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Dear friends, I hope you have all registered to vote and have encouraged your family and friends to do the same. Suffrage is a hard-won right and we should exercise it for the good of our neighbours. The little guy…

Dear friends, Every year this is what I look forward to in the garden the most: our rambling rose. It’s a riot of tiny blooms, smelling heavenly and covered in pollinators. It flowers for up to two weeks and gives…

Dear friends, We are very excited that our solar panels have been installed this week. A few tweaks are still required but it’s already working. With the weather what it is maybe we should consider a wind turbine as well!…

Dear friends, The news of the General Election took us all by surprise this week. If you are not yet registered to vote please consider doing so now and urge your family and friends to do the same. People have…

Dear friends, The last stop on our travels on the continent was Reims, the former coronation seat of France. We had no idea of the vastness of the cathedral and the richness of its decorations (see pictures). There are stained…

Dear friends, After our travels we are home again. As always it was great to be away and equally great to come back. God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd notes-20240512.pdf Weekly Notes Readings-20240512.pdf Weekly Readings

Dear friends, Our travels have taken us across Austria and we are now in the Czech republic. On our way we visited the heroes organ in Kufstein. Every day at 12 noon there is a 15 minute recital for the…

Dear friends, Greetings from lovely Sicily. The picture today is from a DOM church we visited Thursday evening. We learned that the dome was added during a 200-year period when it was used as a mosque. We also learned that…

Dear friends, The apple tree did us proud this year: an abundance of flowers made me decide to sacrifice some branches for an entry in the spring show of the Capel Horticultural Society and they won the class. Unfortunately the…

Dear friends, Four years ago we were in the first COVID lockdown. The picture of the wild garlic was taken of one of the many glorious walks around our villages. I will always remember the beautiful weather, the silence, the…