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Being unable to join in a game of cards means you are immediately cut-off from even the most casual of social interactions.  Cards are at the core of many local activities whether it’s  a whist drive, a bridge club, a Gin Rummy group or just fun within the family. I...

This is a temporary page. All playing card packs contain 52 cards ( the four suits Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades,) Each having cards numbered 2 to 10, plus Ace, King, Queen and Jack. And there are 2 Jokers, one red and the other yellow. There are a choice of three...

Classical Music Classical Music is a style of western art music characterised by complexity and formality, associated with the European period 1750 – 1830, primarily a written tradition since the 9th century.  Now all dusted and polished. Contemporary Classical music covers the following years and embraces post 1945, modern forms...

Spring / Summer 2025 Vegetables THE PRESENT PLAN IS BASED ON: Bought-in Plants:  – Brassica Selection for cropping by 30 June (N9) – DT Brown Onion Sets * – Potatoes – (pots & bags)  Our own seedlings: Red Cabbages (N9) Spinach Recent Seeds Sown: Spring Onions (N10) Aquadulce Broad Beans...

Winning, Nov 2024 Update The improvements: Smartphones are smarter; when switched off, by voice I can tell it to call a particular person or to open a new email; switch itself on by fingerprint or facial recognition (very quick); more useful search results (BARD/Chat GPT); dictate emails, documents, diary details...

Classical Music – Sept 20 Yes we did have some popular piano music, some Liszt and some Chopin plus a brief session of Scott Joplin. Next time the theme is “Does this count as c;assical music? To make it easier, people can send me an email with a hyperlink to...

CM, Notes from 16 Aug exploration – Beethoven  Everyone brought a CD from Beethoven’s work, which was probably guaranteed to introduce us to some new works. For me this was Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.32, his last. Ithink I have...

9 August 2024, Today’s Notes   9 Aug, Ideas we discussed Sow now  – Cupidon dwarf French Beans,   – Xmas potatoes – Possibly Spinach – Possibly Winter leeks What vegetable for overwintering Onion sets Garlic Shallots Chard Aguadulce Broad Beans Spinach Selected brassicas Quadgrow Watering System, Cliff has already...

Is it damson or blackcurrant jam? Raspberry or strawberry? Yellow Plum or Rhubarb? With caffeine or is it decaf? I am actually using the DYMO label printer to do my own labels for my seed trays e.g, beetroot, spinach, Cha Cha squash and lots more. I produce the label, suing...

What a wonderful and challenging experience When I started the Classical Music group I realised that I didn’t know enough. One of our group is a clarinetist so as a courtesy I looked into that. Then I started thinking about violinists and this has been, and still is, a real...