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Medlars

by Gillian Polack

I have two words for today. One is ‘bletting’ and the other is ‘medlar.’ If you want to know why I am so excited about these two words, then watch this space.

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Posted in General on May 7th, 2007

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2 Responses to “Medlars”

  1. Crabby McSlacker Says:
    May 7th, 2007 at 11:27 am

    This is quite an unfair and sneaky post–now I actually care what the words mean and will checking back over and over throughout the day to see when the Truth will be Revealed.

    Of course I suppose I could google but that would ruin the fun. I’ll just be patient.

  2. Emma Says:
    May 7th, 2007 at 12:17 pm

    Mysterious!!

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