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The tomatoes are making up for lost time - I keep forgetting they're the standard 'Money Maker' variety, and won't grow as big as some of the bush species we've tried previously.
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You cannot move in our little hovel without tripping over cats or books. There are thousands of them - books - and four of them - cats. The books are piled behind doors, on chairs, cupboards, and as a last resort - up every available wall. Here is our big ginger female Clover, spilling over the carpet beneath towers of old children's books.
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