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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Braised Oxtail with Mustard & Spring Onion Mash
So as today has remained Sunny but cold, and as soon as the sun went down colder still – I decided that I would use the slow cooker for dinner tonight . One of my favourite dishes top do in … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Family, Food, Life, Lodge
Tagged Braised Oxtail, Comfort food, english mustard, February, freshly ground black pepper, Life, Mash Potatoes, Mustard, Mustard Mash, Oxtail, recipies, Scallions, season, spring onion, Spring onions, Stew
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‘Now is the globe shrunk tight’- for baby Jennifer
Snowdrop by Ted Hughes Now is the globe shrunk tight Round the mouse’s dulled wintering heart. Weasel and crow, as if moulded in brass, Move through an outer darkness Not in their right minds, With the other deaths. She, too, … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Literature, Lodge, magic, Poetry, Seasons, Snow
Tagged February, frozen soil, Hope, Life, Lodge, outer darkness, pale head, season, Seasons, Snow, snowdrop, snowdrops, ted hughes
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Afternoon walk through ‘our back garden’..
I thought I would just share with you yesterday’s afternoon stroll through ‘our back garden’ The pictures say it all really Once again I feel we have been truly blessed to be one of the custodians of this wonderful … Continue reading
Garm of Hounds
The best of trees must Yggdrasil be, Skíðblaðnir best of boats; Of all the gods is Óðinn the greatest, And Sleipnir the best of steeds; Bifröst of bridges, Bragi of skalds, Hábrók of hawks, and Garm of hounds* Or as … Continue reading
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” – Edith Sitwell
February in the Lodge, and while we have had a somewhat strange winter up to now, it’s been rather mild and sunny, recently the nights have become colder, and we have woken each day to a distinctive frost. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, Life, Literature, Lodge, magic, moon, Seasons, Snow, Uncategorized
Tagged Asatru, beautiful sunrises, Bride, Brighid, Brigit, Candlemass, Cannon Hall farm, Dragon, Edith Sitwell, February, Imbolc, it is the time for home, Kids, king olaf, Lambs, Life, Lodge, Longship, Magic, Nose, Oimelc, olaf tryggvason, Raud the Strong, Seasons, Seidr, serpent, Snow, Viking, Wolf Moon
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Tales From The Under Gardener's Lodge 