Our Aga is being serviced next week. Apparently, after an Aga is serviced, they have then switched on again for the Winter. This caused some consternation in our household. ‘It’s not even Autumn yet!’ I cried. ‘Yes it is,’ countered Ailsa, citing the astronomical calendar. She’s very good at evidence-based arguments. As it turns out, …
It’s nearly 10 months since we moved to Somerset. Life is beginning to take shape: Ailsa has a job here, Lewis starts at the local primary school in September (where did that time go??) and Rory the pre-school. We’re exploring the new surroundings and can now make it to the shops for milk without the …
It’s weird not growing veg*. I’ve struggled to get my beds built as quickly as I thought. When we moved to Somerset in December, I was confident that rescuing the back of the garden from the abyss and turning the space into a vegetable patch would be a doddle. I’d done it once, I could …
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