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| On one of the few days of summer, Ben and I went to Audley End. We went by bus from Cambridge to Saffron Walden - it takes an hour, winding through several very attractive villages and countryside - from where we walked to Audley End. No photography allowed in the house unfortunately. |
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| A magnificent display of potted plants in one of the greenhouses in the kitchen garden. |
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| A real radiator - in the coach house of all places! |
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| We went to the Pompeii exhibition at the British Museum. Lots of fascinating things including some carbonised Roman loaves. No photography allowed so when I got home I made my own - not too carbonised though! |
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| Too cold for gardening so I resorted to baking on Friday... |
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| and then knitting, using up some oddments left over from other projects. Maybe next weekend it will be gardening as planned. There's a limit on how many pairs of gloves anyone needs! |
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| Hector's friend, the Easter Bunny, visited Cambridge on 24 March 2013 |
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| Nowhere to hide! |
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| He wasn't impressed! |
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| Snow outside but the narcissi given to me by Rosemary and Chris were in full flower indoors |
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| The bamboo are taking over. I shall have to do some serious thinning in the spring! |
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| Ben and I visited the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace to see the exhibition of Dutch paintings. It was just before Christmas so the royal decorations were up; spot the crowns! |
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| The Victoria Monument, against a rare blue sky! |
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| Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Monument |
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| Trafalgar Square |
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| When we got home from France, I picked 4kg of tomatoes and we've had another 6kg since with more to come if the weather improves. |
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| I tried some Italian varieties this year including some very weird ones! |
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| I can't match the Brighton ones. My best is 2.39m - not bad considering that I'd not pampered them or staked them. |