Tag: the rustic life
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Weekends And Recipe Books.
We come to another weekend and I’ve got that Friday feeling! I didn’t post yesterday, I was tired after helping some people with their house, in the nearby town. We do some cleaning and organising for them. We finished late and so after dinner I wanted to just chill and go to bed. I did…
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Happy Halloween
Halloween isn’t generally a big festival here. It’s growing in popularity with younger people, and there seem to be parties about locally, well in the nearest town. Just a few years ago it was very difficult to find any special local event other than kids dressing up and trick or treating. The more traditionally celebrated…
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End Of The Week – Hurrah
In spite of working from home, every day of the week, I still get that Friday feeling. It, as you may know, is pizza night in my house which is a well loved family tradition. The problem was though, today we had no pizza. I had to take a break from work at lunch time…
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The Internet Saga
No post yesterday. The internet connection’s been a bit sporadic and extremely slow. I’ll write a bit about it. Living on the top of a mountain, 705 metres above sea level but also surrounded by mountains, getting the internet can be a bit tricky. I must have tried everything over the years. Broadband doesn’t get…
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A Surprisingly Productive Day
My normal start to the day with nothing particularly different. I made a lovely rustic bean, lentil and potato soup for lunch which went down very well with some tasty grainy bread. I got a message from my architect friend who said that she had a sample of the paint colour I’ve been considering and…
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Choosing Colours
I don’t know why it’s so hard to choose a colour for my new windows. I received a message today from my friend, an architect who’s co-ordinating the production of my new windows. We’d spoken about a blue grey which is quite a traditional colour. The carpenter said that varnish would cost more but I’d…
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I Appreciate My Rustic Life
After all the travel of the last few days, I decided that relaxation was a must. I went to bed very early for me. I was exhausted. The weather was looking a bit dramatic, my balcony so I went out to look. I love this view. I am so lucky and privileged to have it.…
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An Afternoon Out!
I’m rather partial to a day out, an opportunity to change my routine, so I jumped at the chance of going to the nearest city. Work as usual at first but I took the afternoon off. After a quick business lunch at, would you believe, the cafe of the local large supermarket, I went of…
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Studio Clean
I almost forgot to write my blog this evening. I’ve had such a quiet day. There was no rolling out of bed and rushing out a bit late. It’s all been very leisurely. I worked more than I wanted to but I also got to clean my art / craft studio which my son has…