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Will this build ever complete?
What are you most worried about? It’s day 50023 of the build, okay that’s what it feels like. It’s getting there but our builder is never onsite and dictates by phone which is great! We don’t have a lot of confidence in him, we are just praying it all goes ahead and we never have…
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Home cooked kreole food
What’s the most delicious thing you’ve ever eaten? Seychelles food is a mix, kreole food is the best. A mix of African Indian Asian and French cooking, these are the dishes I grew up on. Heavily fish based, every Friday my dad would cook us a feast! Fried rice, baked fish, maybe fried fish as…
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Growing flowers and veg brings me the utmost joy
What’s your favorite thing about your garden? I finally attempted to tidy the allotment. I just had a few hours and it still looks a complete rip but I tackled some jobs. I planted the runner beans out, knowing full well the canes aren’t tall enough. But they need to go out. My peas are…
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Soon…
How do you want to retire? I think it’s sad that we all retire when we are too old or too tired to enjoy ourselves. I would retire tomorrow if I could. Spend my days in my garden, cooking, snoozing, walking Frank, planning the next country to visit. I want my life to be full…
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I think I made a poultry decision
What notable things happened today? I want hens, specifically rescue hens. I want to give them a lovely life and space for them to end their days. Eggs are a bonus. The climate is crazy at the moment, I thought we were going to have a great summer but it’s June, drizzling and my garden…
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Gardening, art, food and travel
What are you passionate about? These are my loves. I just got back from a long weekend in Las Vegas. I loved it. But it wasn’t for me. It’s was too far too go for so few hours my jet lag is bad and I have been awake since 2am. Vegas was a lot more…
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3 beautiful books
List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? Just 3? Okay. A thousand splendid suns. Broke my heart. Beautiful book that taught me about Afghanistan and the women who live there. I loved this book, it taught me a lot. But, I must admit. I stopped reading just before the end. I…
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Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. We have lived in this house for almost two years now. And the garden has been my fortitude. Watching my husband get diagnosed with cancer and then brave through it was challenging and hard and the first few weeks I was so angry…
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Trust and communication
What quality do you value most in a builder? Wow I am struggling to write this post. My builder was a not so great a choice. we are constantly chasing him and we are now at the point where we may not want to continue with him. He lies. He mentioned that the plans had…
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Picking paint this week
What jobs to do? Some would think it was fun, some will think it’s stressful. I am half way in between. We went on a whirlwind trip to BnQ and bought some paint. Sadly it looks like the wrong one. this was a while ago. I want this room to be dark so my favourite…
Dysfunctional Planner
The joys of planning our small terrace house,travel and all that life throws at me
Dysfunctional Planner 