We’ve had a very productive Half Term… Whilst the grass may still be damp, even waterlogged, a couple of days of fabulous sunshine over the last week has permitted a…
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We’ve been thinking about cycles this week… Not bicycles, though we love those too, but life cycles in animals and plants, the cycles of the seasons and, of course, recycling…
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Welcome back to Hen Corner, especially to new visitors since our recent feature in The Guardian. I know that the children went back to school last week, but I’m going…
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Welcome back to Hen Corner, especially to new visitors since our recent feature in The Guardian. I’m a firm believer that Christmas continues until the twelfth night and remain in…
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‘Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.’* *Henry James Like children gazing out of the window into the…
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‘A bee is never as busy as it seems; it’s just that it can’t buzz any slower.’* *Kin Hubbard I normally do tend to pack a lot into my time,…
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‘He was as fresh as is the month of May.’* *Geoffrey Chaucer We, like many other families across the country, are approaching GCSEs and this quote, above, is from the…
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‘Don’t just count your years, make your years count.‘* *George Meredith ‘I need a logo for the chutneys that I’m making as Christmas presents’ I said back in December 2009……
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‘Life is the flower for which love is the honey’* *Victor Hugo Those who read our last post will know that we’ve recently been to Cornwall, staying in a lovely…
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‘In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.’* *Aristotle As the Easter holidays begin and the clocks have sprung forward to usher in the longer days, we…