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This week, I was cutting out bias strips to edge the quilt my Mum made for me. I was using a double white sheet I got from a charity shop for £1.50. As I was cutting out the strips, I was thinking how soft the fabric was and started wondering if they would make...
We went to Wickes today to sort out the kitchen. My goodness, what an expensive proposition that is! We have been umming and aahing for weeks over what the layout should be, all rotating around a walk-in corner larder unit. The layout was finalised today. We will be...
Phew, what a scorcher! Went to Eastbourne today to see my grand daughter's sports day. The race she was dreading the most was the balance a bean bag on the head one. But because she hated it, she had practised it a lot and only won it! Her mum was leaping up and down...
I used to wear makeup every day when I went to work in an office, plus heels and huge Pat Butcher earrings. I don't wear any of those much now. The most I wear in the makeup line is a slick of tinted moisturiser, a teeny bit of eye shadow and a little mascara and...
These are some of the Brandywine beefsteak tomatoes in the greenhouse. An old fashioned variety and with a superb flavour These are ordinary tomato size in a variety called Tigerella. They were recommended by a friend for their flavour, and they are very fine and...
I was out all day yesteday, from early until 9:30, and no time to do a post. We caught a coach from Chiddingly, organised by their Horticultural Society. They have an annual outing, on a coach, to two gardens of interest. One of my friends from WI lives in Chiddingly,...
Had a lovely afternoon at our annual WI garden party. This was our tea table. I had just prepped 7 kilos of strawberries. Took me AGES! The reddy looking scones are our tomato scones, made small, and with some black olives from Approved Foods added. The sandwich end...
At half past four this afternoon, a builder pal of DP’s and his four labouring lads piled into the house. They hoisted the lintel up into place in a trice. At one point one of the lads, a skinny youngster, looked no more than 17, had the entire weight of the lintel,...
Had a fasting day today, so am starving. Really looking forward to breakfast tomorrow. Spent the afternoon at a friends. She has a garden that is big enough for a small holding and asks me round to pick blackcurrants because she doesn’t get round to using them...
Following on from yesterdays post about bread, I dug out some focaccia from the freezer, made on the course. It was the broad bean and blue cheese one. In a frying pan, I put some scraps of cooking bacon and rendered them down for a bit, then added the focaccia,...
I am covered in filth! Brick dust in my hair and clothes, I’m sweaty, I have cobwebs and plaster and those weed things that stick to you everywhere. This is what the kitchen and extension look like now. You can see the acrow props holding up the roof, and right...
I wanted to pass on a recipe today that I used to make a lot, but do you think I can find it...No! Gah, HOW annoying. Whilst I was looking in vain for the book I KNOW it's in, I came across one called Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things, so I thought I would pass...