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Fourth day of Mousemas – a new bed
Amber here. I must say I am very impressed with our humans today. I have mentioned that R got us (well me actually but Saphy steals it sometimes) a little bed for near…
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Third day of Mousemas – some churches
Saphy here again. M and J went on a “walk to the manger” today. This involved going into different churches around town and singing Christmas carols. As a slight digression – I believe…
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Second Day of Mousemas – Christmas Markets
Amber here. I am not quite sure why Saphy got her two penn’orth in first, but regardless of her having an email address and an Instagram account (whatever that is) I am the…
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First Day of Mousemas – A reflection on things past
Saphy cat here. I am saphy.cat on Instagram and you can also contact me on saphy.cat@outlook.com. I haven’t got a mobile phone yet but I am working on the humans on that front.…
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Mousemas is coming
If anyone read my former blog at www.donich.co.uk, they will have heard of the festival of Mousemas. This is somewhat similar to Christmas in that it involves 12 days of feasting, but it…
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Christmas Tree(s)
Our real Christmas tree came from Caulders the local garden centre today. I got a real 8′ one because with ceilings this high I felt we needed the grandeur of a big tree.…
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Hanging the picture
Since we moved in, a large heavy painting has been sitting in the corner of the drawing room. It came from Norfolk, and in fact only came with us by mistake as I…
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Finished the decorating
I managed to decorate the wall in the drawing room. That may not sound like much of an achievement, but the ceilings in here are so high that to put the wallpaper up,…
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Spice bottles
I have been wondering about this ever since I started baking (about 50 years ago believe it or not). Given that spices tend to be measured out in teaspoons – why do virtually…
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Return of the lads
R and J returned from their respective locations today. Without them I get a lot done, and the place somehow seems easier to keep clean and tidy, but it is also a bit…
