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It is the middle of March and I saw a weather prediction for a warmer Easter. I think that I would like that! We have used far more wood this winter than we thought so we have already used wood that we thought might well be available for next winter. We have wood that is drying and maturing for next winter and some that is freshly cut that will be ready for the winter after. We need to keep our eyes open for new opportunities for wood so that we don't have to pay for any for long, long time.
I had a very nice Mothers' Day. I hope you did too. I don't like the family to spend lots of money on me - I would rather see them or at least get a nice, long phone call from them. My son and family brought me some flowers - a pot planted with seed and with three little seedlings poking their heads through. the tag read: for a blooming marvellous mum. My grandchildren helped plant it and that is fun too. One daughter made a lovely dinner for us (lamb in a red wine sauce) and our other daughter came to eat too and brought a lemon drizzle cake and ice cream for dessert. It was really nice to see them all.
At church, we have the tradition of sending every lady home with a bunch of daffodils on Mothers' Day so they are sitting in a vase here beside me as I type. They were tight buds on Sunday but now they have opened up into really beautiful double daffodils. They are such bright and cheerful flowers.
I have made lots of trips to the little local supermarket in the hope of finding reduced groceries that I can pass on to our son and his family but all I have come up with are two packs of lambs liver and some turkey mince. We will love them and they are now in the freezer but are of no use to my veggie son.
Said son ran a cookery course at his work which had a Mexican theme and brought us home some of the leftover ingredients. Sometimes the sharing of booty goes both ways. We were able to cook refried beans which I knew I would love but my husband was very suspicious. I wish I'd had a video to record his face and tone of voice when he discovered that he liked them after all. He is so determined that he likes good British food best - like pizza and lasagne, I suppose : )
My hens are laying for England now but fortunately I have another new customer to take up the surplus. I miss my old Bluebelle, though. She hatched in autumn 2008 and had started laying again at the end of February, which amazed me. She was so old that I had not expected her to lay again but she is gone now.
I had a very nice Mothers' Day. I hope you did too. I don't like the family to spend lots of money on me - I would rather see them or at least get a nice, long phone call from them. My son and family brought me some flowers - a pot planted with seed and with three little seedlings poking their heads through. the tag read: for a blooming marvellous mum. My grandchildren helped plant it and that is fun too. One daughter made a lovely dinner for us (lamb in a red wine sauce) and our other daughter came to eat too and brought a lemon drizzle cake and ice cream for dessert. It was really nice to see them all.
At church, we have the tradition of sending every lady home with a bunch of daffodils on Mothers' Day so they are sitting in a vase here beside me as I type. They were tight buds on Sunday but now they have opened up into really beautiful double daffodils. They are such bright and cheerful flowers.
I have made lots of trips to the little local supermarket in the hope of finding reduced groceries that I can pass on to our son and his family but all I have come up with are two packs of lambs liver and some turkey mince. We will love them and they are now in the freezer but are of no use to my veggie son.
Said son ran a cookery course at his work which had a Mexican theme and brought us home some of the leftover ingredients. Sometimes the sharing of booty goes both ways. We were able to cook refried beans which I knew I would love but my husband was very suspicious. I wish I'd had a video to record his face and tone of voice when he discovered that he liked them after all. He is so determined that he likes good British food best - like pizza and lasagne, I suppose : )
My hens are laying for England now but fortunately I have another new customer to take up the surplus. I miss my old Bluebelle, though. She hatched in autumn 2008 and had started laying again at the end of February, which amazed me. She was so old that I had not expected her to lay again but she is gone now.
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