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Sugar’n Cream yarn and sprout bookmarks
All my Sugar’n Cream yarn has finally arrived. The colours are absolutely amazing! I haven’t used their yarn before and I can’t wait to get crocheting to find out what it’s like.I got two whimsical...
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Cakes, literature, and films
The other week I made one of my favourite summer cakes, a blueberry and raspberry soured cream cake with cheesecake icing. The first time I made it I used strawberries and the second time blueberries....
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Cookbooks and goat’s cheese & sage scones
I treated myself to the cookbook Scones the other week. Pretty much every recipe in it looks gorgeous so I have decided to try a new recipe on a weekly basis. Naturally, being a cheese fiend, I started...
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Autumn reading list
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson The Berlin Novels by Christopher Isherwood 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Art of Non-Conformity: Set...
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Birthday treats and Orla Kiely paper embroidery
Yesterday was my man’s Birthday so we had some people over for food and cake. I made a lemon and poppy seed cake with cream cheese icing and blueberries. All the poppy seeds in it make you quite drowsy...
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Winter reading list
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Tragically I was an Only Twin: The Complete Peter Cook edited by William Cook A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann Psycho by...
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Snapshots
Today I’ve been packing for our holiday in the West Country. We’re leaving tomorrow to spend Christmas with my man’s family. As you can see, I’m still working on my granny square market bag. The blue...
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Lately
1. We watched Sightseers the other week and it’s oh so entertaining. I highly recommend it. Other films worth a watch are Berberian Sound Studio and The Flowers of War. 2. As usual when spring is on...
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Book Q&A
When I stumbled across this lovely Q&A on Hannah Ackroyd’s blog I instantly knew that I had to fill it out myself. I read a massive amount of non-fiction but I decided to focus almost entirely on...
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Summer reading list
Apparently I haven’t shared a reading list with you lovelies for six months. The reason being that I stopped planning ahead what books I was going to read. I haven’t had a lot of time to read lately...
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Autumn reading list
Thank you so much for all the Birthday wishes I got here and on all other social media. I had a fantastic day starting with the first listen of Nine Inch Nails’ new album Hesitation Marks. My man...
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