Lucy on January 22nd, 2010

Well one of my resolutions was to post more on my blog. I’m sorry I haven’t kept up as much as I intended - I managed to break my laptop. And with Rich working morning, noon and night, it’s nigh on impossible to boot him off so I can write.
But here I am.
Ahhh Fridays. I [...]

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It sounds like some of you had just as a good a weekend as I did last week. And I can’t believe that already, I’m in the middle of yet another weekend. The week just seemed to zoom by. As much as I love the weekend, it worries me a bit that time seems to [...]

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Lucy on November 23rd, 2008

You can call me impatient, I don’t care. But given that this year we’ve had such a rubbish summer and growing season, I couldn’t wait to get ordering for next year. OK, so I know it’s a bit premature but you can’t really blame me now, can you?
The vegetable seed stands are usually cast aside [...]

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Lucy on September 1st, 2008

 A beautiful dragonfly (or damselfly?) has been hanging around the Smallest Smallholding lately. Just managed to snap this pic before it sped off again.
Thanks all for the encouragement. I did send in my CV, but unfortunately I don’t think it’ll go any further. Spoke to the agency today and they said that a fair amount [...]

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