New Year Musings

New Year Musings

Well not the last two, obviously and sadly, but what is it about those 7 lbs we can’t shift?  Why not and why 7?  Answers welcomed at Sophie.burkar...

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Turkeys & Hummingbirds

Turkeys & Hummingbirds

Their home is in a wonderful, tiny village in the UK and is a place I would visit regularly.  Aside from lovely friends who live there the village ...

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Halloween Hellations

Halloween Hellations

Then there’s the whole harvest thing too with ties to the Irish Celtic festival Samhain, meaning summer’s end and sooo really we don’t have a defin...

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PJs R Us (or are they)?

PJs R Us (or are they)?

And whilst some of you know I’ve not been able to get my head around pajamas as night-time apparel I am not against them per se.  Some of you I sus...

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This One's For The Boys

This One's For The Boys

I like to think I’m an expert on robes and dressing gowns, partly because I’ve bought and owned so many and ended up wearing so very few of them!  ...

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Jumpin’ Jack Flash

Jumpin’ Jack Flash

Not being old enough to wear them first time around or second time when they briefly made a come-back in the 1980s I now find myself thinking how l...

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You Cannot Be Serious ....?

You Cannot Be Serious ....?

Ahhh it’s Wimbledon you see and John McEnroe, well he was rather fantastic wasn’t he?  Sorry getting carried away, but you see this phrase that he ...

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Diamond Duty

Diamond Duty

Apparently exchanging engagement rings dated back as far as the Romans who gave the bride to be, one made of iron, which is a bit ish if you ask me...

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