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This started out of my search for this poem:
January brings the snow,
Makes our feet and fingers glow.
February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.
March brings breezes sharp and shrill,
Shakes the dancing daffodil.
April brings the primrose sweet,
Scatters daisies at our feet.
May brings flocks of pretty lambs,
Skipping by their fleecy dams.
June brings tulips, lillies, roses,
Fills the children's hands with posies.
Hot July brings cooling showers,
Apricots and gillyflowers.
August brings the sheaves of corn,
Then the harvest home is borne.
Warm September brings the fruit,
Sportsmen then begin to shoot.
Brown October brings the pheasant,
Then to gather nuts is pleasant.
Dull November brings the blast,
Then the leaves go whirling past.
Chill December brings the sleet,
Blazing fire and Christmas treat.
As we're just wrapping up a monthly swap it seems a bit premature to do another one. But how about a seasonal recipe swap? Each recipe to be headed with the appropriate couplet and to be a dish suited to the month/season, preferably using as many seasonal ingredients as possible (no strawberry tarts for Christmas!). Would anyone be interested?
Here's where it gets complicated:
12 months = 12 recipes so I'd propose keeping it to one group with one slot each to start, possibly opening up another group (who might do 2 recipes each) if there was demand.
Now, I'm happy to host but I don't know how you folks would feel about the postage implications? For the record, it cost me £7.99 (about $16) to mail the monthly swap (embellishments + page kits) plus the school swap to Mickeyteacher. For one group it would probably be nearer £4.50 ($9), which is about what I send to hostesses for my return postage for one group, or more for two. No-one has yet said "where's the rest of my $ for postage" so I'm presuming either its enough or you're all too polite to mention it
So if you say you like the idea but don't want that much postage then I'm more than happy for one of you swapmeisters to take it on.
As for when it is run, there's nothing down for October yet, or we could run it up to 22 June then I could get everything back to you in time for 4 July so you could try out the recipes on your family!
All views are welcome! But I'm bagging November as I have an idea already
This started out of my search for this poem:
January brings the snow,
Makes our feet and fingers glow.
February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.
March brings breezes sharp and shrill,
Shakes the dancing daffodil.
April brings the primrose sweet,
Scatters daisies at our feet.
May brings flocks of pretty lambs,
Skipping by their fleecy dams.
June brings tulips, lillies, roses,
Fills the children's hands with posies.
Hot July brings cooling showers,
Apricots and gillyflowers.
August brings the sheaves of corn,
Then the harvest home is borne.
Warm September brings the fruit,
Sportsmen then begin to shoot.
Brown October brings the pheasant,
Then to gather nuts is pleasant.
Dull November brings the blast,
Then the leaves go whirling past.
Chill December brings the sleet,
Blazing fire and Christmas treat.
As we're just wrapping up a monthly swap it seems a bit premature to do another one. But how about a seasonal recipe swap? Each recipe to be headed with the appropriate couplet and to be a dish suited to the month/season, preferably using as many seasonal ingredients as possible (no strawberry tarts for Christmas!). Would anyone be interested?
Here's where it gets complicated:
12 months = 12 recipes so I'd propose keeping it to one group with one slot each to start, possibly opening up another group (who might do 2 recipes each) if there was demand.
Now, I'm happy to host but I don't know how you folks would feel about the postage implications? For the record, it cost me £7.99 (about $16) to mail the monthly swap (embellishments + page kits) plus the school swap to Mickeyteacher. For one group it would probably be nearer £4.50 ($9), which is about what I send to hostesses for my return postage for one group, or more for two. No-one has yet said "where's the rest of my $ for postage" so I'm presuming either its enough or you're all too polite to mention it
So if you say you like the idea but don't want that much postage then I'm more than happy for one of you swapmeisters to take it on.As for when it is run, there's nothing down for October yet, or we could run it up to 22 June then I could get everything back to you in time for 4 July so you could try out the recipes on your family!
All views are welcome! But I'm bagging November as I have an idea already
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) if you're all happy with that. Then I can go order more paper!....er 
