Bits and pieces by Lois

Hostas… or funkia?

I really do not like hostas, really…. but wait… these are rather lovely…. maybe I should think again! There are over 25 species of them, maybe I have only met the 24 varieties I did not like! I think I like them a little more now I have learnt they used to be called funkia.

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Food by Lois

Fab holiday… lost a pound!

Somehow I have managed to lose a pound while being on holiday; light breakfast (as usual) light lunch ( as usual) rather larger dinner than usual because it was all so delicious, wine with every meal (well, not breakfast) plus beer plus Pimms’, ice-cream when we were out, a piece of delectable carrot cake, fish […]

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Family Stories by Lois

Happy father’s day

My Dad… Donald, often known as Snick, was brought up in Cambridge, served for seven years in the parachute regiment during the war, became a scientist, moved with the family to the west country where he worked, retired and played golf. I was so lucky to have the father I had and even though he […]

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Bits and pieces by Lois

If not an Ent then maybe an Enting

J.R.R. Tolkien brought Ents to us in The Lord of the Rings, a race of mighty beings similar to trees; Entwives are females, Entings are the young. Woods are mysterious places and sometimes you come across trees which seem to be watching, seem to have life in a non-tree like way and have paused to […]

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