Lois Elsden
WRITER
What a handsome father and son
This is Ernest Colgate and his father John; I think the picture must have been taken in the early 1900’s as Ernest was born in 1881 and looks about twenty-ish here. They certainly look very smart, and there is definitely a Colgate look which my husband and son have inherited. They were both born in […]
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Early morning visitor
I had a visitor this morning; this cat, Smirnoff, owns our neighbours and thinks he also owns us! he heard me in the kitchen while I was making a cup of tea and asked if he could come in for some love. He came up and helped me write my blog this morning, had a […]
MoreGreen tomato mincemeat
I mentioned the other day that we still had a lot of tomatoes, but they were green… and how I have pounds of green tomato chutney left from last year! Then I found a recipe for green tomato mincemeat; here it is so far, tomatoes, apples, dried fruit, candied peel, brown sugar and cider vinegar… […]
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