7 Days: Day 7 – Four in one

Trying to get around the M25 motorway on Boxing Day is *ahem* difficult, so nowadays we don’t meet up with Mum’s side of the family on Boxing Day itself, but postpone it a day or two until people have got the hell out of our way on the road. So when I realised that we’d [...]

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7 Days: Day 6 – In the dark

It’s strange how it’s often the shots where I’m scrambling around late in the evening, trying to take something, despite the conspicuous lack of inspiration, that often turn out to be some of my favourites.

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7 Days: Day 5 – Boxing Day sandwich

Time to begin on the leftovers. I made myself a yummy sandwich with turkey, chutney, stuffing, and grated parmesan. Sure, putting stuffing in a sandwich is akin to filling a sandwich with more bread, but I think all the chewing is worth it! I’ve loaded the new design for Dreamdust, so refresh your browser if [...]

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7 Days: Day 4 – Christmas

A very good day full of fun, family and food and of course lots of presents all over the place. I hope that tomorrow will bring a bit of a lie-in, some sitting still, a new look for Dreamdust and generally doing whatever I feel like doing. There are magazines and books that need reading, [...]

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7 Days: Day 3 – Christmas Eve

The Suzy arrived to deliver presents for Christmas and I took the opportunity to involve her in my self-portrait for today. She then took the opportunity to break my chair. I forgive her and Dad’s mending it with something that smells funny. I’ve made gingerbread biscuits today as well as a ginger cake. I also [...]

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7 Days: Day 2 – Gold

Gold. Getting this photo done was one of the first things I did today. I came up with “gold” as the first theme, Lauren was responsible for “food” (*cough*, no comment). I knew that this angel would be coming down from on high (the loft) and when I decorated the tree I tucked her away [...]

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7 Days: Day 1 – Austrian slippers

And so 7 Days begins. As does my Christmas break. My shopping is done and I’ve spent much of the day making clever bird-feeding devices. Mum and Dad are out. I like to think that they’re buying me hundreds and thousands of presents. Though truth be told I haven’t come up with much of a [...]

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We talked and ate and it was good

It was time for another picnic, so we gathered at my abode, spread a blanket upon the floor and partook of much food. I’d made a tomato tart and cheese and chutney pastry whirls. Helen brought salad and hummus things – mmm, hummus. Suzy had done magical things with onions and herbs and slow-roasted us [...]

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