I’ve been having an unexpected few days off work, courtesy of the great British weather!! The snow has come early this year. We rarely get snow at all in November, and have NEVER experienced such relentless blizzards at this time of year!! (more…)

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Our Garden

The view from my window

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I’ve decided to start a new meme – Thankful Thursday - where participants blog about what they are thankful for in the current day / week.

First thing this morning, I wasn’t feeling very thankful. I was feeling very tired and in desperate need of a long lie. When I eventually dragged myself out of my bed and peered outside, all I could see was a swirling white blizzard!

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Yes, I know it’s THURSDAY not TUESDAY!!  The proper meme is TWIN TUESDAY, but it seemed like the Gods were conspiring against me this week! Sorry! 

Firstly, my source of inspiration for this meme, Jennifer Miller of Twin Happy was a little late in posting her Twin Tuesday post.  In fact, she actually published her post mid-afternoon, so I suppose it wasn’t late at all.  Trouble is, she lives in Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, USA, and I live in Scotland, UK.  Therefore, it was almost my bedtime by then!  Still, as a Twin Tuesday devotee, I started drafting my response to the Twin Tuesday Question of the Week straight away.

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