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Hello again! Still alive over here!
Hello! I cannot believe how long it has been since I wrote on this blog the last time. Over a year and half! And why? I don’t know. Things happen, you get in a rut, and the longer you go from writing,...
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When the local library surprises you
Sometimes you get pleasantly surprised by little towns and things they can offer. The other day I popped into the library on my way to work to pick up a book, and hidden away in a corner was a lovely...
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To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
Isn’t that a beautiful quote; “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow”? I read it just recently and thought it was so true, and so prettily put! Spring is here in full swing, and with spring comes...
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I really was back to it again, back to blogging and writing, but then something happened that I hadn’t planned for. My beloved mum passed away three months ago. Just a few days after I last posted. She...
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Dunkirk and 40’s attire…
Last weekend me and Andrew went to see Dunkirk at the movies. But you know how it is, when you are a reenactor, you can’t just go see a historic movie without any fuss done about it. So of course we...
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A return to Bath
It’s been years, literally YEARS since last I was in Bath and attended the Jane Austen Festival there. And for those of you who have been following my blog you know that that place and that event have...
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Kia Ora from New Zealand!
My dear and faithful readers and friends, As I have previously said I keep trying to decide whether to keep this blog going or not, and I keep coming back to the same conclusion; that I want to. I’ve...
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Entering into a new era – the Boer War
Seeing as we’re down here in New Zealand now Andrew and I thought we would take the opportunity of joining a local re-enactment group, this one focusing on the, to us yet un-explored, Boer War. Having...
View ArticleRain day..
It’s pouring down with rain outside. You know the kind of rain that doesn’t just trickle down from the clouds above but that seems to come from every direction imaginable. Whipping you in the face and...
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Drawn-Thread Work Blouse
While being here in New Zealand pretty much every sewing project I have made has been late Victorian/Edwardian. All because that’s what our focus has been with the reenactment group we joined. I just...
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