Brownies on a winter’s day

For my last birthday, the one where I became I-don’t-always-remember-how-old, Lauren gave me The Hummingbird Bakery recipe book. Suzy came to tea last night and so I thought it was about time I delved into the fattening pages of the book and made brownies for our dessert. As they’re somewhat too squodgy to put in [...]

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7 Days: Day 4 – I see me

A swanky hand-crafted makeup pouch and a little mirror were my gifts from Lauren this year. That woman is totally showing us all up with all her handmade cards, classy gift wrapping and seamstress skills.

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A day of rest

Lauren turned up this morning bearing birthday salutations and gifts. Gifts that required super-human strength to extricate them from the packaging, but which smelled very nice. I’m not sure what’s happened the rest of the day. With a bit of rain and wintery darkness outside I tend to switch off, even during the week, thinking [...]

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7 Days: Day 7 – Gone to the zoo

A day out at the zoo with Lauren. We saw all sorts and so once I have been through the hundreds of photos no doubt I’ll be flooding my stream with all kinds of crazy animals. Thanks for another amazing week, you guys and gals. I’m currently incredibly behind on going through the pool, but [...]

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Mmm nom nom nom

Lauren lived in Cologne for part of her university course (no, she wasn’t taking skiving to a new level, she was meant to be there) and so she seemed the perfect person to consult with regard to what one should see in the city. She had just two tips: 1. Don’t climb the steps to [...]

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7 Days: Day 7 – Gone to the zoo

A day out at the zoo with Lauren. We saw all sorts and so once I have been through the hundreds of photos no doubt I’ll be flooding my stream with all kinds of crazy animals. Thanks for another amazing 7 Days week, you guys and gals. I’m currently incredibly behind on going through the [...]

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In no particular order

* I’m running away at the weekend. Ok, not quite true. I’m flying away. There, that sounds much better. Suzy and I are off to Germany for a couple of concerts from the Meister. I’m sort of hoping that my new lens won’t have arrived by then, so I won’t need to decide whether or [...]

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Summer Party: Live Blog

8.30 – Get up, wander about in dressing gown and check Important Things online. Like, the counter. 9.10 – Have a shower, wash my hair and shave things that are wild and woolly. Cut myself about three times to celebrate. But at least I smell nice and citrusy. 9.40 – Time for a pop tart. [...]

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