A Little Bit of British from Across The Pond

A Brit girl living in Penn's Woods, with an Off-Grid Cottage in the North Country. For lovers of gardening, books, crochet, teatime, travel, most of all kindred spirits.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Guard Your Daughters by Diana Tutton

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Hi Dear Folk, A book review of Guard Your Daughters by Diana Tutton.  I was wandering around Persephone Books and thought I saw her name ...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Victorian Tea at the Cairnwood Estate

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Hi Dear Folk, These last two weeks have whizzed by and I forgot to mention that we bought tickets to a Victorian Tea, hosted by WHYY whic...
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Saturday, December 10, 2016

Time To Make The Donuts

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Hi Dear Folk, Do you remember that old advert?   "Time to make the Donuts," put on by Dunkin Donuts.  Well it was my boss who ...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Classic Cartoon British Recipes

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Hi Dear Folk, I ran across these on the Persephone Blog and thought they were rather fun, all very classic Brit recipes. Bread and b...
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Sunday, December 4, 2016

Lattice Lace Wrap, Isle of Skye

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Hi Dear Folk, Working on my Lattice Lace Wrap, I love this yarn and it casts my mind back to a morning climbing over the rocks on the Isl...
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Saturday, December 3, 2016

The Joys of Working in Philly

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Hi Dear Folk, Where to start? First of all Blogger has a different behind the scenes face, which they've had for a while, but I jus...
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Thursday, December 1, 2016

SEPTA Trailpass and the Philly Gig

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Hi Dear Folk, Today is the day I start to use my Trailpass.  The name is totally misleading because it's a train pass, costs $163.00 ...
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Friday, November 25, 2016

Japaneses Straight Stitch Work on a Crazy Quilt

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Hi Dear Folk, It's been a contemplative quiet time off, grey skies, writing letters, listening to BBC Radio and crocheting.  I did ge...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Madame Solario by Gladys Huntington - Persephone Books

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Hi Dear Folk, I've just finished reading Madame Solario, just republished by Persephone Books.   As I read it from the original Ameri...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Five Tips to Solve Thread Tension Problems

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Five Tips to Solve Thread Tension Problems Use a brush to clean under the needle plate and in the bobbin case to remove any accumulate...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016

#20 Massachusetts State Quilt Square

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Hi Dear Folk, I was trying to precis my thoughts on Massachusetts.  For us to drive there is about four hours to the state line and five ...
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