New blog posts 23-30 September

[TheNewson]

The tray hating Countess Dowager is back in black and purple with her sardonic one-liners; Lady Cora's accent is as bemusing as ever: "I have a couple of air-ends (translation, errands)" while Molesley's comedy juggling of silverware could have secured him a place in Carson's theatre troupe, if not the Abbey.

thenews-on.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/whats-missing-from-downton.html

Hmm, try this link, sorry: thenews-on.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/whats-missing-from-downton.html

We have been harvesting from the hedgerows

kidsinthegarden.co.uk/harvest-from-the-hedgerows-a-tale-of-blackberry-picking/

Children And Animals- And Unwanted Pets?

I hate Mondays. Do you?

My discovery that a family holiday in Anglesey is just as good, if not better, than foreign climes!

A tale of 2 traybakes - and lots of apples

I blogged about FGM, it happens here too. thepiepatch.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/fgm-or-mutilating-womens-genitals/

Cheese

The local flower show with entries from our school allotment - too much fun. Really and truly a lot of fun. Honest.

Wondering what to put on an autumn cheeseboard? The experts show you the ropes in my latest post.

artifarti What a fantastic blog! If you look at the last sentence of my article here, it sums up my feelings on the matter!

A whole blog devoted to cheese, I shall get browsing!

Thanks alexpolistigers! Your blog's lovely too - I'm an English grad so love wordy stuff. My friend has a similar blog called Looking Glass Language. I'll tell her about yours.

Have you got a link for your friend's blog, artifarti? I would love to have a look!

I was terrified of the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I still sort of am.

www.microdictator.com/2013/09/25-i-wish-to-make-complaint.html

Were you? Are you still?

@artifarti, I know nothing about cheese but reading your blog makes me think I'm missing out. Perhaps I should get into wine too?

alex - it's lookingglasslanguage.com/

micro - cheese and wine, absolutely!

Super cute faces

Two new ones up

One an update, after a month and a half of no blogging, mostly about my new granddaughter! - lastmother.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/a-new-child-in-the-family/

And a post about the adoption statistics released every year, and how they can be misleading - lastmother.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/about-the-adoption-statistics/

The perfect daytime red lipstick.

thelondonmum.me/2013/09/25/daytime-red-lippy-sorted/

TheLondonMum

It's been a shouty few days, but I think we're turning a corner

Mexican Lasagne (yes, really) - quick, easy and the kids loved it - almost too much...

Surviving On The Breadline

skintdad.co.uk/surviving-on-the-breadline/

6 months in to blogging and what a surprising journey it's been for me.

The things I wish I'd been told about scans before I was pregnant...

bit.ly/15vUcEm

Why visit Liechtenstein?