Strawberry Wine Punch

Strawberry Wine Punch Do you have weeks where you feel like your head is barely above water?  I’ve had that kind of week.  It’s nothing specific weighing me down it is just lots of little things, normal life things. On Sunday we went up on the mountain to go trout fishing.  My oldest son had an overnight FFA camp to attend, so he didn’t go.  It is dawning on me slowly that...

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Sponsored review: Twinings Moroccan mint tea mojito

 Both Ro and I enjoy a good cuppa tea every once in a while. Mostly weekends, we try making all these different types of tea and enjoy it with some biscuits and such. I particularly love experimenting with it..like making a macaron flavour with it, different flavours of iced tea's with it, the occasional masala chai and our favourite the mint tea.I received a couple of boxes of Twinings tea to...

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Blackberry bramble

Finally summer is here (to stay I hope). Days are warm with highs of 20C and evenings are cool. Pleasant enough to sit out on the balcony and enjoy a beer. The pub near our house is almost always full and its impossible to get a seat outside. My flip-flops and skirts have come out of hibernation, but I'm not yet brave enough to venture out in shorts as the crazy winds are still around, reminding us...

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