Nicola Miller

Hahaha same, none of them suitable for here

A relatively recent thing here in the UK. It's usually just chocolate Easter eggs

Madness

Bloody hell!!!

Little china hot cross bun- shaped tree ornaments with smiley faces

The rear view of the hot cross bun ornaments. They're inside a wicker display basket

A china ornament of a rabbit, hot cross bun style i.e. it is brown with a white cross. There's a string cord to hang it up with

Hot cross bun ornaments for what exactly I don't know

Blue- pink hellebore flowers

peach tree blossom ( pink)

A white ruffled ranunculus with a black heart

A primrose yellow ruffled ranunculus flower

More....

A pale pink camellia flower bud as it begins to unfurl

Magenta pink camellia flower with long yellow gold sepals

A raspberry pink double camellia flower as it begins to open

A cream ranunculus flower with raspberry and cerise- picotee edged flowers

Everything is waking up

Spanish PM "If we really care about Iranian women we need to stop blowing them up."

We tend to eat them straight from the bush so that doesn't matter so much

Hahaha

God she is disgusting

Tales of the Suburbs by John Grindrod review – an entertaining alternative history of queer Britain From London’s commuter belt to the country village gay club, these portraits of LGBTQ+ life are filled with humour, compassion and observational flair

Tales of the Suburbs by John Grindrod review – an entertaining alternative history of queer Britain

We were overrun with fruit last year. Took a while to get going but they were still cropping when we left for New Orleans mid-October

San Marzano is a great tomato

beautiful tomato

very. I lean towards costumes that are cobbled together from random bits

Tomato 'Black Cherry' is another star-patterned variety with a good yield.

Book deal announcement! My next book, The Little Book of Lemons, comes out in 2027 from Storey!

It’s full of history, recipes, folklore, home care, and a few lil’ lemon spells to bring the magic of lemons into your home. I can’t wait to share it with you!

It's incredibly refreshing, the kids eat them like apples

Last year's Green Zebras. They are citrussy and crisp, brilliant in salsas.

Our tomatoes 'stars' were far more obvious pigment-wise than the photos on the seed website. They looked amazing.

I do tend to choose according to name and pigment!

We had huge success with Indigo Rose last year, planted in our front garden so the neighbouring kids could pick them at will. Their colour drew so much attention (purple/red with a bright gold 'star' around the stem end). One kid called them 'Superhero tomatoes' because of this.

This year's tomato choices, all grown from seed:

Indigo Rose
Cherokee Purple
Green Zebra
Sart Reloise
Evil Olive
Shimmer

I seem to remember my niece going up book day wearing a plague mask she'd made secretly in her room. Think opportunities for subversion is one joys of this sort of event plus one of the things we learn via reading

It is a lot of work. I adore the costumes but recognise how stressful it can be.

this made me well up xx

Just peeled out of our bedroom window to see a Dalmatian, a pirate and various caped persons. Lovely.

A dalmatian! I love that.

Fortunately he's yet to receive any pushback, everyone seems to accept his sartorial choices. I expect he will one day because the Grey People don't like it when boys wear sparkles.