So I’ve finally come down from my cloud over meeting Hugh, he was as anticipated lovely and not only did he sign my book he also tasted the jam I took for him (I had a revelation on the present front, redcurrant jelly & acorns, the perfect present) . His exact words were ‘Mmmm nice, Read more about River Cottage forever[…]
HFW with chickenOriginally uploaded by victoriaros56 So the day before I meet His-Fernely-Whittingsall-ness is finally upon us and who would have thought its still raining here in Oxfordshire? My little chicken pals are hating this weather, as is Mabel cat who is refusing to go outside. The flipside of this is she sleeps all day Read more about Getting ready for Hugh[…]
under the greenwoodOriginally uploaded by victoriaros56 So, its raining again, the slugs and snail are on the rampage in a big way, and everyone in the office this morning is very unmotivated. I am keeping my spirits up with the following thought, imagine what all this rain is doing to the giant pumpkins 🙂 I Read more about Something pretty for Thursday[…]
oxford_lacesOriginally uploaded by victoriaros56 So last night we sat in a pub for two hours (the cross keys in Wallingford) trying to decide what to do with the rapper team. The lease on the old village hall has run out, we thought we had found a simular hall in Wallingford itself but this is way Read more about More Mabel Rapper trouble[…]
nannymcphee250Originally uploaded by victoriaros56 The weather here in Oxfordshire has definitely changed for the worst, autumn is in the air as is the strong smell of wood burning fires and strong scotch broth. The natural instinct of all of mason du Rose is to hibernate but since we are still being forced to go to Read more about Monday night with Nanny Mcphee[…]
White_MothOriginally uploaded by victoriaros56 Oh I’m so excited I can now post photos! Technology comes to Mason du Rose, fantastic! Right reports on the weekend. In the end I didn’t go to either Megs BBQ or the bunkfest as I was too tied up with the dogs. The older Alsatian decided to go for a Read more about Moths![…]
Holly in snowOriginally uploaded by victoriaros56 Right its fingers crossed this will work (how I wish I had my friend Jim, fantastic guy and technical genius, here to sort this out) Hopefully what you are now seeing is a picture of beautiful dog Holly (as referred to in many previous posts) stood in the snow Read more about And now for something completely different[…]
I went down to the bottom of the garden last night to check on the pumpkins progress, I only got half of the way down there when I could see them, they are huge! We seem to have three at the moment but with plenty more flowers still there (so hopefully we will get a Read more about Our enchanted garden[…]
Morning! I was summoned over to Trish & Malcs last night as they have an assignment for me, I will be looking after the chickens & cat for 2 weeks and sleeping over with the dogs for 2 nights when they go back to France (on Thursday). In exchange for this they are bringing me Read more about Duty calls[…]
So three guesses how I spent my bank holiday? Yes the only real way you can properly spend the August Bank Holiday, the Towersey folk festival. We were commuting to it this year having had one too many experiences of camping in very muddy fields already this year, and that strategy seemed to work as Read more about Towersey festival[…]