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Very English?
No one ate the plums that were sitting enticingly - or so I thought – on a pretty plate, so I had to cook them. There weren’t enough to make something sweet and I was tempted to put them into a...
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blogging laxness and other things
No posts for a few days. Things are slipping. And I should have wished virtual happy birthday greetings to Danny and to Brian, but no. Too busy. I didn’t even speak to Danny (I tried, but he’s 19 and...
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“There is a 100% probability of severe cold weather” said the Met office…
It was bitterly cold this morning. We have no snow – again – though we probably ought to be thankful: in Brighton Uncle Brian was stuck in a blizzard and had to be towed out. Sounds exciting, but I...
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Central heating?
I’ve been a little concerned that our lovely Brazilian language student, Katrine, might succumb to hypothermia before the week’s out, but today it was above freezing and the sun was out and the sky...
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Weekly photo challenge: lunchtime
We went to Goodrington and the sun shone! We ate our lunch outside – 5 portions of very nice chips and 4 portions of ketchup. This was after Rella, Arlo and Katrine had clambered on the rocks and...
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My dentist hums as she works
It’s true and rather comforting (although she informs me that I need a crown which will cost in excess of £400). It’s OK though because I can have a silver (coloured) one for free on the NHS – better...
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venturing northwards
Arlo and I are off to York tomorrow. Arlo’s rucksac is almost too heavy to lift and all he has in it are toys and the odd book – there may be a few Beanos lurking and some chocolate, but nothing else...
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Maybe it’s not all bad
So Arlo and I are returned from our travels to the frozen North, only it wasn’t all that frozen – there was a bit of a breeze, but the South West has been very cold of late. And wet. This is the...
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We wore red
I didn’t dare put the radio on today just in case I caught a snippet of coverage of the event that’s squandering sinful amounts of public money at a time when the welfare budget is being...
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Doing as I’m told
“I think you should put a picture of Jeaniegran on your blog” said Arlo. It’s not often I can so easily oblige the child (better quit while I’m ahead).
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You made a cake using what?
The Happy Apple has avocados at three for £1 this week. There were masses of them piled high, resplendent in a shiny greeny-purpleness that was impossible to resist. Clearly, an unmissable bargain –...
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remembering harry
Today was a beautiful day – sunshine, blue skies and very very warm – but tinged with sadness. Mauve bought some flowers round. Later we went to Slapton with the storm kettle, sandwiches and Victoria...
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Slapton Sands – a misnomer if ever there was one.
Here are a selection of photographs of our evening on the beach yesterday. It was a beautiful evening and not too cold. Unfortunately the cake doesn’t have the visual prominence it ought to have, but...
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Sometimes only a fried egg will do
I went to a meeting tonight, leaving as the meal (which I’d prepared and cooked – with the exception of the broccoli) was about to be dished up – really bad timing. I grabbed a small slice of flan...
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Heralds
Another beautiful day. I cycled to meet Sarah for coffee at the Venus cafe at Dartington (we sat outside!) and realised that I am now quite unfit and overweight. The ride that I used to do twice a day,...
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Katrine cooks#1
The beloved and I went to Antony House today, as we have a National Trust membership and Arlo (who’s not keen on visiting houses) is in Cardiff for a clarinet conference. Antony house is a beautiful...
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We crossed the Tamar again today – this time via the Torpoint ferry (we had intended to use the rather lovely Cremyll ferry, which is a foot ferry, but there were huge queues). The Torpoint Ferry has...
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On not being able to post
I haven’t posted anything for ages. Rella’s birthday came and went without a mention – even though we had a good barbecue (the sun shone) with lots of food photo opportunities. The vegetable kebabs...
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Partying in a field
Last Saturday it was Fina’s 50th birthday and she had a party in the middle of nowhere in a rather lovely field. That statement doesn’t really do it justice and, unfortunately, most of my photos don’t...
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the return of the jet stream…
My praying to the Jet Stream, which has been happening intermittently over the last few weeks since it became apparent that cooking summer food wasn’t going to make summer appear, seems to have paid...
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