The recent rain and wind has brought a lot of big apples down from the trees in our little orchard. Not one to let anything go to waste, if I can help it, I dug out my apple recipes. I couldn’t find my usual apple cake, so I used this […]
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A productive Wednesday wandering
Joining in GardenMama’s Wednesday wandering. Here I stand with my feet on the pattern I’m trying to decipher. I have seen star charts that are easier to follow. I want to make the trousers that are marked in green, among the black and blue and red patterns. I need the […]
Read moreQuiet success on a Sunday
Sometimes it is a collection of minor successes that make a day feel quietly good. Like ticking items off your to-do list that need to be done. We picked up all the fallen apples in the orchard. I now have a crate of apples ready for processing. Tick. Bought school […]
Read moreChocolate and courgette cakes
There is always time to stop and smell the flowers, and ponder ever pressing points. Such as why exactly did I grow so many courgette plants this year? This is today’s crop of courgettes. I’m trying to pick them so that the plants produce lots of little ones rather than […]
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