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thebaywindowgirl

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Maker of jewellery, taker of photographs, and baker of scones, treating you to a flake of my life. She/her. Rural Northumberland. Left leaning union member. Love the outdoors, politics and current affairs, books, art, and music. There will be pictures of sheep. And cake.
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RolloTreadway, to random
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When my mother phones, and asks me if I've been up to anything, would be nice if she'd allow me to say more than one brief sentence before spending the next half hour talking about every single thing that has happened to her the previous few days.

thebaywindowgirl,
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@RolloTreadway This is EXACTLY what my mother does. Even if I try to say something, she talks over me. Is it a general mother thing, do you think?

thebaywindowgirl,
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@purplepadma @RolloTreadway I’m not sure if that’s better or worse.

RolloTreadway, to random
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You know how December is all about mince pies, and the run-up to Easter is all about hot cross buns?

There should be a special baked treat for every month in the year. Why isn't there? Why am I not enjoying a delicious April Cake or Spring Bun or whatever?

thebaywindowgirl,
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@sheepnik @RolloTreadway Lardy cake for June please, because that’s when we used to go on holiday to Devon and eat it.

thebaywindowgirl,
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@sheepnik @RolloTreadway and maybe a strawberry tart for july?

thebaywindowgirl,
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@sheepnik @helenclayton @RolloTreadway Thirded.

thebaywindowgirl,
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@helenclayton @sheepnik @RolloTreadway February is my birthday month, so may a nominate a much-missed French favourite of mine - flan.

https://thegoodlifefrance.com/recipe-for-flan-patissier-parisian/

thebaywindowgirl,
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@helenclayton @sheepnik @RolloTreadway aw, thank you. Clafoutis is lovely too, what month is cherry month?

thebaywindowgirl,
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@helenclayton @sheepnik @RolloTreadway I don’t think so. Any summery suggestions? Maybe something involving fudge ?

thebaywindowgirl,
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@helenclayton @sheepnik @RolloTreadway Tarte aux marrons for September?

https://www.elle.fr/Elle-a-Table/Recettes-de-cuisine/Tarte-moelleuse-aux-marrons-3596936

thebaywindowgirl, to random
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I’ve seen all the sheeps this afternoon

thebaywindowgirl, to random
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Got caught up in a bit of a traffic jam on the way home from work

thebaywindowgirl,
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@helenclayton It was very entertaining. The sheeps kept trying to eat the verge grass rather than head along the road in an orderly fashion.

thebaywindowgirl, to random
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I don’t know if anyone here is interested in this sort of thing, but I’m selling a small collection of vintage lead farm animals and figures. They make really cute little ornaments. Selling due to lack of commitment to dusting 😉
https://www.etsy.com/shop/bilberryandbirch?section_id=48556309

Colour photograph of a tableau of small lead farm animals, consisting of a bull, a cow, a calf, and a farmer.
Colour photograph of a tableau of small lead farm animals, consisting of jersey cows, milk churns, a manger, and a dairyman carrying pails.
Colour photograph of a tableau of small lead farm animals, consisting of several pigs and a pigsty.

thebaywindowgirl, to random
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Does anyone know of a generally accepted gender neutral alternative to saying ‘man-made’ please? Ta.

thebaywindowgirl,
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@Wen that was my first thought, but it’s in the context of manufactured goods, so not quite a fit.

RolloTreadway, to random
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I'm sorry, I know I've picked this song for various hashtags on a fairly regular basis - but if the theme is songs that give you , then I can't possibly overlook it. It's a piece that gives me goosebumps upon goosebumps.

The Unthanks - Mount the Air (live, with the eleven-piece band they were touring with at the time)
https://youtu.be/9atpx-u1juI

thebaywindowgirl,
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@Wen @RolloTreadway @DavidTanner We’ve seen them in various permutations, from a minimal acoustic set through to a chamber orchestra, and they’ve never been less than absolutely breathtaking.

thebaywindowgirl, to Bloomscrolling
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thebaywindowgirl, to random
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It actually wasn’t raining when I went out earlier (it is now), but everywhere is thoroughly wet and muddy, with water pouring off fields and hills. It’s really not been much of a spring so far.

Colour photograph of a swollen burn running through a grassy valley between gently sloping hills. The sky is cloudy.
Colour photograph of a dry stone wall running away from the viewer. To the left of it is a muddy track. To the right are grassy fields, gently rising to hills. The sky is cloudy.
Colour photograph of a dramatically grey and cloudy sky looming over a grassy hill, which is dotted with sheep, and bisected by a stone wall.

thebaywindowgirl, to random
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I spent most of my walk today complimenting sheep on the excellence of their lambs

purplepadma, to random
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Do you know what I’m going to do? No, you don’t, so I’m going to tell you. I’m going to take a bath, then I’m going to put on my brand new pyjamas which are very soft and a pleasing cerise colour, and take a nap in bed. I’ll skip the pub tonight.

thebaywindowgirl,
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@purplepadma This sounds like a most excellent plan, which could only be improved by the addition of snacks.

thebaywindowgirl,
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@purplepadma We have more mini eggs at work than we can possibly use, and I have their expiry date noted in my diary 🤣

thebaywindowgirl, to random
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Quite apart from the utter ludicrousness of frothing about a scone recipe, wtf is going on in the picture on the right? That dough is cookie thickness, there’s no way it’s going to rise into a decent scone.

thebaywindowgirl, to random
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I have personally toasted getting on for 100 toasties today, and I smell of cheese.

thebaywindowgirl, to animals
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I was accompanied on my walk by Willow, who belongs to our neighbours. We flushed several pheasants, spotted some deer, and both got rather muddy because, yes, it’s raining again.

purplepadma, to random
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Time to start cooking dinner. Frankly I am not in the mood and would rather eat crisps.

thebaywindowgirl,
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@purplepadma Could you not just eat the crisps?

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