Peaceful Reading Vlog / My Recent Romantic Reads for Valentine's, Snowdrops and Cozy Baking
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- In today's peaceful reading vlog, I'm sharing some recent romantic reads (which make great Valentine's picks!) as well as a delicious rhubarb, almond and polenta cake recipe. I also go on a country walk to admire the early spring flowers and do some journalling.
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LINKS:
Recipe for Skye McAlpine's Rhubarb and Almond cake: www.waterstones.com/blog/refl...
The Comfort Book Club Discussion of Miss Buncle's Book: • The Comfort Book Club ...
Persephone Books Valentine Offer: persephonebooks.co.uk/product...
Skye McAlpine Tavola Cake Stand: skyemcalpinetavola.com/collec...
Skye McAlpine Tavola Viola Teapot: skyemcalpinetavola.com/collec...
My Commonplace Book and Notebook are from Starsmead Bookbinding: www.starsmeadbookbinding.co.uk/
Kaweco sport fountain pen: www.cultpens.com/i/q/KW63488/...
Susie Hamilton card pack 1: www.susiehamilton.com/product...
Susie Hamilton card pack 2: www.susiehamilton.com/product...
BOOK LINKS:
(affiliate links used for Blackwells)
The Agency for Scandal by Laura Wood: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Miss Buncle's Book by D. E. Stevenson: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Miss Buncle Married by D. E. Stevenson: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
A Table Full of Love by Skye McAlpine: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Bedside Companion for Gardeners: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
A Year Unfolding by Angela Harding: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
MUSIC: all music in my videos is from either Epidemic Sound or Artlist; I subscribe to both.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Early Spring Flowers
00:52 - Reading Catch-Up / Reviewing The Agency of Scandal
09:27 - Baking Rhubarb and Almond Cake
12:12 - Writing up some book notes & making a Commonplace Book Entry
15:24 - Tea with Mum
21:33 - Reviewing Miss Buncle Married 
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Happy Thursday! I hope you've been having a good week. As always, thank you for watching my latest video. Please see the video description box for all links, including the recipe link for Rhubarb and Almond Cake. Miranda x
It just really dawned on me how hard you work to post two (quite long!) videos for us. Thanks, I love them! And I loved the inspiration for cooking, books, art ed that you (and your mum) provide us with
Oh yes I do agree wholeheartedly
Absolutely this! Such beautiful content and so much work done to provide this to us for free!! It brings me so much joy and really is a simple pleasure to me to watch these, but it is most definitely not a simple video to create. Very much appreciate the work and creativity that goes into this channel
Dear Miranda (and Donna), Love your RUclips videos. Just wanted to let you know how much you have inspired me to continue reading, one of my greatest pleasures and pastimes. I love all of your recommendations, especially period cozy mysteries set in the beautiful English countryside. Best wishes and continued success on your channel and in all your future endeavors.
With the devastating news from all around the world I couldn’t wait for this my Thursday fix. Thank you and please keep it up you keep us grounded.
Miranda & Donna, you do realize all of us who watch your vlogs totally want to move to the English countryside and be your next door neighbor right? 😊 I love how relaxed you two are and it seems like your conversations flow so easily (and wow does that cake look amazing!)
Haha thank you, Judi! xxx
Miranda your beautiful personality just sparkles, you are so relatable it truly is like spending time with a dear friend. As a fabulous added bonus the music featured was excellent. Happy Thursday Miranda Donna and my fellow subscribers 🏴🥃🥃💐
Thank you so much! ❤️
As others have remarked Miranda, a beautiful, calm respite in the midst of a difficult week full of awful news. A real tonic, and a reminder always to be grateful for the pleasure to be gained from reading, and walking among the Spring flowers. Thank you. X
I'm so glad this video offered a period of respite, Sue! Thank you for your lovely comment ❤
I was a fan of your podcast and only recently discovered your youtube channel and have gotten so much pleasure from it over the last month! As someone who lost my mom suddenly 12 years ago, I adore watching your interactions with your mom and hope that my girls and I will have that kind of connection throughout their lives. Thank you for all that you do and the loveliness that you put out in the world. I'm sure it makes a difference for a lot of people!
I'm so glad you found me on RUclips, Jen. Thank you so much for your lovely words and very kind support, which is hugely appreciated! ❤️
Miranda, we appreciate you and your Mom!
Dear Miranda, what a lovely vlog!! Thank you for the beautiful pictures of the seas of snowdrops, aconites and crocusses. So so exquisit. The cakestand and your teapot are so lovely and just perfect for an afternoon tea. Thank you also for introducing another painter to us, this is always so kind of you. I hope to be able to order the bird and flower set. Sometimes it is not possible, because some people don't ship to Germany any longer. We'll see. Anyway, I wish you a wonderful Friday and a lovely weekend!
Thank you for your lovely comment, Inga! I know it's such a nuisance with postage abroad - I hope you're able to order them! Have a lovely start to the weekend. ❤️
Ooh the rhubarb cake looked delicious. Your neighbours are very lucky! You cannot go wrong with Yorkshire tea. When I lived in oz I would take teabags galore back in my suitcase as it was so expensive to buy there 😊 I love your china collection. Emma Bridgewater is a favourite of mine and your snowdrop 1/2 pint mug is a real delight. I am looking forward to adding a KC coronation mug to my collection. Many thanks for the effort you put into your top notch content, as much as it delights many of us, please don’t over stress yourself and cut back if necessary. All the best to you and your Mum Xx
Hello Miranda! I’m Catherine from Brussels. I discovered your channel only about 2 weeks ago and I’ve become totally addict! Your videos are so beautiful and inspirational! No need to say I’m a huge book lover too! I love also that your Mum is in your videos! 🥰🥰🥰
I'm so glad you're enjoying my videos, Catherine, thank you and welcome! ❤
What a breath of fresh air - the sighting of all those spring flowers at the start of your new vlog. Thank you, Miranda! Looking forward to watching the rest of this peaceful video.💖🌿
Every time I see snowdrops I am reminded of The Secret Garden, perhaps my favorite book of all time.
The notecards and cake are both very much “my cup of tea”. Thank you for always taking the time to include all of the links for items, books, food and music with your video. I can feel the spring energy from here in Canada!
Another beautiful video, those flowers put a smile on my face! Thank you so much for providing us with so much inspiration and joy for life xx
Thank you for your lovely comment, Maria! I'm so glad you enjoyed this video! ❤️
@@MirandaMills Miranda, you have taken my reading to a new level! I have received 'The Nonsuch' in the post and have started reading it. I have never read a book from this era so I am so excited! I have also received 'The 4.50 from Paddington' and 'Wintering' which I can't wait to read and visit the discussions. Thank you SO much to you and your Mom, you are very special people and your happiness radiates through you into your videos. My life feels so Blessed discovering you both, God Bless you both xx
I love your channel ❤ Kisses from Brazil ❤
You've brightened my Thursday evening with this peaceful video packed with pretty stationery, yummy cake and calming, happy reading. I started on The Nonesuch yesterday evening and my next book in the Seven Sisters series has arrived so I will have that on the go too, plus I began Elizabeth Goudge's 'Bird in the Tree', I've only read a few pages but I am loving her writing, such beautiful descriptions of places I know quite well. I have a few Laura Wood titles (all recommended by you) and will definitely get The Agency for Scandal at some point. Thanks for all your hard work.
What beautiful flowers! I love flowers because they have to power to calm and rejuvenate.
I believe that you are doing a very great job with your videos.
I really love your idea of seasonal reading. I started at Christmas with a Christmas bookshelf and intend to look for more poems and stories - and nature writing in tune with the seasons, Thanks, as always a restful, calming but inspiring video!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Barbara! Thank you for your kind words ❤️
Hi! I really love your channel, thank you for your creativity). I found the "Daughter of the Moon Goddess" I will read it for Valentine's Day. Thank you again for your hard work)
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy it too - I'm loving it so far! xxx
Can't believe I'm a guy and I absolutely love this channel... lol...My guilty pleasure...lol...One has to imagine what a beautiful World this could be if we had more Miranda"s and Donna"s in it...just the sweetest folks ever...life is good
Hi Miranda, that was a lovely piano movement at the introduction to your video. It sounds so familiar but I just can't remember it's title. I ordered the book 'Another Year of Wonder' from Blackwell and it came yesterday. It is a lovely book and I'm looking forward each day to read the notes for that day and to listen to the music. It is a good start to the day. Thank you for recommending it. The cake looked lovely. For long bakes, Miranda, can I recommend that you double line the tin with baking parchment and also line the base of the tin. This helps to reduce caramelisation of the sugar in the batter through contact with the metal surfaces of the baking tin. Paul and Moira.
Lovely to see all of the snowdrops you have in Yorkshire. It is very much still winter here in Canada so seeing any flowers at all is a treat! I so enjoy hearing about what you and your mum are reading, as you are reading it. I loved The Tortoise and the Hare when I read it last year and have been meaning to read more of Elizabeth Jenkins' books. Wishing you both a lovely end to the week, and weekend too!
Thanks so much, Caro! So glad you enjoyed the video. Hope you're staying warm and cosy! xxx
I have The Queen of the Tea Towel book. I'm a child of the 70s and I remember my mother having some of these tea towels. EB have produced two of the cut and sew tea towels - a blue starry cat previously and recently a hen. I've also made the hen into a cushion like the cat - it's a tea cosy I think, but probably too large for my needs. I too love Timperley rhubarb, and your cake looked delicious! I would recommend a collar of baking paper tied high around the tin to protect the top, as foil will conduct the heat. Also Lakeland make a 'baking belt' which goes around a tin to protect the sides of a cake that needs a long bake. I loved hearing about your latest reads - also thank you for recommending The Reunion recently - such a great book that I had never heard of, even though it is over sixty years old (I took your advice not to read the introduction until after the book, and I thank you for it). 📚
Thank you for the beautiful spring flowers ❤
Hi Miranda and Donna,
Another very enjoyable vlog!! I have come to love your Thursday vlogs with its cozy atmosphere. As I have mentioned before, I don't like rhubarb but my husband does. However thus cake looks so delicious that I am thinking I might try it when our rhubarb is in season.
You introduced me to DE Lawrence and the Miss Buncle books through the Comfort Book Club. I have the next downloaded to listen to as I stitch on my sampler.
For me it is also only Yorkshire tea with milk. I first had it as a young women while visiting my Yorkshire Mum who is actually my mother's 75 year long pen pal. They started writing just after WWll as a school project for little girls in elementary school.
Wishing you both a wonderful week!
Peaceful is absolutely the right word for this vlog. Another wonderful varied vlog with great music. I am really enjoying seeing more vlogs from you and the wonderful recipes are a real treat too x
I’ve been listening to you so much today. It’s got me through my house work etc. Stopping to write down a few recommendations 😃 Thank you for such beautiful videos.
I am really enjoying the music you are using with your vlogs! I love your videos so much.
Fantastic looking cake! I like Yorkshire tea as well! You and your mum give me hope for the world. You have such a sweet, loving relationship.
Thank you so much! ❤️
I haven't subscribed for very long but I really enjoy your videos and the way you speak is infectious. Your passion invites n inspires me and ignites excitement in me. It's such a pleasure listening to you. 😁
Coincidentally, I started reading House on the Strand last night. I absolutely love Frenchman's Creek! I very nearly picked it up again but I'm trying to get through books I haven't yet read.
Have a lovely weekend, Donna and Miranda 💕
I read the House on the Strand a few years ago when visiting Cornwall, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, even though it's a bit of an odd one. I agree Frenchman's Creek is fab! xxx
What an oasis of peace and beauty this channel is. I am grateful for all your work.💕
Thank you so much, Silvia! ❤️
Thanks! Your videos are a treasure.
Thank you so much for your kind words and lovely support! I’m very grateful ❤️
Hello Miranda! Well, I'm amongst those you can only leave a comment and a thumbs up but just wanted you to know that your vlogs are one of the few things that I'm enjoying around this time of year. They give such level of comfort and visual pleasure to my otherwise dull and isolating summer. I'm looking forward to pleasant autumn weather just as much as you long for spring over there! I've already started reading 'All sorts of lives', and as I knew - know- nothing about Mansfield I'm googling a bit as I go along, to have some background. I would love to read her diary, letters and miscelanea too, to have a more clear, direct picture of who she was. Again, thank yor for filming these very inspiring videos. You are outdoing yourself with each one. Lots of love, see you on Sunday! xx
The cake looks delicious. Thank you Miranda for another delightful vlog💕🍰🌷📚
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you ❤
Lovely video. I am just reading The Brief Life of Flowers by Fiona Stafford. The first chapter is all about Snowdrops. x
I have that book too - it's lovely! xxx
Hello Miranda, I just re read my comment and realized I didn’t clarify my comparison...JC was one of the first in America to inspire people to cook food they would usually get from a restaurant... and even though books has always been a love of mine, you introduced me to authors and terms that I never used before your channel like “inter war years” and nature reading.....D.E. Stevenson, Rosemunde Pilcher and Penelope Lively.... I could go on 😊I was just a straight up fiction kind of girl..Have a Great Weekend 🥰
Don’t worry, Kiki - I understood the comparison and was very flattered!! I love Julia Child! Thank you for your very sweet words and your amazing support ❤️😘
You and your mom make such a nice team. Your videos are so beautiful. Thank you!
Hello, new viewer from Florida, US. I am so jealous of the snowdrops; I wish I could grow them here, hahaha (sadly it's just too warm). I love your vlogs & have found several new books to try, including The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels, which sounded like so much fun I immediately downloaded a sample. Oh my gosh, the first chapter is soooo funny! I hope the entire book is as good - quirky and silly and a bit nutty, but in the best possible way. I see there are two other books in the series, so thank you for these wonderful new reads!
Your videos as are so beautiful, they bring tears to my eyes….
I really love the discussion with you and your mom at tea time. It feels like I am sitting across from you just listening to a wonderful conversation along with yummy cake and tea. How relaxing and welcoming.
Thank you, Kami! So glad you enjoyed it! xxx
What a wonderful exciting blog!We all enjoyed having an afternoon tea party with you both!
Think we are all very tempted to make the delicious cake and enter the recipe into our commonplace books !
The cards are so very special to send for the arrival of spring, to bring joy to the recipients!
Altogether,In your own words Miranda this blog is; "Fun,frothy and perfect!".
Thanks again,Julie xx
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Julie! I'm so glad you enjoyed the vlog, and yes, this recipe would make an excellent addition to your commonplace book 😃 ❤️
I’m currently reading Frenchman’s Creek, so fun to hear you mention it. I’n enjoying it a lot!
Oh fabulous! It's a great romantic read for February! xxx
I loved your tea table setting- so festive. Thank you for all the recommendations, books, stationery, recipes. Another great vlog!
Thanks so much! 😊
This video has been a welcome tonic this week, with everything going on as others have said. Thank you Miranda!
Hello Miranda enjoyed the walk looking at the beautiful flowers spring is knocking at the door 🤗 tfs your yummy 😋 cake recipe . . have wonderful day happy reading ❤️🙋♀️🌺
Good morning Miranda, Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the most romantic book for Valentine.
We appreciate ypu immensely:) Thank you for sharing!
Such a beautiful and creative vlog and so well edited. I loved the way you used music. So much to enjoy as always. Thank you 🫖 🍰 📚
Thank you so much, Lindsey! Xxx
Always love to see/hear what you're reading and baking for the week, Miranda! My copy of The Whispering Muse arrived today along with a couple middle grade reads (2nd book in the Pages &Co series and A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz) and The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter. Like you, I don't read a lot of fantasy, but lately I've been in the mood for fairy tales and retellings. Something about Winter and Valentine's Day that fosters that magical sort of mood haha 💜
Lovely! Enjoy your reading! xxx
Your videos are peaceful and relaxing
Hello! I ordered The Agency for Scandal from Blackwell's Online and it arrived today! Thanks, Miranda!!
The Song of the Snowdrop Fairy from Flower Fairies of Winter 💕
Yes! I shared that in a snowdrop vlog last year 🤍🌱
Another lovely visit with you and your mom.The cake looked incredible.Looking forward to your next video.❤️
Thanks so much, Rhonda! xxx
Hello Miranda and Donna, I cannot imagine a nicer way to be encouraged to get in the kitchen and bake a rhubarb cake. That was such a fun video, thank you so much. Donna I am going to find my copy of the Tortoise and the Hare and join you in re-reading some Elizabeth Jenkins thank you so much for sharing your plans. Enjoy your reading and afternoon teas with that delicious looking cake, Teresa 🫖☕📚♥
I definitely recommend the cake, Teresa! So glad you enjoyed the video, thank you. xxx
Dearest Miranda,
I am watching this on a very gloomy Friday afternoon so the sight of so many blooms is so uplifting. I love seeing the posy of snowdrops in your home and that gorgeous bouquet of crocuses (I think?) in your room. It is like a bowl of sunshine! I enjoy the updates on what your reading for the week. I am so excited to get to Laura Wood's book, did you hear another in the series is imminent? The nature books you displayed are so inspiring as well. I do love hearing your mum's reading selections for the month also. Thank you for your uplifting, warm content during what has been another week of darkness and devastating news in our world. I agree with fellow subscribers that your videos are a balm to all of that xxx
Thank you, Antoinette! So glad you enjoyed this video! It was a little vase of aconites in my bedroom - they do look like sunshine! Yes, I did see the announcement that there will be a sequel to The Agency for Scandal next year - exciting! Thank you for your lovely words, and I hope you have a good start to the weekend ❤️
The stationery you get is always so lovely.
I absolutely love to frame lovely cards. I love tucking a framed card into a wreath on my front door. I am going to make the Rhubarb cake! Ohh my goodness it looks wonderful. I just love your videos they are so well rounded! Always excited when I see one pop up. Thank you so much!
Thank you very much for your kind words, Rita! I love to frame cards too xxx
Wow, the ruibarb cake looks delicious and you have great titles for this month reading. Wonderful
This was so beautiful and so well done… I love that you were being creative with your Vlogs!
Hi Miranda, thank you for another wonderful video! Watching your videos is the most relaxing part of my day. I am wondering if you could share the link to the gold metal book shelf that you have sitting next to you in the video, I would love to have one. Thank you so much for sharing your books and recipes, I absolutely love your videos!
I shared the link to it in my last 'favourite things' video, but it then sold out I'm afraid xxx
Thank you Miranda for the lovely blog helping us fill our minds and hearts with positivity and thankfulness for things of gentility and grace
Thank you for your lovely words 💕
My gosh Miranda what a lovely video. I am so enjoying seeing you and Donna twice a week. There is nothing more special then an afternoon book talk over tea. Thank you for allowing us to share it with you.
Thank you so much, Lynn! And yay for book chat over tea & cake! xxx
Spring flowers always bring a smile. I used to look forward to finding them back home in the woods next to my house. Snowdrops are especially beautiful. We didnt have those, but we had lilacs and lily of the valley ( my birth month flower). But our spring didnt start til end of March or April. Anyways, loved the vlog. You made my mouth water again with the cake. It seems to be a reoccurring theme with me. So I'm off to eat lunch. 😂. Man o man, I wish I could browse your bookshelves. They are just chock full of treasures. 📚👍🤗💕💕
Thank you Diane! It is so lovely to see spring flowers. Enjoy your lunch 😄💕🌷
Loved your vlog, I am currently reading The Agency for Scandal, such a lovely novel. I have also read the Miss Bundle books such fun and wonderful observations. The k you again for your inspirational recommendations.
Oh thank you! So glad you're enjoying the new Laura Wood too! xxx
such an amazing and cozy reading vlog❤
Dear Miranda Praise to lovely Skye McAlpine today Her delicious recipes and lovely personality Also to the Persephone Books Always and forever for years now And last but not least to Miranda for her ability and talent to combine all the things that make life look and feel comforting and beautiful xxx
Happy Spring! For most of my life, I wrongly thought our seasons and climate, the UK and New England, were so similar. You definitely have spring about two months before we do. We'll get crocuses in April. I've been pouring over gardening books and dreaming of spring. It's nice to also see your video of spring flowers. The cake also looks wonderful! Fresh rhubarb in February! Enjoy!
Thank you Shannon. Yes, spring is long here in England! xxx
Another great vlog. Loved the flowers & the cake looked amazing. Thank you Miranda 💕🏴
Thanks so much! 😊
I am on a hold for The Nonesuch. The library says it could be a 2 week wait but I am first on the wait list. I have never read it so hopefully whoever has it will return it early so I can get it read before the end of the month and the Comfort Book Club discussion.
You are just killing me.....I am looking out my window at the fourth snowstorm in two weeks. Last week we lived through two days of minus 40 degrees Celsius with a nice two-foot accumulation of snow that crashed through the roof of our gazebo. No snowdrops or crocuses for us till late April or even May! Winter is just gearing up here in Canada; spring is but a dream. Enjoy your early spring!
Another lovely vlog. Thank you! Still a long way for snowdrops and other Spring flowers to grow here, but enjoyed seeing them on your vlog, and yes, even from over here (Canada), it sparked my anticipation for Spring!
So glad you enjoyed it, Grace - thank you! xxx
Enjoyed your vlog so much. In passing I saw a book "The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady" on your desk. I have that book and love the poems and drawings, so comforting. Thanks so much for such lovely video, reminds me of gentler times.
As always a joy to watch, thank you
Everything is so lovely in this vlog. I enjoyed seeing the flowers as for our area everything is still sleeping. I can’t wait to see our flowers too. Your vlogs always brighten up my days. I wait so patiently on Sunday and Thursday to see what kind of beauty you share. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for your kind words! They mean a lot ❤️
So lovely & the perfect accompaniment to my reading today... thank you 👍😊
Happy Friday, Miranda! Wonderful video as always; the choice of music and that cake - just heavenly. And Yorkshire tea (my favourite that I can't live without) with milk is the best. 🙂💟 Best, Jason
Thanks so much, Jason! Hope you've got a lovely weekend ahead! xxx
Lovely video, the images of flowers at the beginning are a perfect introduction to Valentine’s Day and to Spring ( hopefully!). What a delicious cake you made! I really want to try this one! Very interesting book recommendations: I adored A Single Thread of Moonlight by Laura Wood and I’m looking forward to starting The Agency for Scandal… Thank you for creating such delightful vlogs, Miranda.
Thank you so much, Laura! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Some of the characters from A Single Thread of Moonlight pop up in The Agency for Scandal - I'm sure you'll enjoy their appearances! xxx
Another wonderful vlog. Your recommendations are making in a serious dent in my bank balance, (my husband's too!!). I do look forward to your new posts. Hope your mum is well.
Thank you for another cozy and relaxing vlog Miranda! Each one is such a treat and I look forward to that part of the day where I can join you, with a cuppa :) Can you please share the name of the song that you used for the Rhubarb cake prep? Btw, your hair looks so lovely here! xx
Lovely vlog, Miranda. Every time I see snowdrops now I think of you and Yorkshire's fields 🙂The cake looked amazing, I am definitely going to try it! I made yesterday the Brussels sprout salad that was in one of your previous videos, it was delicious! Thanks for sharing these recipes with us 🤤Have a great weekend, greetings from Prague to you and your mum 🌻/Vanessa
Thanks so much, Vanessa! 😊
Can’t beat Yorkshire tea, I never buy anything else. The cake looks lovely Mirander and Donna
All those books you referenced for quotes for your commonplace book are on my 'to be purchased' list. What lovely pictures in them!
Thank you so much Miranda for such a lovely video. I am sure it is a huge amount of work, especially now you are doing an extra one weekly. Your vlogs are so charming, interesting and fun, and exude tranquillity and peacefulness at the same time as inspiring me in so many ways. I love the way you make the most of every moment, finding happiness in so much, from noticing the spring flowers to setting a pretty tea table. I have just ordered The Agency for Scandel, I’m really loooking forward to reading it, and now I want to read Miss Buncle Married too! I love Susie Hamilton’s beautiful art, I have quite a few of her flower prints framed on my walls.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Naomi! ❤️
I loved the idea of looking through relevant books for snowdrop quotes 😍
It's still deep winter here, though thankfully warmer than last weekend when we set records for cold (-41 F when the wind woke me last Friday night). I'll look forward to this cake when rhubarb makes it's appearance (a couple months out still!) here. I did make the citrus poppy seed cake, and the apple celeriac soup this week, both tasty. Thank you for the lightness and joy you bring.
Thank you for your lovely support and comment, Martialia! I so appreciate both, and I'm really glad you enjoyed those recipes ❤️
Love the mugs which match the content ☕️ 🌷 More great book recommendations thank you ! 📕
Yay, thank you!
Lovely vlog. The cake looks delicious, I must bake one of those for my family. At the moment I am reading A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman recommended to me by my daughter in law who loved it.
Hey Miranda,really like the look of that cake. May have to indulge 😉 great video.x
It’s so yummy! 😋
SMH!!!😌 the beginning of this video made me emotional in a good way 😊....the music 🎶 mixed with the visual of the flowers 💐 was very beautiful..😀I purchased “Daughter of the Moon Goddess” already because I loved the cover..when you held it up I was like “SCORE” I felt really in sync with the Julia Child of the RUclips reading 🌎...that’s how I described you one day when I was talking to a Non-Reader (I know so Many 🤦🏾♀️😂😂) a large delicious cake like the one you made Is my type of cake....THAT TEAPOT 🫖 is EVERYTHING 🥰.... Miranda thank you for another wonderful Vlog... my comment may be all over the place (as usual) I had an EXHAUSTING Thursday...it’s now a little after midnight in the US and I probably should get some sleep 😴
One more thing I don’t normally read Fantasy either...I got a bottom shelf on my bookshelf full of fantasy novels that everyone loved except me🤦🏾♀️ ( really a whole series.. I only read book one and it was painful 😣)
Aw, thank you so much for your fabulous support and lovely comment as always, Kiki! You are so kind! I absolutely adore being described as the Julia Child of the book world - that is just so fantastic!!! 😂 I'm sorry you had an exhausting day and hope you had a restful and restorative night...thank goodness it's almost the weekend!! I hope you enjoy Daughter of the Moon Goddess too - I'm really loving it so far! Sending lots of love ❤️
Lovely video and the cake looks so good. Nice to see the flowers coming up there. Here in Canada we still have snow! Could you please do a video about how you organise and track your book collection?
Dear Miranda,
again so beautiful and inspiring.
As you like snowdrops very much I wonder if you know the beautiful Story
The Snowdrop written by Hans Christian Andersen?
The symbol of renewal and hope ist touching.
Your rhubarb cake looked so lovely.
Did I understand you correctly, that the harvest for it is in February.
Have a nice Sunday 💁🏻♀️ Irmgard
I thoroughly enjoyed that Miranda thank you, it was a gem of a vlog! Xx
Thank you so much, Nicola! So glad you enjoyed it! xxx
I love tea towels! I would love to browse the book you mention
Thank you Miranda, for another beautiful vlog. So much inspiration as always. When you were looking for a poem about snowdrops, I immediately thought of the quote I had read on 7th February by Rev C.A. Johns in Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year:
"Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis). Too well known to need any description"
It made me laugh ,but also feel a little sad that the good Reverend had taken such a beautiful flower so much for granted!. Thanks to your sharing your inspirational reading habits, I now have Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year on my bedside table, and read the day's entry before going to sleep, along with that day's poem from "A Nature Poem for Every Winter Evening". I am finding the habit most enriching, and am excited to receive "A Nature Poem for Every Spring Evening" which I have ordered. I am still reading 'Wintercombe' and greatly enjoying it. I think all the sequels are now sold out on second hand book sites, no doubt thanks to your recommendations! Perhaps they will be available on Audible, I really want to know 'what happens next'.
Finally (and apologies for this lengthy comment), I also have A Table Full of Love, and am thrilled with it - it already feels like an old friend and I can tell its going to become a firm favorite. My husband loves rhubarb, so may well be in receipt of that cake (maybe a half size version!) for Valentines Day. Your tea party with your lovely mum made me feel I was sitting beside you both at the table, eating cake & talking about books. So wonderful. Thank you both so much for the inspiration and friendship your lovely channel provides. ❤️
Thank you so much for your lovely support and comment, Penny! So kind of you! Yes, that comment of the Rev C A Johns makes me laugh too. I didn't think it worthy of inclusion in my commonplace book, I must say 😂 So glad you're enjoying the poetry books. I'm excited to get the spring one too! And so glad you love Skye's latest cookbook too ❤️
Love that you have your mom in videos!
Thank you, dear Miranda. You have introduced me to authors and books that I did not know and enticed me to purchase far too many books from Blackwells when I couldn't find them at my library, or more often were impatient to wait my turn to get! Today, we have glorious sunshine in western Oregon so that is truly a gift since we tend more towards the gray and wet during winter. I just finished Katharine May's book "Wintering" and Viola Ship man's book "A Walk in Winter" which were just wonderful, and in May's book, very thought provoking as well. I took many notes from May's book and am on hold for a couple more she wrote. Shipman is one I always enjoy. I, too, appreciate the work you put into these blogs and you are in my calendar twice a week now🌹
A Wish for Winter for Shipman book, sorry. Got distracted by little brown bird😇
So glad you enjoyed 'Wintering,' Shelley! xxx