Re: Raised beds

On 2009-11-12 23:35:05 +0000, Janet Tweedy <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

In article <7m37anF3ehiraU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sacha <sacha@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes

She signs them herself. How many do you think she has to do in a year! Oh - and they have to arrive before 9am on the morning of the birthday, too.
Ho ho can you imagine her and Philip sticking toppers onto handmade cards and bits of glitter etc.?

And curling the ribbons with scissors. ;-) Boastful though this sounds, we do get one Christmas card each year from a friend who is in the Household (not for a major royal!) and it comes through Buckingham Palace with the insignia on the envelope. Ray always says "chuck away the card, hang up the envelope". ;-)
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