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Well I did a bit
Ad for Henry Jones Self-Raising Flour, Bristol, UK (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Only a little bit that is, working at home over the weekend. The weekend promised to be dry and reasonably warm for the time...
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Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Nothing planned but I was sitting with my laptop after my late breakfast and my mobile phone rang. I had an inkling that would happen but though I had resigned myself to doing no more electrical this...
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Winter draws on
Braunton: Saunton Sands. A mist can be seen lifting off the surf as a winter day draws to its close (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Yes, there is a joke there in the title but I don’t wish to talk about...
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A bit of a washout
I thought I’d get the opportunity to do some work out in the garden on Saturday but it began to rain in the morning and continued well into the afternoon. It simply wasn’t worth doing the work in such...
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I wonder
A fresh batch of homemade buttermilk scones. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Last year saw me getting to grips with home baking for the first time in many years. Even so I never did much baking in the past,...
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I really should fix it
Interior of a modern oven (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Often during the week I get time to myself though the week before last I had the whole week! At times like these, that is the free time, I have taken...
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Just sitting here
It is now two-thirty on Saturday afternoon. Somehow I managed to get an extra lie in bed this morning but once up I didn’t feel like having breakfast even though it was still only nine-thirty when I...
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In demand
: Easter holidays On a cold North Sea beach. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Monday’s weather was little different from Sunday, just as cool and just as misty. Only consolation was the absence of wind. As...
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It all started in innocence
Victoria sponge cake (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As is usual I take Sunday for my day of rest, that is I do no work other than perhaps a little gardening, weather permitting, or some minor tasks about...
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Fairy cakes
Fairy cakes on an oven tray freshly removed from the oven. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For the second day this week I hadn’t any offers of work, that is work that I would take on for so many people have...
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The hats I wear
A fresh batch of homemade buttermilk scones. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Do I wear hats? Not really, it’s a metaphor. I stayed in bed a little longer than usual on Saturday morning and after my prayer...
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Half done
The scaffolding company arrived at nine-thirty as they had planned. They stayed for two and a half hours and had to leave but they returned two hours later for an hour and a half, four hours in total....
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Going nowhere fast
Physical bullying at school, as depicted in the film Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What a restless night I had on Wednesday-Thursday! I had gone to bed around 10.30 and woke at...
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You’ve got to be joking
No Swimming Allowed They’ve got to be joking! (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I have been quite busy this week with my small electrical jobs. They may be small compared to what I used to do but the...
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Scone for the day
Soft fruit and cream teas, Bake Farm After you have picked your soft fruit you can get tea and scones in the garden. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I have been enjoying some extra time in bed recently for a...
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Summer baking
They baked up into a wonderful tender and flaky scone! (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As usual I rest on Sundays, that is I rest from the work, my usual occupation throughout the week I might do other...
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A day of two halves
I actually woke up long before the alarm would ring as I normally do but had not done for the preceding few days. I was ready for work. I had but the one job a couple of miles away which turned out...
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No apparent reason
Honey (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I had another restless night on Tuesday through to Wednesday broken into three sessions by visits to the little girl’s room as they say. My sleep was very shallow and as...
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Bucket full
Dig Dug: Digging Strike (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It is a great feeling to be at that stage in life whereby you can pretty much do as you please as far as what you do in a day. At weekends I don’t do...
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Dough and grow
There are times when feeling at a loose end I turn to baking something. Usually the idea to bake something has been in my thoughts for days but I hesitate to do it for one or two reasons, I am too...
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