Dear So and So

Cor, it’s Friday. Don’t know how that happened. I spent a day and a half manning the tea stall at the school sports day along with various other lovely people. I met a couple of friends for lunch and the children were off school yesterday so we went to Waddesdon Manor with the children.

The expat goddess that is Kat at 3 Bedroom Bungalow shares her Dear So and So letters once a week and they always make me laugh. This week I’m tagging along too.

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Dear Garden,

Oh, you are looking lovely at the moment. We’ll ignore the fact that the grass is about a foot long again, thanks to the torrential rain last weekend. And the fact that the bindweed is strangling things. I hope whoever buys our house appreciates you.

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Dear The 1970s,

Brown polyester? Pageboy haircuts? Really?

No love,

Me (looking out old photographs for our move to Canada) (Thanks mum).

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Dear Betty,

Your book The 52 Seductions is wonderful. Funny, touching, naughty, romantic, real. It’s a testament to married life and it made me laugh out loud – lots of times. I hope you get to no1 on the bestseller list, and one day I can meet you and cackle. Like my lovely friend Hannah, I now have a bit of a crush on you.

Love and various other romantic implements,

R.

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Dear Canada,

Happy Canada Day! This time next year we’ll be celebrating in Calgary. Eek.

love and huge excitement and only a little bit of trepidation,

All six of us. And the dog. And the cat.

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Dear Book no2,

Don’t tell book no1, but I am SO excited about you that I could burst. You are going to be much darker, and probably quite a lot funnier than your predecessor. And having so many friends who are willing to help me with the research (cough) is great fun.

Bouncing with excitement,

R.

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Dear readers of Handmade Living Magazine (where I am featured this month), and the Mumsnet Bloggers Network (where I will be featuring from Monday 4th of July),

Hello! If you want to find out more about me, have a wander around the blog. You’ll find everything from how to keep chickens in your garden to how I write (and where) to me having a chat with India Knight and being featured in the Guardian and why I am a crap lifestyle blogger.

Love, and hope you decide to subscribe (little box over there) or add the blog on Facebook.

Rachael.

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Pop over to Kat’s place to read more letters. Have a lovely weekend!