tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30451301228229789982024-03-13T12:21:07.112-07:00Simplicity is the New Blackscrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-71027262139682943002013-08-11T12:22:00.000-07:002013-08-11T12:22:27.496-07:00Thank YouA huge thank you to my lovely friends on this blog. <br />
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scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-16696230410176994512013-05-14T06:54:00.000-07:002013-05-14T07:03:50.697-07:00Ballymaloe Cookery School Gardens and Shell HouseWe had a delightful mini break in Ireland staying at Ballymaloe House, it was heavenly, I've written a little about it <a href="http://www.atriflerushed.com/2013/05/ballymaloe-house.html">here </a>on A Trifle Rushed.<br />
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We were lucky to have had beautiful weather and were able to get out and about.<br />
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The cookery school is about three miles away from the Hotel, and we explored the gardens. They were lovely but the highlight was the Shell House.<br />
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Have you ever been there? What did you think about the Shell House?<br />
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-46479180627790134032013-04-29T05:09:00.000-07:002013-04-29T05:09:42.704-07:00Feeding the Dog!Greyhounds are wonderful, just the <i>most</i> superb of pets.<br />
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But they<i> are</i> large, and they find bending down to bowls on the floor a bit of a trial. To alleviate this we have an adequate, (but rather ugly) double dish contraption that I bought at a dog show here in England.<br />
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However, in Brittany I wanted something more elegant and appealing to the eye, a few years ago, whilst we had two dogs my wonderful husband turned his hand to this beautiful tray.<br />
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We bought the coastal tray in a local, rather <i>chi-chi</i> shop, and then we added the legs, (they are simple brackets painted white).<br />
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The three bowls are ex-pate bowls from our local Super-U, and cost 1 Euro each!<br />
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All in all, a chic and elegant eating station for our dog.<br />
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-18618341886074226112013-04-10T01:00:00.000-07:002013-04-10T01:00:01.964-07:00Champagne and Sparkling Wine Cage Furniture!I <i>keep</i> seeing these on Pinterest, and just had to try and make some.<br />
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I was limited with available tools here in Brittany and had to use my husband's fishing knife. I intend to make a further attempt at home with jewellery pliers and other equipment.<br />
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However, I am quite pleased with them as a first attempt, and think that though they not perfect, they are really quite quaint! <br />
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What do you think? Have you tried making some yourself? Were you successful? <i>And</i> do you have any tips?<br />
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<i><br /></i>scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-66008366952107329032013-04-09T07:10:00.000-07:002013-04-09T07:10:21.934-07:00The Easter HolidaysI can't remember the last time it was<i> this</i> cold here in Brittany, certainly not at Christmas! <br />
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We have been fortunate to have a couple of clear <strike>days</strike> hours, with some sunshine, though little warmth.<br />
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I managed a sunny beach walk, and am delighted that I actually had my camera with me. As you can see the beaches were empty, and you can almost imagine a warm temperature with the startling blue sky. What the photographs do not portray is the stunningly cold wind that accompanied the sunshine. I was muffled under a coat, hat, scarf and sheepskin gloves while I took the photographs. Luckily the dog was unconcerned with the cold and had a wonderful time running across the sand.<br />
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Here we are on the first day of spring, but the weather is still feeling decidely wintery. And Easter is less then ten days away.<br />
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We will be spending Easter in Brittany. We leave next week, but I still like to have elements of Easter in my London home.<br />
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My daughter and I had a lovely time the other evening adding a few touches of Easter to this house, we are both really looking forward to decorating in Brittany next Thursday.<br />
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Here are our London efforts.<br />
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Have a lovely weekend, and I'll catch up with you next week once we have arrived in France.<br />
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-42694076481951522432013-03-17T04:31:00.005-07:002013-03-17T04:31:55.351-07:00Eight Blogs that Rock!This month I enrolled on an e-course called <b><i>Blog Boss</i></b>. It is run by <b><i>Holly Becker</i></b>, who runs a wonderful and very successful blog called <i><b>decor8</b></i>, you can find her blog <a href="http://decor8blog.com/">here</a> and if you follow the links you can read about her inspiring e-courses.<br />
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Each week Holly sets her students homework, and this week we have to post about eight blogs we think 'rock'. Now that <i>might</i> sound easy, but in many ways it is like Dessert Island Discs, how on earth can I choose <i>only</i> eight blogs?<br />
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<i>Please don't take it personally if I don't mention you in this list, if I follow you I think your blog is fantastic anyway.</i><br />
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Here are eight fabulous blogs which are inspiring me today:-<br />
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First there is <a href="http://pineconesandacorn.blogspot.com/">Pine Cones and Acorns</a>. Elizabeth writes a delightful blog, she posts regularly and always has interesting things to say, additionally her posts are filled with beautiful images, some are her own photographs, others she has discovered. It was Elizabeth who first mentioned Holly's courses having completed Blogging Your Way a while a go, and she inspired me to improve my own blog through study.<br />
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My good friend Laura blogs about food, at <a href="http://www.howtocookgoodfood.co.uk/">how to cook good food</a>. She cooks stunning meals for her family and writes about her work as a food teacher as well as publishing recipes in many journals.<br />
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Nazima who is a busy working mother writes an inspirational food blog with her husband at <a href="http://franglaiskitchen.com/">Franglais Kitchen</a>. The blog is well worth a visit, for delicious ideas and stunning photographs.<br />
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Vanessa started her blog <a href="http://writingacookerybook.blogspot.co.uk/">Goddessonabudget </a>while she was writing her cookery book Prepped, and she has continued writing, championing Fairtrade Ndali Vanilla and embracing local produce, in addition to running her own cookery school. Every post she writes is thoughtful and thought provoking.<br />
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If I want a recommendation for an exhibition or a good read, I turn to Mary at <a href="http://mrsminiversdaughter.blogspot.co.uk/">Mrs Minever's Daughter</a>, she writes with wit and great knowledge, I just love her posts.<br />
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Tania Kindersley writes a blog called <a href="http://taniakindersley.blogspot.co.uk/">Backwards in High Heels</a>, which started after the publication of her book of the same name, co-written with Sarah Vine. She is a true writer, and her use of language makes me feel ashamed at my meagre attempts. Her photographs are beautiful.<br />
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<i>We were asked to include two blogs from fellow students, this was tricky as there are 250 students on the course and many, many delightful reads on the blogroll.</i><br />
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After a great deal of thought and consideration I have chiselled my choice down to:-<br />
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<a href="http://www.forkandflower.com/">Fork and Flower</a>, this swiss based food blog is stunning to look at, beautifully styled photographs of simple yet delicious food, I look forward to following Scarlett as she continued to cook in Zurich.<br />
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My second blog is also food related. <a href="http://simpleprovisions.com.au/">Simple Provisions </a>is written by Amelia, who lives in Australia. How lovely to see summery foods, while we are stuck in this forever cold winter here in England.<br />
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One thing that all the food blogs mentioned above have in common is a love of seasonal, fresh, high quality produce, and as that is core to my cooking philosophy, I feel that they will continue to be a source of ideas for many years ahead.<br />
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<i>The blogrolls on both <b>A Trifle Rushed</b> and <b>Simplicity is the New Black</b> have many more blogs that I find interesting and I know that I will be adding to them at the end of the course, as I discover more new and inspiring writers, photographers and cooks.</i><br />
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Jude x<br />
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I do hope that spring is on the way, here are a few photographs I took recently, before the grey, leaden clouds reappeared!<br />
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<i>Oh and</i> :- Happy St Patrick's Day to You!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After two months with us, the dog is growing more confident<br />I can now let him off the lead and know that he will<br /> come back when I call him</td></tr>
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-53933577212198301252013-03-04T05:38:00.000-08:002013-03-04T05:38:39.690-08:00An early spring walkI had such a busy week last week, teaching at my daughter's school, that I found I had no time to post these photographs.<br />
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Today the sun is shining, but over the winter, we have had, day after day of leaden skies. However with a new, young dog and a six and a half year old daughter there is no excuse not to be out and exploring.<br />
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Do you remember the joy of puddles? My daughter loves them, particularly if there is a thin layer of ice to break! And we're delighted that the dog is gaining confidence, he is now walking off the lead, it's wonderful to watch him blossom!<br />
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-16677418933427616062013-02-21T05:42:00.000-08:002013-02-21T05:42:43.781-08:00Walking the (new) dogWe have a wonderful new addition to our family.<br />
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He's been with us for five weeks now, and he is gradually settling in. These photos were taken a few weeks ago when he was still very new and nervous.<br />
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He is a rescued ex-racing Greyhound. Although very large, he is very gentle.<br />
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I am just starting to let him off the lead when I have him out for a walk on my own. This morning he suddenly shot off, and I had to resist the temptation to follow him, I would never have caught up, he really does run like the wind.<br />
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Instead I stood still, calling him his name, I was very anxious when he disappeared out of view for well over a minute, so you can imagine my relief when he whizzed back for a piece of Cheddar cheese! <i> (I am a great believer in bribery when it comes to gaining the confidence of a new dog.)</i><br />
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If you or anyone you know is looking for a new dog, then I can recommend greyhounds. My last two dogs were also rescued greyhounds. They are gentle, loving and wonderful to watch when they run (and you know they'll come back). They are also fabulous with children. And if you have a busy life, they are quite content with two twenty minute walks a day, just make sure they have somewhere comfortable to lie at home and maybe a few toys to play with.<br />
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My daughter adores this handsome new fellow, and he has been fine when she has had friends visiting too.<br />
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We got him from Hersham Hounds, you can find their website <a href="http://www.hershamhounds.org.uk/">here</a>. However, if Hersham is too far for you, there are plenty of other specialist greyhound kennels, look at the Retired Greyhound Trust, <a href="http://www.retiredgreyhounds.co.uk/">here</a>, you'll find a kennel local to you. Please do go and have a look, there will be a dog there who is just right for you.<br />
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We have his Pet Passport and are really looking forward to taking him to France at Easter. <br />
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I'll be taking many more photographs of him over the next few years, I'm sure you'll get to know him well.<br />
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-25364110139266789532013-02-06T13:25:00.000-08:002013-02-06T13:25:11.200-08:00DaffodilsI just love those first bunches of daffodils. <br />
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They have been transported from Cornwall or the Scilly Isles, and sit beckoning at me with their closed petals. <br />
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Will they really be as cheery and bright as I remember from last year? <br />
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And before I know it, they are there, in my shopping basket!<br />
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Back home I find an inspiring article about Narcissi in my favourite magazine, Country Living. <br />
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Straight away I'm online finding a British Supplier, and my hand hovers over the complete order box!<br />
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-46910304131879569152013-01-09T12:42:00.000-08:002013-01-09T12:42:00.310-08:00Gathering SeaglassAfter the stormy weather we expected to be able to pick up some beautiful seaglass, as well as the new beach my husband and daughter had discovered we returned to our old stomping ground, the original Sea Glass Beach.<br />
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Despite the cold and damp, we searched the edge of the sea and filled our pockets with treasure.<br />
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Once we returned home we emptied the glass onto a white plate, the better to see it.<br />
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So lovely, beautiful, calming to look at.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few specks of sand on a piece of glass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where is it from? What does it say?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How can we use this?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peaceful</td></tr>
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-22234077472831988142013-01-06T12:35:00.000-08:002013-01-06T12:35:00.053-08:00A New Sea Glass BeachI was a little unwell over the New Year holiday, with a bout of gastric flu, but my husband and daughter set out each day for a walk whatever the weather.<br />
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The clever things, they passed a headland, and found a<b><i> New Sea Glass Beach</i></b>!<br />
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Once I felt better, I joined them and we had a super time scrambling over rocks, lifting shells and seaweed, to find these wonderful treasures of the sea.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a trick photo, there is no glass<br />but we loved the orange shell</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fragments of glass are usually to be found<br />among shells and stones</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just after the tide goes out they are easy to spot<br />as they still glisten with seawater</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In France most are broken wine or beer bottles<br />so white, green and brown </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can just see this fragment</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We put them on a white plate at home to view them clearly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love to bring this part of the beach home</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Incredible jewel like colours</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The natural shell and the seawashed glass look amazing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love looking for texture on the glass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And contrasting the colours</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A wonderful palate</td></tr>
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-11659137393365601712013-01-04T12:11:00.002-08:002013-01-04T12:11:56.349-08:00Better WeatherThe last few days have been so much better! We still have leaden skies, but the rain and wind have ceased!<br />
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Hopefully, we'll have a calm crossing on the ferry tomorrow night as we journey home!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little daylight is so much better for photos!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doesn't the sea look inviting?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The waves are still huge though!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pleasant from a distance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sand is covered in seaweed from the storms</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Would be great for my skin, or to eat, if I knew what to<br />do with it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Calm, calm, calm!</td></tr>
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-90756874912838155372013-01-02T12:25:00.000-08:002013-01-02T12:25:59.547-08:00Happy New YearI always post some pictures of our beach, here in Brittany. You can see it's rather bleak at the moment.<br />
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As the nuns who taught me at my seaside Convent School would have said, "<i>Bracing Dear, and very good for you</i>!"<br />
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We have managed a few walks in between squalls, and the weather is supposed to be improving, we are watching the barometer with interest and anticipation!<br />
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<i><b>Happy New Year to you and yours,</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Best Wishes </b></i></div>
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<i><b>Jude x</b></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Only the sound of curlews, gulls<br />and the constant thud of the sea.</td></tr>
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-1829536832120563222012-12-11T07:04:00.000-08:002012-12-11T07:04:55.466-08:00Visiting Father ChristmasWe popped along the road to Ham House on Sunday, where we followed a trail to Father Christmas's Grotto.<br />
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It was great fun, running around the garden looking for clues, making a magic word which we could tell Father Christmas when we met him.<br />
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I don't know who enjoyed it the most, our six year old daughter or my husband and me!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ham House</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of Fun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first clue was here, under this exotic fruit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We read the clues and filled in the wordsearch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riding lessons at a nearby stables</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More clues, and directions to the next one!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The clues were in the most unlikely of places</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another clue</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They were all attached to bowler hats</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every where looked cold... Brrrr!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At last the final clue</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're nearly there!</td></tr>
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-23528464532805811492012-12-05T06:19:00.000-08:002012-12-05T06:19:14.945-08:00Decorating for ChristmasWhen I looked out of the window this morning I thought I might be able to photograph some lovely wintery scenes, but sadly, by the time I returned from dropping my daughter at school, the sprinkling of snow had disappeared.<br />
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On Monday, when I had picked her up from school she had let our a plaintive cry, "I am the only person in my class who has not got her tree up at home!" Poor lamb.<br />
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So yesterday, to remedy this<i> dreadful disaster</i> I set about decorating the house. I put the tree up with the lights, but left the decorating for her to do, while I focused on shelves and windows.<br />
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I always feel quite thrifty when I decorate, as I reuse many things from year to year, in particular my crib figures, I just move them around to different places in the house, but one is always on the dining room windowsill and one on the living room bookcase.<br />
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As the song says; "It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!"<br />
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-39577127149567399072012-11-05T13:20:00.002-08:002012-11-05T13:20:21.375-08:00Picking Sloes and BlackberriesWe spent a chilly and slightly damp weekend in Ireland, just before Halloween, but the weather did not prevent me from picking sloes and this week I plan to make some Sloe Gin! <br />
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I love Autumn, the preparation for the cold of winter, making delicious supplies which will be here for both family, and as seasonal gifts for friends.<br />
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This week, as well as sloe gin, I plan to bake my Christmas cake, prepare some mincemeat and make various scrumptious chutneys.<br />
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be careful when picking as the trees are very thorny!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's worth the hard work though, there is nothing<br />as wonderful as warming glass of sloe gin<br />after a long winter's walk.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sadly I didn't have an identification book with me<br />so left them well alone.</td></tr>
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-55699860308038906822012-11-01T07:51:00.000-07:002012-11-01T07:51:51.166-07:00Decorating for HalloweenI love Halloween, there's something timeless and magical about it. Perhaps it's because it's an ancient pre-Christian Celtic festival, and despite my English birth and upbringing I like to think I am spiritually celtic, with Scottish and Irish Grandparents I think I can justify the claim.<br />
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I enjoy having a small child who enters into the spirit of the day. Yesterday she got up and dressed as a witch all day, a good, kind and beautiful witch of course.<br />
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We had a lovely lunch to which she had invited the other little girls in her class from school, they all came dressed up too.<br />
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After lunch we went to Ham House to see the Halloween festivities there, and as well as doing a Halloween trail in the garden we spent a while in the kitchens. While my daughter and her friend spent time 'cooking' I was able to photograph the magnificent Pumpkins.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I do love the cobwebs, such great fun</td></tr>
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-40561994023046963192012-10-24T06:00:00.000-07:002012-10-24T06:00:07.184-07:00Decorating for AutumnAutumn is my favourite season, I<i> even</i> like the cosy feeling of a drizzly dank day, when I have the heating on in the house and look out of the window, at the bright bursts of colour as the leaves are rapidly changing. At the beginning of October I get my autumn box from the garage and begin to garland the house with pumpkins and candles. <br />
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I am reserving the more<i> Halloweeny</i> bits until next Monday, when my daughter and I will let rip with ghosts and cobwebs, and other spooky bits and pieces. We are having some of her friends over for a Halloween Lunch, in fancy dress, so lots of excitement to look forward to.....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We didn't have much luck with conkers this year<br />but there is always next Autumn</td></tr>
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-56409047676514419632012-10-23T07:53:00.001-07:002012-10-23T07:53:53.788-07:00Harvest:- One of Autumn's JoysI have been so very busy, but now I have time to pause! Time to think and enjoy harvest time, full of the delights of autumn.<br />
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We went to the annual food event at Ham House and it was inspiring, all sorts of wonders to see in the vegetable garden, the bounty of the plot being prepared and stored for the winter.<br />
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I will be blogging a little more frequently, and apologies for the huge gap since my last photographs from Brittany.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Pumpkin was almost red, so beautiful</td></tr>
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-46726434268069480202012-09-03T14:00:00.000-07:002012-09-03T14:00:03.174-07:00Maison Cote OuestWhen in France, I love to buy and read this magazine. I find it helps my (still very poor) French and the photographs of interiors of houses are so inspiring. Additionally there is lots of lovely recipes and information about cultural events.<br />
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Last month was the 100th edition of the magazine and it had lots of great articles. It is available in London, I have bought it from Harrods and the French Bookshop in South Kensington. If you are interested in Brittany or other regions in the west of France I do recommend it.<br />
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-53332885498394712512012-09-02T06:47:00.000-07:002012-09-02T06:47:15.484-07:00Tidying the kitchenI am a very messy cook, and every once in a while I have to get some order back into the kitchen.<br />
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Last week I tackled the kitchen surfaces and I was quite pleased, after a little work everything looked so much better.<br />
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I was very fortunate that blue was the colour of the moment when we bought our beach house, as a result I have some lovely bits and pieces, that though simple and cheap reflect the seaside character of our home.<br />
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<br />scrumptious dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045130122822978998.post-11144558634432682082012-08-03T10:00:00.000-07:002012-08-20T06:13:06.956-07:00Breton ChevalDriving home with a car packed full of groceries, I noticed a sign to<b><u> Breton Cheval</u></b>. Now I love horses, as does my six year old, so it took us only moments to persuade my husband to follow the signs. We found a field with a huge gathering of farmers and their horses, these wonderful animals are still used for ploughing and other farm work here in Brittany and we had obviously come across a get together where the horses would be judged.<br />
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Being British, we had arrived at lunchtime, so there was not much activity, just a few people grooming their horses, while most ate picnics.<br />
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We will try and visit for the judging during the afternoon next year. But of course, I wanted to share some photographs of this delightful sight with you.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We walk pass the play park, such a bonus with a six<br />year old in tow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Through the pine trees<br />where my daughter and I often collect pinecones</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up onto the sand dunes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Past the sailing club, which has lessons for<br />children, and she is joining with two friends next year</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tide is in, so the island is cut off</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favourite views in the world</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the sun is shining so brightly on the sea<br />as I turn around</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way home we pass pretty Breton holiday cottages<br />accented with blue shutters</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue post boxes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And blue gates</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And home to my lovely lavender and hydrangea filled garden</td></tr>
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