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The West House and what to cook
Had a lovely outing on Thursday. A friend who was bereaved six months ago was experiencing her first birthday without her much loved husband. All those firsts are always especially difficult. She decided that she wanted to celebrate that birthday well, and then forget...
What a gorgeous time of year! Here’s a few pics of the garden
I love this gorgeous time of year! Everything is hurling itself out of the ground and I’ve taken a few snaps of what’s happening in my garden.
Are you in your ideal job? Do you even know what you would be good at?
Do you love your job, is it your ideal job, does it excite and fulfil you and provide your inner needs? Yes? Well done you and congratulations, you’ve found a niche that’s a good fit. No? Much more common! It’s uncomfortable, stifling and can be very hard going...
I haven’t been on holiday, the days have just slipped away and I’ve neglected you
Another long gap with no blogging where I’ve neglected you, where does the time go. I’ve tried to do the odd Facebook comment and update so I hadn’t disappeared altogether, but I know not everyone does Facebook Saturday 13th A friend invited me to lunch with 2 other...
A bit of a walk and a day out in Alfriston
Day out today. We pootled off down to Alfriston. I wanted to have a leisurely look around after visiting the village briefly on a WI garden group visit to Alfriston Clergy House recently. Cheekily, we parked in the massive car park of the Deans Place Hotel. Parking is...
Changes in the garden and a walk by the sea
Changes in the garden The apple tree above has masses of beautiful blossom, hopefully, the apples will follow eventually. Been having a lovely time planting and tidying in the garden this week. Gradually getting it into shape. Mike has been doing some paving and it’s...
Bargain picture frames, book clubs and the Heffle Fair
Bargain picture frames I picked up 2 sets of painted picture frames in the charity shop recently. Last year, I bought an RHS diary, and liked it so much I got another one for this year. They are packed with beautiful line drawings and I thought those frames would make...
How to make a cake with just 3 ingredients, or maybe even 2! For when the SHTF?
This cake is rather special. It uses the irreducible minimum ingredients, and yet tastes rich and ‘special occasion’
Books, bonding, scarecrows and demos
Although I’ve been cutting back on the things I do, this week in the month is a busy one. Monday This Monday was Easter Monday of course, so a bit different one to usual. Tuesday On Tuesday it was the monthly U3A meeting. This week we had an apiarist as the speaker. I...
Crispy Lemon Skin and refurbished pots
These were lovely. They tasted just as you might imagine. They were crispy, slightly bitter and very lemony. They would be fabulous on top of a creamy pasta dish; stirred into a dish of oily olives as anti-pasti or used as a garnish for all kinds of things. Obviously, lemon zest is used on all kinds of things, this gives an alternative, and interesting, option.
Easter Fun, Easter Eggs and half price posh chocolate
How’s your Easter going? We decided to get a leg of lamb on Friday and drove to Aldi at Bexhill to pick one up. But we’d left it too late and they’d sold out, no matter. The shop was completely rammed! We got a couple of other things instead and we’ll get some lamb...
Lots of vegetables, houses, birthdays and plants
I have got SO much to tell you! Can’t believe it’s been a week again! Tuesday On Tuesday – the U3A cookery group came to my house and as last month, I got them to explore more recipes using lots of vegetables. We did the Avocado, Orange and Tomato salad, a very quick...