I’ve been working very hard here at Frog Towers and think I could do with seeing a few of the lovely people I talk to on Twitter and through the Blog World. I hanker for Lily Pads new and distant pond water, so I’m planning a field trip. Well, not me in person you understand, I have to stay here otherwise Darling Husband would miss me terribly (ahem!) and who would man my desk an… » Continue Reading

If you want to describe an unpleasant aspect of the property rental business, Rachmanism is the word. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as the exploitation and intimidation of tenants by unscrupulous landlords. So, my dilemma recently was this. I had an email from my Letting Agent asking if I would kindly pay for the carpets to be cleaned in a property let to a Tenant whose bab… » Continue Reading

CHRISTMAS CAKE RECIPE. Ingredients: * 2 cups flour * 1 stick butter * 1 cup of water * 1 tsp baking  soda * 1 cup of  sugar * 1 tsp  salt * 1 cup of  brown sugar *  Lemon juice * 4  large eggs *  Nuts * 2  bottles wine * 2  cups of dried fruit Sample the wine to  check quality. Take a large bowl, check the wine again. To be sure  it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink. Repeat.  Turn o

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Me: Mrs Baker came in the shop today. Do you have any Bakers in your year? Middle Frog: Ah yes, the girls whose Great Grandfather was Ronnie Barker. Me: No,no! BAKER! Middle Frog: ……………………… (deep thinking going on)…….. we’ve got a Cook! sigh…