Food by Lois

A generous gift!

While staying with cousins recently, I admired their lovely slate cheese board, and the attractive knives that went with it! we are a very cheesy family, so it usually finishes a meal. Imagine how delighted I was o Christmas morning to open this gift from them! How very kind and thoughtful… it will be well-used!

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Places by Lois

Springing a leak

This wonderful fountain by Dhruva Mistry has had problems with leaks… and now the price on restoring it, again, is becoming almost prohibitive. I think it is wonderful, there is a pool, and different objects, including this reclining nude in Victoria Square in Birmingham.  The whole work is made up of four pieces,  River, Guardians, Youth and Object Variations; the […]

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Food by Lois

Last cream tea of 2013

Where else would we go but Derrick’sTearoom in Cheddar… we went for an end of year walk but had to seek refreshment… well, that’s our excuse!! Derrick’s serves cream teas, as well as many other delicious things, usually you have strawberry cream and clotted cream with scones, but we decided to go for something different, […]

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