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January is quite a hard month for a lot of people. We have just had the excitement of Christmas festivities and then ….Boom! The decorations have to come down, it’s cold and dark outside and our December wage has to last 225 days. To help pass the month with a bit more cheer here are…

For the past few years I have made up a Halloween Basket for Noah. It all started when I gave him his first Halloween basket in 2019 as a fun activity as he was too young to go ‘Trick or Treating’. Then Covid happened so as we still couldn’t go out to trick or treat…

Autumn is finally here with the change in the weather we have been having! No two days are the same. Yesterday was wet, windy and freezing. The day before was 16°C and sunny. You start the day with warm clothes then end up feeling all hot and sweaty as the temperature has increased by about…

We are now almost at the end of August and everything is taking on that gorgeous warm, golden colour of late summer that makes me look forward to Autumn. Actually I’ve been looking forward to Autumn for most of the Summer as it’s been far too bloomin’ hot!! Bring on the cooler, crisp Autumn mornings…

This is the first Summer in 3 years where everything is more or less back to normal. Festivals are back on, you can go away on holiday and there are no limits on the people you can meet up with. Although we are now in the final weeks of Summer I’m going to enjoy the…

It’s that time of year when Christmas is over and it’s back to normality, well as much as it can be in these covid times! We’ve very likely over eaten all the good food, drank a fair bit and spent a little too much money. After all the excitement of the Festive season it’s perfectly…
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