tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post5911238437233111693..comments2024-03-08T17:06:56.189+00:00Comments on mrs miniver's daughter: maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-1633351511047040002012-08-13T21:38:59.680+01:002012-08-13T21:38:59.680+01:00Thanks Mary, I was forced to make a second batch o...Thanks Mary, I was forced to make a second batch of Apricot Jam yesterday, as the farmer told me mid August would be the earliest before we can pick. Usually there are only enough for a pie when I get home in September :-) Jude xscrumptious dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-72461497792673720252012-08-13T15:36:43.248+01:002012-08-13T15:36:43.248+01:00Not quite ripe, Jude, the ones I tasted were very ...Not quite ripe, Jude, the ones I tasted were very sour - so there's plenty left for youmaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-62970123115677350852012-08-11T22:49:41.771+01:002012-08-11T22:49:41.771+01:00Hope you didn't pick too many blackberries! T...Hope you didn't pick too many blackberries! They are two weeks late here in Brittany, so I'm rather hoping they are late in Richmond too, i'd love to compare Breton and Ham Jam!<br />You're post made me feel quite nostalgic, and I'm relieved to hear the meadows are being cut, the grass was getting long before we left,( I'm not 100% sure where you were, it I know the swathes of river meadows between Kew and Kingston are cut at about the same time)<br />J xscrumptious dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419573938670000694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-18851536524663218172012-08-11T12:43:27.272+01:002012-08-11T12:43:27.272+01:00I've just started it and so far it's going...I've just started it and so far it's going well, Darlene - but I've only read a few pages. I struggled with Mrs Dalloway, which I've read several times before and enjoyed, but it depressed me this time ... that feeling of the passing of years, which must have washed over me when I was younger!maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-73417534302642864542012-08-11T11:53:24.705+01:002012-08-11T11:53:24.705+01:00Six am this morning is much dimmer than it was las...Six am this morning is much dimmer than it was last week, Mary. <br /><br />How are you liking Jacob's Room? Simon suggested it as my next Woolf read.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.com