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Ready for Christmas! Obviously it'll be a busy day. #christmas #christmastree

Mince pies turned out rather nicely. #food #baking #pastry #homemade #traditional #english #christmas

We upgraded the Christmas lights this year. #christmas #celebration #traditional #christmaslights

Christmas cake iced, decorated and ready to scoff. #food #traditional #baking #cake #homemade #christmas

Two French loaves. Yum! #traditional #homemade #baking #food #bread

Home-made Cornish pasties! #food #cooking #baking #pastry #homemade #traditional #english

The deed is done. #vote #election2016 #strongertogether #voteforhillary

Curry spices. #cooking #cuisine #homemade #curry #gourmet #food #indianfood

Toad in the Hole. This is pork sausages in a Yorkshire pudding batter. Proper British food! #homemade #traditional #cuisine #gourmet

Quite chuffed with my latest creation. This is a Dundee cake made to a traditional recipe. #homemade #traditional #cake #baking #recipe #homebaking

Berber carpet from Morocco, detail. Carpet full size is about 3x5 feet. #carpet #rug #artisan #authentic #traditional #morocco #handicraft #weaving

Christmas cake is baked. I'll add a few drops of brandy every week until I ice it a few days before Christmas. #Christmas #food #baking #cake #dessert #traditional #homemade

Praying mantis on dahlia in my garden. #gardening #flower #nature #ecology #insect #mantis #predator

Rather pleased with my first tomato harvest this year! #garden #vegetable #organic #red #food #home

Dried fruit (raisins, currants, sultanas, candied peel & cherries) marinating in brandy for Christmas cake tomorrow. #food #cake #baking #tradition #british #cooking #gourmet

Vital ingredient for rich fruit cake that will become this year's Christmas cake! #food #ingredients #traditional #british #treacle #molasses (at Raleigh, North Carolina)

View from the other side of the balcony of our hotel room. #travel #Morocco #marrakech #hotel #palm (at Les Jardins de la Medina - Marrakech)