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Hey Old McDonald - two very useful links, thank you so much. Some of the recipes sound just great - I might even plan a gluten-free week myself. I shall definitely shop before they arrive - then take...

No, I have never made my own - but I have a friend who makes ice cream regularly. She loves to experiment with flavours - she's made curry ice cream (OK) and garlic and coconut (wierdly wonderful)...

After only 6 weeks of living in wild, wonderful country - foot of a mountain,edge of a forest - I have encountered some wonderful creatures in my home. A huge toad in my Wellington boot, a very long...

I don't mind spiders at all - and in fact we have quite a few who live in our house. We don't have poisonous ones though. I am sorry to hear that the fear of spiders can cause so much distress -...

I have some guests staying for a week next month. Since they last visited they have changed their lifestyle quite radically. They no longer drink alcohol and they go to bed at 9pm everynight. Those...

I love walking my dogs and writing. I also knit, potter around on my terrace and read. These are all so much a part of my regular day that I never think of them as "hobbies" - but I guess they are ! ...

We got the children to draw self-portraits and just write thier first name and age underneath ( I think they had a 4" x 4" frame) - they drew in pencil. The portraits were grouped by class (could be...

I have a terrace that is mostly in the shade - it gets very hot in te summer and light frosts (never less than -5ï½°) in the winter. It is 20m x10m, has an east facing back...

I have recently taken up knitting again as somzebody told me how she used it for pain relief - and I have to say that it works for my fibromyalgia. In addition I made all of my Christmas presents -...