UPDATED INFO: This store has now closed, but the business still operates online and at fairs. Rebecca Jade’s Vintage opened in Horsforth last year. It’s like stepping back in time when you enter the beautifully designed shop. It covers items from the 1940s through to the 1980s, so whatever era you’re into, you’re bound to find […]
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I received a beautiful hand-stamped invitation from Yorkshire Tea asking me to join its team on an adventure aboard the Orient Express. There was no way that I was turning down such a treat – when else would I ever get to go on such a train? Besides, Yorkshire Tea has always been my favourite […]
I’ve always liked the idea of making sourdough. It’s made with a live, wild yeast, called a starter, which you have to nurture and feed, a bit like a pet. It’s ALIVE. It bubbles and grows and sometimes explodes all over your kitchen. Much more fun than the very tidy, well behaved dry yeast variety […]
Last year was a total washout when it came to vegetable growing. The relentless rain and the violent onslaught of slugs destroyed just about everything. It was totally disheartening. So, it’s been a little bit of a battle to get my enthusiasm up for veg growing this year, but my empty beds were looking mournful, […]
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Getting Hands On
I don’t often enter competitions, but I was approached to take part in Carex’s Live Life Hands On Awards and decided to try my hand at it, (sorry). The competition is based on a day in the life of your hands, and you can represent this in any way you like really; written word, video, […]
This morning I woke up to a beautiful winter wonderland. I know everyone is fed up of the wintry weather, but on a weekend when you don’t have much to do, being snowed in is kind of cosy. Even in March. So, I have been curled up with a blanket, and my polka dot tot […]
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New Year, New Beginnings
I accidentally took a little blogging break through December. To be honest, the month passed me by a little and was a somewhat sleep deprived blur. My wee lassie had the dreaded molars emerging and they stole all her sleep – not very festive of them at all. Whilst this still continues, it is getting […]
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 […]
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Entering blogging land… here goes!
Hello! So here is my brand new shiny blog! I’m a novice to this blogging lark and to be honest, quite scared of it. It feels a bit like my first day at school, and I feel the need to shuffle around and look at my feet in a pink cheeked fashion. Also, right now […]