31 December 2025
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Another New Year’s Eve which, as is my wont in recent years, I’m not staying up for. It might not be that easy to drop off to sleep though as the fireworks began sometime ago and are likely to carry … Continue reading
30 December 2025
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Almost the end of another year… and I’m not thinking so much of resolutions for 2026 as what things I need to get finished off from 2025!
29 December 2025
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I know it is a bit too late to be recommending Advent reading for this year. The liturgical season ends on Christmas Eve and starts four Sundays before that (30th November this year and 29th November in 2026). However, I … Continue reading
28 December 2025
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Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents. It rarely gets marked because it falls on 28 December and, after Christmas, most people feel like a rest. However, since this year it falls on this Sunday and I was leading … Continue reading
27 December 2025
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Today was a day for travelling. Unfortunately, it wasn’t just me that decided that for my trip back from Devon but also millions of other drivers on UK roads, plenty of whom wanted to share the M5 and other roads. … Continue reading
26 December 2025
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This was one of the photos I took on my visit to RHS Rosemoor on Christmas Eve (click to view on Flickr and explore the rest of the small album). It shows some sculpted teasels, part of the annual RHS … Continue reading
25 December 2025
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I visited Staithes in North Yorkshire about eight years ago and did some photography and painting, which led to a few further artworks. This is one I digitally reworked last month. Originally I thought of using it for block printing … Continue reading
24 December 2025
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We had an enjoyable time this morning, wandering around RHS Rosemoor. It will soon be time for me to start making plans for what I want to grow in 2026, including when to start it and when to plant it … Continue reading
23 December 2025
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An unexpected Christmas treat the other day was discovering a recently released worship song featuring none other than Brian May of Queen on guitar: It is the kind of song I could see adapting to use at church. I appreciate … Continue reading
22 December 2025
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On my third attempt at the recipe, I think I’m getting close. This time I used 200g flour, 75g warm milk, 50g butter and 1.25g each of salt, sugar and yeast. That gave a fairly stiff but workable dough. I … Continue reading