Cornucopia: A symbol of plenty consisting of a goat’s horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn. (This definition is according to ‘the internet’, so not guaranteed to be entirely correct, but I really like it. Although with the goat’s horn it seems perhaps a bit pagan?!) I’m not sure if it was just me who […]
Month: October 2011
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Something wicked this way comes
Mr M and I tend to get rather overexcited about Hallowe’en, so we’re looking forward to next weekend. We’ve already got the decorations down from the attic and will probably spend a ridiculous amount of time making our living room into some sort of spooky Dracula-style cave dwelling, as we do each Hallowe’en. A bit […]
In a word: YES. I was woken at 3am by the latest addition to the Murricane family and stumbled my way into the bathroom, still half asleep and cursing the cold. I was then startled by an almighty clatter coming from outside, which was followed by lots of squawking, gobbling and flapping from our 4 […]
Mr M’s fantastic band, March of Dimes, has a new single out and it’s a corker! Sleeping Giant makes me nostalgic for something but I can’t quite put my finger on what it is. (Although having a 3 week old little lass, perhaps it’s just sleep?!) I love the sound of the track, which has […]