In anticipation of summer, we are bottling ginger beer.  The bug has been growing on the window sill for a week now. Each morning we feed the yeasty mud with some more sugar and ginger.  Despite the sound of it, it is downright fascinating watching it bubble away. The first batch is bottled.  Tasting should be in a week, when summer finally arrives. ...

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  It is all about the little moments.  The calendar has turned, the decorations are coming out and we are counting down to Christmas.  We have a nightly tradition of advent calendar and Christmas stories before bed.  The candle is new for us.  We pop up between stories to check how far it has burnt, with a little line for each day. We...

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