Finally I have emerged from the dust and mayhem of our kitchen extension to resume my blog. The last seven months were more disruptive than I’d anticipated, and with two of us living and working in a building site, with no hot water or heating for the most part, it was difficult to keep juggling,… Read More »
Craft
Plans realised
I have been absent from my blog for a while. Life has become very busy and chaotic as our long awaited extension is being built. At the moment, we’re at the foundations stage, so there is nothing interesting or exciting to show you yet, but in a couple of months, I hope that will change.… Read More »
New for 2022
Happy New Year everyone. I hope you all had a good festive season. Our plans seemed to change every day for Covid-related reasons, but this year, we did manage to see everyone, just not quite at the same time. But it was a vast improvement on last Christmas and we were grateful. That’s the way… Read More »
Seasonal baking
It’s been such a strange year in so many ways. Everything shifting and changing on an almost daily basis, nothing certain, our so-called leaders behaving like children, blatant untruths from those in positions of trust, and so much more. That’s on top of some unravelling in my small sphere with the serious illness of one… Read More »
Festive Feels
These may not be the most photogenic mince pies in the world, but I promise that they are the best you will ever taste. They are orange pastry mince pies and I found the recipe last year while leafing through a Daily Telegraph magazine. It had been taken from a 1978 classic cookbook called Cooking… Read More »
Gifts and treats
If you are thinking about gift shopping in November, I have a special offer on my tea towels. Until November 10, all parcels can be gift wrapped in tissue with raffia ties, supplied with a blank craft paper label and a cute handmade envelope of flower seeds. The envelopes are hand stamped with crab apple… Read More »