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Early morning visitor

The dogs, who sleep upstairs on the outside balcony, were unusually loud with their barking this morning which lead me to believe something may be afoot outside. On further investigation I found this at the window!

When we lived in Ireland we were used to having sheep wandering into the porch but we’ve never had a [...]

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Feeling spicy

With junior’s birthday coming up next week and subsequently, her party, she has once again requested a cupcake cake. Sean has requested the lemon and coconut flavours from last year and junior has put in a request for carrot and chocolate (not together though!). Maybe this time I’ll get to try some.
I was telling junior [...]

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And 1 more makes 8

I’ve always preferred even numbers to odd ones although not where biscuits are concerned for some strange reason. It always has to be 3 biscuits, 2 aren’t enough and 4 marks me out as a greedy pig, but I digress. The title refers to the latest addition to the cat clan, yes another one! You [...]

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Junior School

Well, it’s the middle of September and Junior has finally started back at school although of course she is now at the junior school and not the kindergarten so oddly enough the days are shorter – go figure! Friday was the first day but only to witness the priests blessing the school and the teachers, [...]

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Fairy Fantastic

It’s not often that I get recipe ideas from children’s comics, but after much pestering from Junior I did finally make the cookies from her fairy magazine and aren’t I glad I did. They were so utterly delicious that I’ve vowed not to make them again for quite a well! Weird? No, just self preservation. [...]

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