tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41298390500197550202024-03-17T02:16:06.923-07:00Remembering The Old Ways Antique & Vintage things, baking, knitting, sewing, canning & preserving, growing fruit & vegetables, family & a love of the past.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06751286443138392564noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129839050019755020.post-86221828583168420472018-04-30T10:56:00.001-07:002018-04-30T10:56:41.732-07:00An Amish Chocolate Treat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Dear readers here is the much asked for recipe for the cookies I baked on Saturday & posted on Instagram.</i></div>
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<i>2 cups of brown sugar</i></div>
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<i>2 cups of white sugar</i></div>
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<i>2 teaspoons of salt</i></div>
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<i>2 cups of half margarine & shortening ( I use Trex for my English readers)</i></div>
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<i>1 teaspoon of vanilla essence</i></div>
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<i>4 teaspoons of baking soda</i></div>
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<i>6 eggs</i></div>
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<i>4 teaspoons of cream of tartar</i></div>
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<i>7 cups of flour (plain)</i></div>
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<i>2 to 3 packets of chocolate chips ( I used dark chocolate chips & also chopped up a bar of dark chocolate)</i></div>
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<i>Mix together in order given & drop by a large teaspoon full onto a greased sheet.</i></div>
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<i>Bake for 12 to 15 minutes at 375o</i></div>
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<i>Fondly Michelle</i></div>
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<i>I thought you all might like to see a little update of what has been happening here in the English Countryside.</i></div>
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<i>In February we spent a truly beautiful break away visiting our friends in Somerset.</i></div>
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<i>We stayed in their beautiful old English thatched cottage & spent each day with them, it will be a little holiday that will always hold a special place in</i></div>
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<i>Our first view of Lilac Cottage when walking in, it is such a pretty & restful place.</i></div>
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<i>The twins bedroom at Lilac Cottage, Hinton Saint George, Somerset.</i></div>
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<i>We have never been to such a beautiful holiday cottage.</i></div>
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<i>We missed George so much but there was still a cat at Lilac Cottage.</i></div>
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<i>Last month the twins turned 9, time is flying by far to fast.</i></div>
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<i>All of our children came for Easter Sunday & our two little Granddaughters.</i></div>
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<i>This year has flown by & since taking on the twins schooling I am struggling to find time for writing the blog. I plan to write again in the New Year but in the meantime I have just done a post of all the memories we made as a family since late last Summer. We spent many days in the North of Yorkshire & also some wonderful short breaks to Stratford Upon Avon & Birmingham.</i></div>
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<i>& then a day in Beamish to round off our weekend away meeting another wonderful friend for the first time. So many happy memories to remember 2017.</i></div>
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<i>Here we all are at The Back to Back Houses with our wonderful tour guide.</i></div>
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<i>I started a Sourdough adventure this October thanks to the support of a friend.</i></div>
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<i>The twins are studying the Second World War so they made a wartime recipe for a Christmas Cake last week. It was made with stewed apples rather than eggs.</i></div>
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<i>& our four beautiful girls with me & my mother & sweet Charlotte.</i></div>
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<i>We have been married 27 years this year & we have filled those years with so much love & of course our children who we love dearly. Our family keeps on growing which brings us the greatest joy & love, we are so proud of all our children & their beautiful families.</i></div>
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<i>The Christmas Cake is all iced & ready for Christmas Day.</i></div>
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<i>We could taste it in Pockley Manor the Georgian Farmhouse at Beamish.</i></div>
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<i>Home Farm at Beamish Open Air Museum is set in the 1940's.</i></div>
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<i>In the garden on Daisy's birthday with one of our darling Granddaughters Matilda Florence.</i></div>
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<i>How I love England at this time of year.</i></div>
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<i>Springtime bring's many celebration's for our family with our oldest Grand Daughter Charlotte's first birthday & the twin's turning eight year's old.</i></div>
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<i>Dene, Ellie & Baby Tilly came to visit us last week.</i></div>
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<i>The daffodil's are coming to an end now but that mean's new thing's will now be</i></div>
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<i>This is a spot at the back of our garden where we over look</i></div>
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<i>They were so soft the next day.</i></div>
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<i>Last week we returned to The Black Country Living Museum </i></div>
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<i>& had a beautiful sunny day.</i></div>
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<i>There is always so much for the children to learn at this type of museum.</i></div>
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<i>We decided to go because we had just finished our Geography Topic on Canal's </i></div>
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<i>Stepping on to a boat.</i></div>
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<i>Stepping into a small street house at the museum.</i></div>
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<i>New life is shooting up all around us here in the English Countryside this time of year.</i></div>
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<i>It's beautiful to see all those little strong bulbs pushing through the frosty earth wanting to put on their show of colour to welcome in the Spring. </i><br />
<i>I always know when the warmer weather is on it's way as the Rooks return to the rookery in the spindly pines at the end of our garden. They are busy building their nest's, I have never seen a more busier bird at the task of nest building.</i></div>
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<i>Birds have come back to the cottage garden to sing their sweet morning song, warm day's do not seem that far away. These day's hold many thought's of flower's & our vegetable garden. The girl's have their own idea's of what they would like to do & grow in the garden, I love to watch them blossom with their imagination & thought's.</i></div>
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<i>The girl's are doing their journal's in the style of Edith Holden.</i><br />
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<em>Sitting here looking out of the window signs of Spring are everywhere, it has been a mild Winter here in England but I am still so glad & happy to see the delicate Snowdrops & Crocus's popping their jolly little head's out.</em></div>
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<em>Most of these photo's seem so long ago. I have picked some of things we have been up to since August to give you all a little catch up & a few recipes too.</em></div>
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<em> Daily life is very busy but I am determined to keep up with the blog.</em></div>
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<em>Rocks Cakes are a firm family favourite so I am always trying out different recipes for them. This is a 1950s recipe.</em></div>
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<em>Cinnamon Rolls just before going in the oven.</em></div>
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<em>We visited a few places just before my operation one was Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire.</em></div>
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<em>It is such a magnificent Elizabeth Mansion.</em></div>
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<em>There is a mill at Hardwick were you could go on a tour & buy beautiful bread flour.</em></div>
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<em>Hardwick's great kitchen.</em></div>
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<em>Victoria Sponge Cake ready for tea.</em></div>
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<em>One of our many Home School Crafts.</em></div>
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<em>In the Autumn we had a visit to Beamish.</em></div>
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<em>Embroidering a Victorian Sampler was part of our Victorian History Topic.</em></div>
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<em>Christmas Crafts.</em></div>
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<em>Snickerdoodles all lined up ready for the freezer to eat over Christmas.</em></div>
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<em>More of the twins handmade Christmas decorations which were all Victorian inspired to go with our history topic.</em></div>
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<em>The girls all dressed up for our Home School Christmas Party.</em></div>
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<em>We took them to The Petwood Hotel for lunch. This hotel is where the Dambuster Squadron met up during the Second World War.</em></div>
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<em>Matilda (Tilly) Florence was born on the 13th of February to Dene & Ellie.</em></div>
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<i>Yesterday we had a lovely day out at The Black Country Museum which is just over 2 1/2 hours away from us.</i></div>
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<i>This is a living museum where you find many cottages, small houses & a town all set in a time long ago.</i></div>
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<i>Travelling through Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire farmers were busy in the fields harvesting.</i></div>
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<i>May brings a beautiful abundance of fresh green shoots & leaves to our cottage garden. Each month of the year has their own beauty but I love the month of May the best of all.</i></div>
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<i>The garden is scattered with cherry, apple & pear blossom. Each tree awaiting the lovely fruits which will hang from their branches. How truly blessed I feel when you see this blossom each year, nature is a marvelous thing.</i></div>
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<i>Blue Tits are all around the garden bringing their pretty gentle song. Baby rabbits are back hopping around again, they are so sweet to see but we need to make sure the fence around the vegetable garden is secure.</i></div>
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<i>Another tea cosy finished inspired by the colours of one I saw at the James Herriot Museum.</i></div>
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<i>The twins celebrated their 7th birthday at the end of March.</i></div>
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<i>We were so lucky to be asked to watch as some were being born & Mary was amazed to be asked to pull a lamb out.</i></div>
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<i>Line little tart tins with shortcrust pastry & put a small amount of jam in them I used homemade rhubarb jam.</i></div>
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<i>Thank you to all my dear readers for all their comment's, I have read them & am very sorry I have not replied to them all.</i></div>
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<i>The days at the cottage are starting to grow longer, the garden is coming back to life & signs of Spring are everywhere. Daffodils, Grape Hyacinths, Hyacinths & Crocus's are blooming in the garden, it's so lovely to see the sun shinning & the Spring flowers in their full glory all around the village.</i></div>
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<i>The buds are swelling & are ready to burst into life along the hedgerows. This is such a lovely time of year with new growth everywhere, things grow so quickly with changes happening every day.</i></div>
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<i>With the weather starting to change our daily lives gradually move from the kitchen to the garden. The rhubarb is sprouting up & soon we will be picking it to make the first jam of the year.</i></div>
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<i>We are great fans of All Creatures Great & Small so a few weeks ago we had a day out in Thirsk, North Yorkshire & visited The World of James Herriot.</i></div>
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<i>Early this morning our beautiful daughter gave birth to a little girl. I gave birth to Amy 22 years ago & now at the age of 22 she has given birth to her daughter. Amy & Dan are going to perfect parents, they have so much love to give to this precious little girl. I am so proud of them both & so happy for them.</i></div>
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<i>February at the cottage has brought beautiful clear bright skies & chilly days.</i></div>
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<i>All along our garden hedge at the side of the church Snowdrops pop up their delicate little heads. Such a pretty gentle pure flower that adds such joy the the garden at this time of year. Soon the jolly sunny Daffodil will be blooming all around the village, already they are standing tall just waiting to open.</i></div>
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<i>The Rooks in the Spinney at the end of the garden are flocking & starting to nest. They are one of the busiest birds & chatty too while they work building their nests up high in the Pines. </i></div>
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<i>It is wonderful to hear the songbirds in the early hours when the sun is rising. Spring seems just around the corner & our thoughts are on the vegetable patch & what we are going to grow this year.</i></div>
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<i>Last year we bought a piece of land off our neighbour who wanted to make his garden smaller. Our plans for this land is to make an orchard using old heritage varieties, so there will be much to do once the weather gets warmer. We levelled & cleared the land of trees & bushes in the Autumn finding some lovely old items from times gone by. </i></div>
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<i>I have the others in the series which are wonderful. This book is full of history, idea's & such lovely photo's.</i></div>
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<i>The village now has a softness to it at this time of year, a beautiful quietness surrounds the streams and fields. Up to a few days ago we have been having a mild Winter, trees are budding in the garden & bulbs are beginning to bloom. The mild weather had brought birds to the garden, playing in the abundance of Ivy along the church side of our garden which gives them much needed food at this time of year.</i></div>
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<i> I found this old 1950's recipe booklet a little while ago but just have not had a chance to make anything from it.</i><br />
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<i>The book is an old Marks & Spenser's book about food for your freezer.</i></div>
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<i>This is our favourite Banana Bread.</i></div>
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<i>We had it for Sunday tea and also for breakfast with some fruit as the recipe makes two loaves.</i></div>
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<i>Some of my beautiful Christmas gifts from the children.</i></div>
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<i>These are a few finds we have found lately, I love these late 1920's Woman's magazine's.</i></div>
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<i>We had ordered some new Laura Ashley chairs for the sitting room.</i></div>
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<i>Our first Grandchild a little girl is due at the end of March.</i></div>
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<i>This is a little dolly outfit I made for Kitty just before Christmas.</i></div>
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<i>We had laptop issues but now we have a new one, this is why I have not posted in a little while.</i></div>
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<em>The beautiful colours of Autumn have now vanished out of sight leaving behind a carpet of glistening leaves. </em></div>
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<em>The decorations are now up, the last thing was to hang a bunch of Holly from our own bushes on the front door to welcome Christmas visitors.</em></div>
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<em>How I love the kitchen so this time of year, with smells of dried fruit, spices and gingerbread. </em></div>
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<em>I would like to wish all my dear readers a very merry Christmas & happy New Year.</em></div>
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<em>Thank you all of you for your lovely comments & for following me for another year.</em></div>
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<em>I just love this time of year with all the excitement & joy it brings.</em></div>
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<i>We have quietly slipped in to November, the misty magical mornings are upon us and beautiful low sunrises and sunsets surround the countryside.</i></div>
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<i>All around the village the fields have fallen silent, leaving freshly ploughed fields with some having their tiny wheat seedlings planted. </i></div>
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<i>The grand old Oak tree's in the village are the last to see their leaves fall. While most have lost theirs, the oak stands tall with their covering of deep green. I watch them when I hang the laundry out waiting for signs that they will fall. Once that happens Winter will be truly upon us. The pheasants are back with their high sharp cry a true sign of the year coming to an end.</i></div>
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<i>Life has been busy at the cottage with preserving as much as we can from the garden. The freezer is full with pies and crumbles, dessert cakes made from apples and pears. The pantry shelves are laden now, beauty is all around us.</i></div>
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<i>Some of the books the postman has brought this month.</i></div>
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<i>More ways of using apples.</i></div>
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<i>The last of the gardens produce has been going in to chutney.</i></div>
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<i>Fruit Chutney Recipe.</i></div>
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<i>This is a pretty thatched cottage on our way to a lovely market town we go to quite often.</i></div>
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<i>This time of year is so beautiful.</i></div>
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<i>We have been enjoying some beautiful sunny days here in the Lincolnshire countryside.</i></div>
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<i>Autumn has come upon us with warm days and gentle turning leaves.</i></div>
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<i>Our garden is still giving us such delights to place upon our table, it has been an abundant year.</i></div>
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<i>Apples are ripening into a beautiful deep red and I have been busy putting them in to crumbles for the freezer. Chutneys are next with apples, pears and green tomatoes.</i></div>
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<i>Our garden has blessed us once again.</i></div>
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<i>This is such a busy time of year with preserving what we have grown and tidying the garden ready for the Winter.</i></div>
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<i>We have been using our old 1930's car quite a lot, taking it to a few nearby towns. It is such a fun car to travel in and brings a smile to folks on the way.</i></div>
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<i>We took our old car to a classic car show in our village. The day was glorious and the girls enjoyed it down by the lake, it was a lovely event with some wonderful old cars and a lovely cake stall.</i></div>
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<i>The girls helping to make lemon drizzle cake.</i></div>
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<i>Kitty enjoying this beautiful weather we have been having all dressed up in her flower fairy costume in the garden.</i></div>
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<i>Harvest Festival in our little church.</i></div>
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<i>Home picked produce for the Harvest Festival.</i></div>
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<i>The days are becoming shorter & have a faded deep glow to them. Hay & wheat is all harvested now & the fields all now have their earth all turned & ready to lay bare all Winter.</i><br />
<i>There has been an abundance of hedgerow fruits this year & the robins are back in the garden watching you work.</i><br />
<i>Holly berries are everywhere on our trees that line the front of our garden although at the present they are hard little green berries waiting to ripen into the pretty scarlet colour that we know so well.</i><br />
<i>The Hazel trees in the lanes & our garden are fruiting well, the squirrels & rabbits are making the most of the fallen nuts.</i><br />
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<i>One of the wheat fields halfway through harvesting.</i></div>
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<i>Home grown Victoria plums, hedgerow blackberries & home grown raspberries make such a pretty colour for chutney.</i></div>
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<i>This is the crumble recipe I use all the time, sometimes I add a few oz's of oats.</i></div>
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<i>Victoria Plum Jam.</i></div>
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<i>I do have a cupboard full of cookbooks but these are the one's I use all the time, as you can see Ruth's book is in there.</i></div>
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<i>Summer is coming to an end here in the Lincolnshire Wolds, you can feel it in the air some days. Warm winds are gently blowing around the garden & leaves are slowly beginning to turn golden.</i><br />
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<i>We took a trip down to Norfolk to view a pre war car & on the way back we stopped off at a National Trust property called Oxburgh Hall.</i></div>
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<i>Our cottage garden has a golden glow about it as hot Summer days turn the foliage into mellow yellowness. The garden has a sunny silence, the birdsong has now dimmed as young birds have fledged to start their lives soaring the skies.</i></div>
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<i>The purples & creams of the Canterbury Bells fill the flower beds as the Oxe Eye Daisies mellow until another year. Hollyhocks now bloom everywhere, how I love the dear Hollyhock & its many blooms standing gracefully tall, elegantly swaying in the cooling Summer breeze. Honeysuckle fills the air from that same Summer breeze, it has such a heavenly smell.</i></div>
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<i>Golden wheat fills the many fields around us ripening unto the near harvest. The wheat stands tall with it's heavy ears waiting for full ripeness. as we walk through the corn fields scarlet poppies are still plentiful. Soon our lanes with be busy with farm traffic & we will be thankful for the harvest.</i></div>
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<i>The vegetable patch is doing so very well apart from an abundance of little visitors which we have had to pop up a temporary fence for this Summer & will surround it with a picket fence hopefully over the Winter months. The rabbits are beautiful to watch playing in the garden but not watching them eating the leaves of your lovely vegetables.</i><br />
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<i>June is the noisiest month of the year in the garden, from the first light birdsong fills the air giving a true sense of the garden being alive. Thrushes & young Blackbirds are abundant especially after a heavy shower of rain, they scratch about beneath bushes & the large Magnolia tree looking to see what may be found there.</i></div>
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<i>One corner of the vegetable garden.</i></div>
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<i>This beautiful climbing rose weaves it's way through one of our apple trees.</i></div>
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<i>A beautiful day spent gardening & playing in the garden.</i></div>
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<i>Our special Arthur Bell rose bush.</i></div>
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<i>We harvested our first gooseberries from the garden.</i></div>
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<i>Over 7lbs of them from three heavy loaded bushes.</i></div>
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<i>The scent of garden roses.</i></div>
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<i>Sitting down for our picnic on the green at the back of the house next to the Orangery & Italian garden's.</i></div>
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<i>May ended with celebrations for us at the cottage with our 25th wedding anniversary, some wonderful news & my birthday.</i></div>
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