Mrs C and the kids blitzed the garden today. Son went spare on a tree that grew happenstance from a seed from a now disappeared tree that used to hang over from the house that backs on to our back. It is now an ex-tree.

Daughter went nuts at the spiky shrub in the corner which I quite like and the dog has a little 'den' in there. She also hacked at the neighbours' creeping brambles (on two of three sides) and Mrs C was in and out the same and like jobs with them.

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Late report for Saturday (it was Saturday, wasn't it?) as I had a quite pleasant day. I've baked the last two or three weekends and today, my daughter wanted in on the job, so we made the stock brownies and a double batch of easy biscuits. Bit of a twist by making the brownies with some Chocolate Orange in there but they're bang on. Her kitchen skills are improving no end so next I'll teach her to wash the dishes she creates...

In the fifties' role reversal we had going on in the...

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