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Saturday, October 29, 2016

29/10/2016 The weather was pretty good today so you can join Nigel on a cycle ride :-)

Maximum temperature 22C, minimum 4C. 20 km/h SE wind. Dry.

This farm down the road fascinates me, I love the building. No idea who it is or what they farm though.

"Hee-haw" Nigel said they were silent though!

Country lanes and autumn colours...

as above...

Our kitchen diner ready for guests yesterday.

Thursday, October 27, 2016

27/10/2016 Busy in the kitchen as friends to lunch tomorrow. A few rushed photos.

Maximum temperature 20C, minimum 4C. 30 km/h SE wind. Dry.

Autumn colours...

Fig leaves...

Ginkgo biloba.

Choisya ternata and ant!

Echeveria

Love in a Mist seed pod.

Rub a dub dub 4 birds in a tub...

and one all on its own.

Green tomato pie.

Garbure in the big saucepan and custard in preparation to go on the trifle.

I might take a break tomorrow as we have friends here. Be back at the weekend.

Friday, July 3, 2015

03/07/2015 Did not go out until watering the garden after dinner, too warm for me!!! Thank goodness for a stone house.

Maximum temperature 39C, minimum 19C. 39 km/hS wind. Dry.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

25/03/2015 Busy day and only a few quick photos in the garden.

Maximum temperature 11C, minimum 2C. 7 mm of rain measured.

Friday, March 20, 2015

20/03/2015 Rained all day. Solar eclipse which we only saw on the television!! The day was mostly spent in the kitchen.

Maximum temperature 15C minimum 3C. Rain not measured yet.

Thai Pumpkin Soup

Topinambour Soup

Garbure

Thursday, November 13, 2014

13/11/2014 Was busy in the kitchen today and I took very few photos!!

Maximum temperature 16C. Very windy and 3 mm rain over night.

Monday, August 4, 2014

04/08/2014 A few bugs in the garden and Nigel is on a cookery course this week.

Maximum temperature 23C. Dry.

Shadows Along the Zambezi by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I so enjoyed this book and towards the end I could not put it down only finishing at 2am! Having lived most of my early life in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, so many places had a lot of meaning to me. Diana’s knowledge of every detail in this book is incredible.
Sadly, so much of this story is fact and very true. It made me cry and at times it made me smile. I hope that it might awaken the world as to what is going on in many African countries, and instead of so many people burying their heads in the sand, perhaps they might stand up and do something. Smuggling and hunting are very soon going to leave the world a very sad place when there are no animals left.
Now I am off to read Shadows over an African Heart.

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Shadows Over an African Heart: a novel by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Shadows over an African Heart is the perfect name for this book. The shadows are even bigger than I ever dreamt, and this book is a real eye-opener to the truth of what is going on. I was in tears in many places in this book. The fictional side story I so enjoyed, but the true and very sad story of the elephants and other animals; the Zimbabwe government has so much to answer for.
The world needs to read both of Diana’s books and action needs to be taken before the children of today never see wildlife as we have had the joy to grow up with around us.
There are many African words in the story which to me were great to be reminded of, but many are explained as you read and there is a good glossary of the words in the back of the book.

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