is supposed to be my gardener but he is so busy at this time of year, the most [...]

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Things I have enjoyed….

10 Comments Posted by Diane on April 20, 2008

I haven’t got a book to show you today. I’ve had a busy couple of days. I had some friends over for dinner on Friday night and as I am not one of life’s natural cooks, it took me most of the day to shop and then prepare the food. I made crab and scallop [...]

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Feeling light headed…

10 Comments Posted by Diane on January 29, 2008

This sweet little diary is a ready made text block from Paper Source. It only measures 6″ x 3″, so is pocket sized and was really fun to make. No groovy inside cover paper with these ready made books, but in this case the cream inside paper matches the cream dots on the orange cover [...]

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Vote for me or I’ll……make another book!

11 Comments Posted by Diane on January 24, 2008

I really like this book. The cover is a Japanese Silk bookcloth from Falkiners. It is a rich red with a grey slub, so classy! I also love the paper inside. I think I bought this one from Paper Source when I was in Los Angeles, it has been waiting for the perfect companion and [...]