I'd normally be making my Christmas cake about now, but this year I want to do something different (still have some rich fruit cake left from sapphire wedding anniversary!). I've found a recipe in a...
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below is an article on the puppy's development' or is it puppies development, or puppies' development? There is more than one puppy!...
Good morning everyone - we have bright sunshine today after a miserable weekend, back to fires and woollies - maybe it's Winter's last hurrah !! [fat chance !!] Well, Kate did throw a curly at us, but...
We are now into Week 3 (of a 5-week month) when the elusive Strix once again proved evasive. Only SIX entrants managed to hunt down the regal setter, as he plumped for the following links: Pan ACHE...
When I first lived in Soho at the beginning of the 70’s I was being paid rather well and being surrounded by restaurants of many countries it seemed stupid to cook for myself. There was every...
Good morning all - good heavens, it's week 3 already !!! another one flying by and quite a number of us have yet to get our running shoes on and collect some points. And while I think of it - December...
Good morning all, from a hot and windy south oz !! Yesterday's beautiful day disintergrated into a hot night and a strong northerly this morning - if this is Summer, I'm emigrating !! Well Kate caught...
I Strix, the equestrienne’s lesser-half, seem to have been, with two of the link words, Lady (God forbid) Bountiful. Within seconds of posting my words hordes of you, like pillaging Vikings,...
Good morning everyone - lovely day here, sunshine etc and the Spring racing is well underway - I love this time of the year !! Hopefully lots of points available today with the four matches on offer,...
When I left you last weekend I had written about some of my time at University in the ‘60’s. The beginning of the 70’s found me working in London for a famous Graphics, Industrial...
After the slight fiasco of last weekend, rescued by my good friend Gen2 in crofter’s absence overseas, I can only hope that I fare better when posting the MM Links tomorrow morning. However I...
Good morning everyone - and before we get into it - when do the clocks go back in the UK ? Ours went forward Sunday morning and we're all wandering around in a daze, and my ideas of what time it is...
Well I am very sorry about the fiasco on Saturday morning. Our very good friend Gen2 has enlightened me as to the reason why it all went DD cups upwards. It appears my intro was too long for dear old...
What a hoot, I’m back again, and crofter has decreed that my new moniker is STRIX THE STARGAZER. I was puzzled for a moment as to why. Then I remembered Oscar’s words “We are all in...
Good morning all - lovely sunny day here for a long weekend, a hint of things to come. I know I won't be saying this when we get to January but I don't mind warm sunshine and a bit of a potter in the...
We are now into October and it has rained here on and off all day. The Croft is a hive of activity as the final items are being packed for a week’s break on Tenerife, where we hope to catch the...
Good morning all - not quite so pushed for time today !! Well, we had four unusual words this weekend and while two of the matches were fairly predictable, the other two were a little less likely....
The Lady Radley (aka Handbaglady) finished off her month as the MM Links setter in fine form. Posting her link words on time AND in the correct section made life ridiculously easy. The...