We aren’t Brits, anyway, not yet. But we celebrate today the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with an Union Jack cake and some sparkling wine.
Hubby was very happy with his favorite kind of cake: fruits and whipped cream.
Long live the Queen!
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- Made .com launch at Metquarter
- 13 years ago
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- British Museum
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- Blogger event in Liverpool
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- Short holiday in London
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- Very Big Catwalk
- 6 Good things
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- Victoria Highfield Jewellery Shop, Manchester
- Cheshire County Show, part 2
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- Colourful Smoothie Challenge, next 10 days
- Africa Oye
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- Fitness Update - P90X3, 2nd block
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- Bed race in Knaresborough
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- Stonehenge
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