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St. Gwladys
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quote:
Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
Merry Christmas from foie gras land everyone.

Although not so much foie gras for me this time...

End of year announcement: I AM HAVING A BABY.

Be afraid, be very afraid [Snigger]

Congratulations!

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Our D-in-L is supposed to be having a baby ... but no news yet although said infant was "due" on Christmas Eve. We constantly anticipate the phone ringing!
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Amen to that - congratulations, and best wishes!

[Smile]

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(My former post was for LVER, but [Votive] for BT's D-in-L, too!)

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Curiosity killed ...

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Congratulations la vie en rouge - when are you due? And congratulations to the Baptist Trainfan, grandfather to be.

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quote:
Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
End of year announcement: I AM HAVING A BABY.

[Yipee] [Yipee] [Yipee] [Yipee] [Yipee]

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Congratulation LVER

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Huge congratulations, La Vie and M. Rouge! [Yipee]

Look after yourself - lots of lovely Good French Food (but right enough, maybe best to lay off the foie gras for a wee while*).

quote:
Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Well, if you insist on living in those Northern Latitudes ...

Actually, I'm about 5 degrees further south than you ... [Big Grin]

The driveway chez Piglet has now been ploughed, which is a Good Thing - we're going to get a taxi into town soon to pick up the Pigletmobile. However, it did afford our nomadic wheelie-bin another little jaunt - when I went out to shovel the path, it was lying at a rather drunken angle on top of the snow-bank left by the plough. [Big Grin]

* Just as well I never had a litter of piglets - I'd hate not to be able to eat pâté!

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Pm me your mailing address, vie, and I'll send you a baby blanket -- my knitting specialty.

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Many Congratulations, LVER, that's excellent news [Big Grin] [Axe murder]

Very low key Boxing Day here at Chez Arachnid. The frozen duck purchased for Christmas Day remained frozen, so we ate belated Christmas dinner today. One way of making the pleasures of the festive season last longer...

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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Well, if you insist on living in those Northern Latitudes ...

Actually, I'm about 5 degrees further south than you ... [Big Grin]
Amazingly true!!
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quote:
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Pm me your mailing address, vie, and I'll send you a baby blanket -- my knitting specialty.

Awwww you are the kindest lady in the world [Axe murder]

I'm actually allowed foie gras in small quantities (but not more because of the vitamin A). What I'm mostly feeling bummed about is the cheese. I can't have any raw milk cheeses, which in France means *all the good stuff*. I'd murder for a bit of Roquefort.

Oh well, it's in a good cause...

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Congratulations la vie en rouge! [Smile] [Smile] When is the infant due??

Sorry about the cheese. Know how you feel. Not much you can do about it except cross to the other side of the road!!

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We have snow. Still descending, currently settling on the grass, roofs and fences. We had about an hour of a beautiful white world, complete with large decorative flakes, but now it has turned to slush on the pavements and road.

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Just rain here.....on, and on, and on.

Dampness and sogginess everywhere.

[Disappointed]

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Have had some snow - large wet flakes melting into the wet ground. Some faster flurries rushing about aimlessly. It is very cold out trying to take pictures of the stuff with no gloves 'cos they were in the other coat's pocket.
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It's FREEZING here. The hills around us have a smattering of the White stuff, but nothing has stuck on the roads and pavements, thank goodness.

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Yes, I can see the snow on the hills ... went down to Sully this morning and could see there was some on Exmoor, too. I've just had a Bracing Walk to the supermarket (home by bus!)
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quote:
Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
I can't have any raw milk cheeses, which in France means *all the good stuff*. I'd murder for a bit of Roquefort.

I wonder how many murders have been down to maternal cravings?

Congratulations.

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quote:
Originally posted by Penny S:
... It is very cold ...

quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
... It's FREEZING...

It's -15°C here, and feeling like -27 with the wind-chill.

It's actually a beautiful day - not a cloud in the sky, but still ... And it's forecast to go down to -22° tonight, feeling like -33.

I'll just leave that there for a moment. [Devil]

We may be planning a slight Expotition for the purposes of retail therapy: with one thing and another (pulled muscles, weather, work) D. didn't get round to getting me a Christmas pressie, so I'm going to investigate the sales. I'm happy enough with that - why wouldn't I want to get something for $35 now that would have been $98 last week?

I also need to get a few bits and bobs of groceries - oatmeal for making the haggis at the weekend, chicken-livers if I can find any* (for pâté manufacture) and sundry other things.

* Chicken-livers seem to be in very short supply at the moment: I've been asking for them for weeks and all the shops are saying they can't get them. They've got plenty of chickens, who presumably at some point had livers ...

[Confused]

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A bit parky here now - Frost and Ice are forecast for tomorrow morning, along with Sun-Shine later.
[Big Grin]

A good friend gave me a home-made Christmas hamper, containing ( inter alia ) some very nice French CHEESE. Sorry I am indeed not to be able to share it with la vie en rouge.....but seriously, Madame, are you forbidden even the tiniest smidgin of CHEESE?

The hamper also contained some cans of SOUP, including Stilton and Broccoli. I don't normally care for broccoli, but this SOUP was delicious, to say the least, being thick, warming, and nourishing. I shall venture out soon, and see if I can find some more!

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Yay for baby en rouge!!!
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BF, as you're obviously quite a connoisseur of SOUP, why not have a go at making your own? Along with baking bread, it's one of the most therapeutic things you can do in the kitchen, and it's really dead easy.

You can buy cartons of fresh stock (thereby avoiding cubes) and almost anything you've got lurking in the fridge can go in, especially if you invest in a hand blender (or whizzy-whizz to use the technical name [Big Grin] ), as you can make a creamy SOUP which will disguise any ingredients you might not usually like. And don't worry about making more than you need - most will freeze beautifully in single-portion containers and re-heat in the microwave.

When we were house-sitting last winter, the owners had left quite a bit of food in the house (which they expected us to eat), including some broccoli and Stilton, which I turned into SOUP that impressed D. no end, as he normally hates broccoli with a vengeance*.

Retail therapy has been achieved, and I got a cape with a hood (I absolutely hate hats, and don't possess any, but with the sort of winters we get here you really need a head-covering), a pair of leggings and a couple of pairs of tights, and because the shop was having a rather spectacular sale, I got the whole lot for less than the ticket-price of the cape on its own. I also got a couple of vouchers for $50 off if you spend $100, which is a pretty damn good deal, so more therapy will have to ensue ... [Smile]

* One of D's criteria for a good restaurant is somewhere that can make SOUP that he likes out of ingredients that he doesn't.

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That cape sounds good Piglet, very useful for your sort of winters.
My sister in law and I hit the sales with my mother yesterday trying to find her a dress for her upcoming 90th birthday party. We found something half-price that looked fabulous, Weill it looked fab when we'd parted her from her vests. Chiffon and thermal underwear is not a good look.

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Drizzle here in Heidelberg - just the same as at home. But I'm about to join my son for breakfast, so the weather doesn't matter. It's lovely to see him.

[Big Grin]

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Felicitations LVER! Lovely news.

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quote:
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That cape sounds good Piglet, very useful for your sort of winters. [...]

It's the Cape of Good Hope! [Yipee]

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Groan....... [Razz]

Thanks for the advice re SOUP, O Piglet, but that involves Cook Ing, which I'm not really into at the moment, owing to a severe case of Terminal Inertia.

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Just back from a lovely day looking at churches with 11th century wall paintings. It's been glorious weather in our little corner, very cold and sunny, and we've had a lovely drive through the countryside as well. Now sitting down with a Nice Cup of Tea.

M.

P.S., meant to add, congratters, LaVenR

[ 28. December 2017, 16:00: Message edited by: M. ]

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Yes, it's been a lovely day of Sun-Shine here as well. Church-crawling sounds like a good idea for a day such as this, as, of course, does a Nice Cup Of Tea.

I await the completion of the cooking of a couple of tasty Chicken Kievs in the Episcopal Range, together with the customary Baked POTATO. There is still a quantity of fine French CHEESE to follow, and I have treated myself to a cut-price (but still quite acceptable) bottle of PORT.

Speaking of which reminds me of a wonderful but all-too-brief holiday in Lisbon many years ago. On our return, Mrs. BF and I managed to smuggle into Ukland a dozen or more bottles of wonderful vintage PORT to share with our neighbours. O, the memories! The bottles lasted about a week, as our neighbours had (by chance) obtained a quantity of smelly, but piquant, Bavarian CHEESE (known colloquially as Stinkkaese), to which the PORT was an ideal complement.

Ah, happy days!

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We visited Chepstow castle in glorious sunshine, the shadow of every stone chiselled out in shadow. Then a Nice Pub Lunch followed by a lovely drive through a snowy Forest of Dean. The M4 home was less exciting, but quick!
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In 1980, my mum and dad bought a second-hand Merc dormobile in which, over the following 15 years or so, they proceeded to traverse the length (and a good bit of the breadth) of Europe. Returning from their wanderings each year, they'd bring back considerably more Interesting Bottles than was strictly permitted under the law, the excess ones being stashed away in all the little nooks and crannies with which such vehicles are so amply furnished.

D. knew of someone (a music professor and wine buff) who adapted his dormobile for just such a purpose, with every little space suitably padded to accommodate wine bottles.

Proper thing too. [Smile]

It seems rather sad that if this whole Brexit bollocks happens, such things might not be possible any more. [Frown]

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quote:
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Returning from their wanderings each year, they'd bring back considerably more Interesting Bottles than was strictly permitted under the law, the excess ones being stashed away in all the little nooks and crannies with which such vehicles are so amply furnished.

D. knew of someone (a music professor and wine buff) who adapted his dormobile for just such a purpose, with every little space suitably padded to accommodate wine bottles.

This is OK until the springs bend so much that the vehicle's floorpan drags along the ground or the clutch disintegrates on the slightest of gradients ... [Devil]
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They weren't smuggling quite that much ... [Devil]

Then again, that may have been why they got a Merc - they're built like brick privies. [Big Grin]

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Well, smuggling is a long-established Folk Industry in this part of Ukland, being so close to France....

Old Kipling put it rather well in this little rhyme...

(I do hope this doesn't offend Ship protocol - I'd hate to be cast overboard at this late stage of the voyage).

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You’re fine giving a link BF. It’s them as what posts large chunks of possibly copyright material as gets jumped on.

Loved the link. I haven’t seen that in many a year and enjoyed reading it with my breaqkfast coffee.

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Grandson born at 7.05 pm! All seems well. [Smile]
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quote:
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Grandson born at 7.05 pm! All seems well. [Smile]

Congratulations!

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Grandson born at 7.05 pm! All seems well. [Smile]

Congratulations and best wishes to all.

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Baptist baby [Yipee] [Yipee]

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Yes, hearty congrats to BT's D-in-L, and all the family. Have they chosen a name? 'Noel' would seem appropriate (or 'Stephen', or 'John', or 'Thomas', from the saints commemorated this week.... [Two face] ).

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No, none of them (but I'm not telling what ...) "Noel"/"Noelle" were ruled out at an early stage, I note that no-one has suggested the highly seasonal name of "Herod" [Devil] .

Thanks to all for kind comments.

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Curiosity killed ...

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Congratulations, Baptist Trainfan and daughter-in-law.

Glorious day here yesterday, too, but I missed it. Having finally finished cleaning all my daughter's possessions that could possibly clean and recycling / decluttering / otherwise removing those we could not, I slumped into a heap. We thought we'd finished, but opened the storage crate of fabric and dressmaking, which added to washing and recycling piles.

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quote:
Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Grandson born at 7.05 pm! All seems well. [Smile]

Congratulations all!

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Welcome to the world, little Baptist grandson [Axe murder]

We celebrated The Intrepid Grandson's second birthday on Boxing Day - Master S had made, and his Lovely Wife decorated, the most spectacular chocolate orange cake. When he lifted the cake tin off it, the very soft WOW that the Grandson made, plus the awed expression on his face, made Master S his slave for life [Axe murder]

Mrs. S, rejoicing in the youngest generation

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That's wonderful, congratulations, BT. Welcome to the littlest Trainfan. [Axe murder]

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Yes, I shall have to take him to Kings Cross forthwith - one can't start the education too early!
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Congratulations BT. My husband, whose birthday is this week, was named after the most popular Christmas saint. His brother, birthday next week, got Simeon as a middle name.
Also huge congrats to LVER and M. Rouge. as well as no cheese or fois gras I guess you won't be depleting your wine cellar much either.

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Congratulations, Grandpa BT, and welcome Baby Trainfan! [Yipee]

If he's going to be a Trainfan, why not call him Isambard? [Big Grin]

The view from the château is beautifully wintery, but alas, so is the weather: it's currently -15°, and a forecast of several more inches of sn*w next week.

C'est la chuffing vie ... [Big Grin]

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Yes, Isambard Kingdom Baptist-Trainfan does have quite a ring to it!

What's all this about King's Cross, though?

Paddington, surely.......

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