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Tag Archives: laughter
Brain exercise for Monday afternoons
Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it’s important to keep mentally alert. If you don’t use it, you lose it! Below is a very private way to gauge how your … Continue reading
Gone in a blur, the countdown to yule
This last month has vanished. There’s been a family funeral. A 2 day Conference to attend. Mountains of reports and filing (impossible without stepladders…). Loads of rain, wind. Regretfully no snow topping the hills yet (last year was fabulously amazing!!). … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, Christmas, diary, laughter, overlook, recipes, rural living, shining, snow camo, tequila, thoughts, year by year, yorkshire
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St Lukes little summer comes early
At least 2 1/2 weeks early this year! Scorching outside, the sloes are ripe for picking and there’s so much sun it’s hazy in the afternoon. Pictures for the Cookbook are random and varied 🙂
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Tagged bats, doom, laughter, rural living, st luke, summer, weather, year by year
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trailing down wharfedale
So this morning rose with a brilliant low sun. And the small brown bantam we all thought was a hen tried it’s first crow (disaster…now renamed to Sunday lunch 2….though the size it is, it’s more a Sunday tea). With … Continue reading
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Tagged community, dales, diary, driving, Kettlewell, laughter, regeneration, rural, rural living, Street Head pub, sunshine, Thoralby, thoughts, wharfedale, year by year
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I love September mornings
What a great morning drive today. The sun was low; there had been a slight nip overnight, no wind, and every so often, under the roadside trees was a drift of leaves that had fallen in the early morning. Driving … Continue reading
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Tagged driving, laughter, leaves, rural living, september, thoughts, year by year
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The sun is shining
Crisp, glorious misty morning in the dales. Trying to explain what Quorn is to a 13 year old…well it’s made from mushrooms – sort of extracted – (at this stage I’m totally winging it and about to resort to “look … Continue reading