November Sampler

I'm particularly pleased with this month's sampler. In fact to be truthful I'm in love with all my monthly samplers. I love looking at them and seeing how they document the turning wheel of the year; its colours, flavours and special days. Until I started blogging and photographing my daily life I hadn't realised quite how season-driven it was. I like that, a lot :o)

My samplers have their own special page - here.

Random Deliciousness

Just a few delicious things  which we have eaten over the weekend and today. First a lovely banana and walnut cake with cream cheese c...

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The Advent of Winter

When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall, And milk comes frozen hom...

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The Quince Tree in November

Thank you so much for your comments about my Advent calendar and of course for all your comments. They are very much appreciated :o) ...

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Getting Ready

I'm not a very religious person. But I like to observe the Christian festivals as well as the old pagan festivals. I pick and mi...

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The Flavour Thesaurus

My new favourite book. Niki Segnit wanted a book which would tell her what foods tasted good with each other. She was searching...

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Saturday Kitchen

I do love making a cake.  It's the mixing that I like, adding each ingredient, the feel of the beaters as they move through the bat...

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Mincemeat

The ingredients for mincemeat are more or less the same as those for Christmas pud without the egg or flour. ...

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The Daily Grind

Up and dressed, porridge on the stove, first load of washing in the machine. C makes me some coffee, I sip it, read my comments and see w...

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