‘Tis the season to be jolly

‘Tis the season to be jolly! Bhaubeej, Bodhi day, Chahar Shanbeh Suri, Chinese New Year, Christmas, Diwali, Eid ul-Adha, Groundhog day, Hannukkah, Hogmanay, Hogswatch night, Holiday, Imbolc, Inti Raymi, Karachun, Kwansolhaneidmas, Kwanzaa, Lupercalia, Matariki, Modranect, Navratri, Sadeh, Samhain, Saturnalia, Tu Bishvat, Winter Solstice, Yalda, Yule. Numerous religious and secular festivals are celebrated in the depths [...]

Delightful damselflies

Damselflies differ from dragonflies in that their wings are normally held along and parallel to the body when at rest. The forewings and hindwings are usually similar and without the broadening towards the tip normally found in the wings of dragonflies. They tend to be smaller, weaker fliers than dragonflies with two separated eyes. This [...]

Savoury and sweet: take a gill of milk and a dozen eggs.

Gill made this recipe book to complement the one made by Mark for our younger son when he went to college age 17. That one contained simple recipes for an impoverished student, and family favourites within his budget and cooking skills. This one is for the more “Beatonesque” recipes that require a larger budget and [...]

Sweet and sour: (on your) Marks, get set, Cook!

Mark made this recipe book originally for our younger son when he went to college in Cardiff at age 17. It contained simple recipes for an impoverished student, and family favourites within his budget and cooking skills. He added a couple of his own favourites and within a year had an arrangement with friends where [...]

Delectable dragonflies

Dragonflies have large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies are similar to damselflies, but the wings of most adult dragonflies are held away from, and perpendicular to, the body when at rest. I will make a companion book for damselflies, but please keep this book for a celebration [...]

Don’t stop me now!

Home-made and bound book, by tennantfamily This is a journal for all those “bees in your bonnet”, the things that become obsessions, or you can’t get out of your head. Please relist this journal as soon as you receive it, it will encourage you to make your entry quickly and get it under way again, [...]

Anything and Everything American, Southwest Edition, Git Along, Little Doggies

This is a journal for anything and everything American – Southwestern style!!!! This is one of a series of international journals. Feel free to create, draw or write anything that inspires you, in any medium you’d like. Please don’t alter the work of others. Do feel free to add to the cover or the end [...]

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