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… for Valentine’s Day

2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 16th 2025

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One Year On

I can’t believe that I have been volunteering at Attingham Park for a year. My first post shift walk (after a taster session) was on February 8th 2024 to see the snowdrops.
You can view the post here.

I haven’t walked after my shifts for a couple of months due to the lighting levels for driving home. [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2025

The fish was the main ingredient. I haven’t quite got the hang of photography angles in my new kitchen.

10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 7th 2025

I have had two days where I wasn’t in control of my own time.
My car broke down last week on the way home from a visit to mum in the care home where she is temporarily placed for medical assessment. My car couldn’t be repaired at the roadside and had to be recovered to my [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2025

I was home alone, the sun had its hat on and was calling me out on an adventure. I could only adventure from my doorstop due to my car being poorly. My car broke down a few days ago when I was driving home after visiting my mum who is currently in a care home [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 3rd 2025

…From the new kitchen

Zingy salmon, cubed potatoes and green beans.

The dining room wasn’t quite empty enough (from boxed kitchen items) for us to dine in there. Maybe tomorrow…

And for those who are curious this is how my hair turned out a couple of hours after my  recent visit to a local salon for a cut [...]

No Comments CherryPie on Jan 19th 2025

Friday
Today we had a houseful of workmen; kitchen fitter, working surface fitters, electrician and plumber. At one stage there were five people working in our confined kitchen space.
Everything was coming together just after lunch at about the time I was due to go out to go for a hair appointment. Mr C was ensconced in [...]

No Comments CherryPie on Jan 17th 2025

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