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Ham it up!

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Hello m' hearties, hope you are well. Please come in and enter the mad house and garden that is Long Mizzle...    I don't want to sound like Great Aunt Gertrude but I can't believe December is upon us already! Because I am so tight, sorry, thrifty , we don't go spending mad here. Heck, we haven't even had a proper Christmas tree for two years - just a twiggy installation. But we do like having silly fun making things. I stole my eldest daughter's flower press this week to preserve some of the lovely pansies blooming in the garden. Five layers of sandwiched pansies, card and paper. I'm not sure what we'll do with them yet. We could use them as alternate baubles (if stuck on card) or add them to our homemade pot potpourri or stick them on bookmarks... If you are unable to meet up with loved ones this Christmas, why not turn them, or yourselves into pebbles!?  IMPORTANT: VEGETARIANS PLEASE LOOK AWAY NOW!!! Something that has become a Christmas tradition at ...