Tuesday Toss Up #11

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Today in Tuesday Toss Up #11…

Decorating & DIYs:

A bold use of colour and pattern enlivens a Victorian terrace in London.

Make a DIY wood block photo stand.

This sunny yellow cottage kitchen made me smile.

How to make easy DIY fabric wall art.

Gardening & House Plants:

Six secrets to grow bushier and bigger impatiens.

Growing vegetables in containers: These are the easiest ones.

How to divide and repot aloe vera pups.

Food Tips & Recipes:

Check out this recipe for Tamale Pie.

How to air fry with a convection toaster oven.

Try this recipe for fluffy and moist Coconut Cake.

Entertainment:

Bosch: Legacy season 3 debuts on Prime Video on Thursday 27th March, with two new episodes weekly.

New on Netflix in April 2025: The Place Beyond The Pines: “The Place Beyond the Pines” follows a motorcycle stunt rider, Luke, who, after discovering he has a son, turns to crime to provide for his family. This leads to a collision course with a rookie cop, Avery, and ultimately, a complex story of fathers, sons, and the consequences of their actions spanning 15 years. (This movie was released in 2013. Cast: Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Bradley Cooper, Ben Mendelsohn.)

If you’re based in the US, you can watch The Handmaid’s Tale seasons 1-5 and, in due course, season 6, too, via Hulu. The final season of the intense drama will be released on Hulu on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025.

Books:

These are books I’m interested in reading.

The Unraveling Of Maria:

In The Unraveling Of Maria, two lovers are separated by the Iron Curtain. Two women whose paths should never have crossed. A remarkable journey that changes all of their lives.

Maria’s history is a lie. Washed up on the shores of Sweden in 1944, with no memory, she was forced to create her own. Nearly half a century later, she still has no idea of her true identity.
Forest Brother, Jaak, fights for Estonia’s independence, refusing to live under Soviet rule. Neither will he accept the death of his fiancée Maarja, whose ship was sunk as she fled across the Baltic Sea to escape the Soviet invasion.

Angie knows exactly who she is. A person with substance abuse problems. A waste of space. Life is just about getting by, until a chance meeting in Edinburgh’s Cancer Centre is the catalyst for something very different. All of their lives are about to change, but do they have the strength to see it through, to rise above brutality, loss, and fear? Can love, in all of its forms, win through?

Summer Of ’69:

In Summer Of ’69, it’s 1969, and for the Levin family, the times are a-changing. Every year, the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother’s historic home in downtown Nantucket. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel.

Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha’s Vineyard. The only son, Tiger, is an infantry soldier recently deployed to Vietnam. Thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother and worried mother, while each hides a troubling secret.

Randomness:

Getting the most out of retiring single.

4 simmer pot recipes to try this spring.

I hope you found some interesting links in Tuesday Toss Up #11 this week.