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Annie Dear: Where’s the ‘magic sponge’ when you need it?
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Are any of you soccer fans? My ex used to play for one of the universities in Sydney, and I remember many a very cold morning standing on the sidelines of various soccer pitches around New South Wales for many years.
He was extremely good, and, despite being a ringer – not having attended that particularly fine institution of higher learning, and despite being older than most of the players – he could put on a spurt of speed which would leave his opponents wondering what just shot by them.
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Meanwhile, back with singing the joys of spring, tra la, I bravely ventured forth unto the nursery the other day so I could refill my extremely sorry looking pots with all things floral and herbal.
That sounds a whole lot grander than the reality – I have two herb pots and two flower pots, and I must admit they run the gamut of my expertise in gardening.
I have thyme and chives – the thyme for the time (pardon the pun) when I cook steaks on the stove rather than the barbecue, and the chives for when I make my award-winning, positively mouth-watering scrambled eggs (recipe will be provided upon application).