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Book collection

Happy Saturday to you all! Here's a picture of my Clothbound classics collection. Aren't they just beautiful! Which books do you collect? Or would you like to c...

Shake shack

The weekend is close and this calls for a catch up with friends over shake shack! I don't eat much junk ie burgers and fries but as they say everything in moder...

Jane Austen... 200 years

Today is the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death. One of my favourite English novelist whose books, set among the English middle and upper classes, are wel...

Friday night

Friday night in, movie night and cheese and crackers! I'd love to hear about your plans! Xo...

100 followers

I've reached over 100 followers! Thank you all. I hope you continue to enjoy my posts and please do comment and like! It's late evening here in London Town. I'm...

Happy Monday all

Happy Monday to you all, I hope you have a wonderful week. Any nice plans? I'll be working on a big case this week at work, meeting up with friends for dinner a...

Urban homesteading .... giving it a try!

Urban homesteading is practicing self-sufficiency through home food production and simple living in a city or suburban environment. I live in a big city, London...

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday all! I hope you have that Friday feeling like I do. The end of the working week deserves a yummy sit down breakfast and any excuse for me to use my...

Clothbound classics

I love collecting pretty things; pretty tins, vintage teacups, crockery and books! I am currently collecting penguin cloth bound classics. The beautiful clothbo...

Summer delight

With the weather here in London Town roasting it's sometimes hard to decide what to eat, you're to hot, you can't be bothered... The perfect summer snack for me...

Tea time

End of the working day means it's time for tea and baklava. Plus any excuse to use my pretty Emma Bridgewater mug and plate. The pattern is called scattered ros...

White lies and wishes

I've just finished reading White lies and wishes by Cathy Brambly. Cathy is one of my favourite chick lit authors and if you're after an easy going just want to...

Another Eid treat ..

https://steemitimages.com/DQmNvDWWGMiXrYyzq1gXqsJj9aGmMpAYVXTmEg7euopQsvx/image.jpg Another Eid treat we make is called Samsa. These are flio pastry triangles f...

Triple Chocolate Brownies

We had a little party at work for one of our colleagues who is going on maternity leave - so it was the perfect chance for me to do some baking! I decided to ba...

Baklava

https://steemitimages.com/DQmQYnGC8PYvqDuy6kVC7ccm1e2aZvKnxriSmYgdzRXm8x3/image.jpg With Eid around the corner many households around the world will be preparin...

My current read

I love reading! I'm a book worm and have been since I could first read words :-) I'm mainly in to fiction, chick lit, a little crime (Agatha Christie) fantasy a...

Summer fruits 🍓🍓

The hot weather in London Town continues with temperatures reaching 30 degrees. Instead of moaning about it I guess we should just embrace it! I'm sure this tim...

Hot weather in London Town

It's sooo hot in London Town! So cold drinks and crisps it is! I'm a Autumn / Winter person! It's all about the Hot drinks, chunky jumpers and cardies, hot pudd...

Indoor picnic

With the weather warming up sometimes the best dinners are having an indoor picnic! We have here picnic staples; sandwiches, crisps, salad and yummy homemade sa...

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is one of my favourite books and covers the themes of the decline of the American dream, the spirit of the 1920s, the difference between social...