In the (Midsummer) Kitchen
I have been pretty apathetic in the kitchen recently and I think it’s because of the heat. Not that it has been very hot, I hasten to add, but when the mercury hovers over 15ºC and stays there pretty...
View ArticleNaBloPoMo 2014: Day 3. Comfort and Joy.
Mr VP and I (okay, I admit, it’s mostly me) have wanted a chair in the living room for quite a while. We have a large three-seater settee, and an ageing Ikea Poang chair which has definitely seen...
View ArticleHome Renovated Home
Well, we moved. Again. It was a frantic run-up to the main event, as our moves usually are. It seems that as often as we have moved (5 times in 11 years), the amount of stuff we have accrued has...
View ArticleStove Life: Esse 200 review
As we have had the stove for just over a month now, I thought I’d do a review of it and what it is like having it as our main source of heating. We’ve discovered a lot about fires, fuels and heating...
View ArticleChristmas
Is it just me, or has Christmas suddenly crept up on us? This year has been a whirlwind anyway and suddenly the end of the year is nigh and it’s Christmas Eve. This last month or so I have struggled...
View ArticleThe Old Year: 2014 in Review
You’ll have to excuse me while I panic at the thought of 2014 being over – I was just getting into the swing of things, and last I heard, it was September! Time it is a-flying. It has been such a...
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