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A Year At Oak Cottage

A Year At Oak Cottage

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My life as a personal chef on a country estate, living in a cottage and getting to pursue all my culinary fantasies at someone else's expense...

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  • Sometimes I get goodies!!!

    Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 00:05

    A week or so ago, there was a knock on the door about mid afternoon, which sent our Jess into a real tizzy. It's so wierd, she is such a meek and mild dog, but let the post man or a delivery person knock on our door and she turns into White Fang . ....

  • Sometimes you get diamonds . . . sometimes you get dust . . .

    Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 02:31 in meat, comfort foods

    I've had to do some hard thinking lately. I'm a big dreamer and sometimes my dreams get me into a spot of trouble. I just love painting and creating as you know. There is always some sort of little character playing around in my head . . . all I ...

  • Thursday\'s Ponderings . . .

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 00:17 in vegetarian, vegetables, side dishes

    A Thanksgiving Day editorial in a newspaper told of a school teacher whom had asked her first graders to draw a picture of something that they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children, which came from a very poor neighbourhood, a...

  • Today . . .

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 00:30 in holidays, vegetables, celebrations, poultry, side dishes

    My thanks comes easily when all is going well, and the sun is shining down upon my world and all those that I love . . . when joy is easy to hold and to touch, and right within my grasp . . .Yes, it is easy to be thankful when all is right . . . but ...

  • Short but sweet . . . hopefully!

    Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 02:21 in cakes

    "Train your minds and your hands that you may be equipped to serve well in the society of which you are a part. Cultivate the art of being kind, of being thoughtful, of being helpful. Refine within you the quality of mercy which comes as part of th...

  • The Simple Woman\'s Day Book . . .

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 00:33 in vegetarian, vegetables, soups and stews, the simple woman's day book

    FOR TODAY, November 23rd, 2009 ...Outside My Window... It is dark and very, very windy. It's also raining. It looked on the weather forecast last evening like we have strong winds and rain with us for another week. Cumbria has been devastated b...

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A beautiful blog!

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