Monthly Archives: July 2012

Family History Through The Alphabet Challenge: I is for….

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Julie Goucher

On the back of the A-Z April Challenge, the lovely folk at Gould Genealogy devised another challenge – Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge. Each week, we work through the letters of the alphabet sharing perhaps an elusive ancestor, a favourite or particular … Continue reading →

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Family History Through The Alphabet Challenge: H is for….

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Julie Goucher

On the back of the A-Z April Challenge, the lovely folk at Gould Genealogy devised another challenge – Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge. Each week, we work through the letters of the alphabet sharing perhaps an elusive ancestor, a favourite or particular … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday 134

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Julie Goucher

I have missed the last few Sepia Saturdays, not intentional, life has taken over! The moment I saw the prompt for this week I knew exactly which photograph to use from our family archive. This was taken in early 1947 … Continue reading →

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Weekend Cooking – Little Paris Kitchen by Rachel Khoo

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Julie Goucher

Carrying on from last week’s post  and an post from last Monday – this is another joint weekend cooking and Paris in July post The author reveals that she leaves London to undertake a course at a well known cooking … Continue reading →

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Library Loot – 13th July

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Julie Goucher

Last week when I was having a wonderful time wandering around the local library I noticed a poster advertising that soon we could download library books. I had planned on visiting the library as the book I reserved has now … Continue reading →

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100 Word Challenge – Week 49

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Julie Goucher

Joining the weekly 100 words challenge for Grown ups. This week the prompt is to use the following prompt. Total word allowance – 100 + 10 words of the prompt. ….Murray was just about to serve for the Championship when…  The only … Continue reading →

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Memories of Renior, Monet and Piaf

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Julie Goucher

Back in the Summer of 1985 I visited the Hayward Gallery in London to see the Renoir Exhibition. I do still have a selection of postcards and the exhibition guide from that visit 27 years ago. I phoned the friend … Continue reading →

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The Twitter Diaries by Imogen Lloyd Webber & Georgie Thompson

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Julie Goucher

The story follows the new friendship of @TuesdayFields and @StellaCavill who meet at a party on New Years Eve in New York. Over the next 12 months they share a daily communication using Twitter direct messages. Despite the miles and … Continue reading →

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A Murder in Harlem by G.Miki Hayden

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Julie Goucher

A short story of a couple from Ghana who live in Harlem. The husband then sends for a second wife, who the couple pass off as their daughter. Then the man who lives in the flat below them is brutally … Continue reading →

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Weekend Cooking – Little Paris Kitchen by Rachel Khoo

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Julie Goucher

Carrying on from last week’s post  I thought that I would share a further recipe from this delightful book. Despite the fact that it is July and apparently a UK summers day it is miserable, chilly and wet, or at least … Continue reading →

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