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Cranberry Shortbread
So easy to make and quite delicious. The secret is in the pause. The tang of the cranberries with the sweetness of the shortbread is a perfect marriage. And (of course) eating dried fruit with my cookie makes me feel that surely I am doing something good for my body! Ingredients Method Remember that all…
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In Which Direction did My Rain Go?
Before I came to America I never thought about directions in relation to the compass. In New Zealand I never said going North for instance, I would say I am going up to Auckland. Intellectually I knew the sun rose in the East but I did not put that together with an East Facing window.…
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Storm clouds Came, and Left, Without any Storm at all.
I am not going to write an awful lot today – I think these pictures speak for themselves. We did get some sun yesterday but the winds were very high. So the weeding in the asparagus was a trial. The ducks were fine but Mr Flowers did not come out – he does not do…
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An Introduction – Mine
I was born in a house at high tide, on a beach in New Zealand, in the last few days of the 50’s. I spent the next 16 years of my life living in the house on the beach on the East Coast of New Zealand. We have a number of new readers this month…
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Apple Trees produce Leaves Before Blossom
Apple trees, unlike some other fruit trees, produce their leaves before the blossoms. So we can cautiously count three to four weeks from the first unfurling leaf to the first blossoms. The leaves on our apple trees are just unfurling which means the blossoms are a couple of weeks away. From the blossoms the fruits…
The Kitchen's Garden 