Baking Repost - Keamish Square
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There was no story with this although my mother made it reasonably
regularly. The base is shortcake (short of what I'm not sure), dense and
quite dry but...
OFF TO CAMBRIDGE
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*First up, how about some Coco snaps from yesterday...*
*ABOVE: WHY? Mexican standoff. She does this ALL. THE. TIME. She was
right at th...
The Fat Pencil Case
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My best male friend *Mike *is a Yorkshireman through and through. He’s not
one for keeping in touch, a trait that used to upset me.
It no longer does, as ...
Montrichard sur le Cher
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These are some photos of the town of Montrichard, the bridge across the
Cher river there, and the old medieval tower that stands on the high ground
on the ...
Reintroduction to cycling.
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Clouds to the north of us and clouds to the south but here it's bright and
sunny.
Some very alien looking flowers coming into bloom in the long grass dow...
Wind.
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Today the weather is windy
not the gale force winds we have been having, thankfully , but enough to
dry washing
I striped the bed, put the sheets in t...
Autumn
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We always leave France in early September, just as the Chestnuts are
thinking of falling.
I used to look forward to going to the woods mushrooming, and ...
Hail
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Spring is throwing out some strange weather right now. We don't get snow
where we live but it is visible on some of the mountains around us over
Winte...
Potting On The Newly Rooted Plants.
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I potted on all these new plants that I divided and took cuttings of a few
weeks ago.
My neighbour down the road had his drive rechipped and tarred. ...
At last.......Crete....Part 1
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It's the color of the sea.......so uniquely beautiful.
Brief history of Chania ~
Minoan civilization: 2700-1450 BCE
Fell under Roman control: 69 BCE...
The Boys
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We have had deer on our street for many many years but I don't remember
ever seeing two bucks together. Usually just one with his ladies. No
ladies toda...
KAMO BUTCHER AND PEA AND HAM SOUP
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Yesterday we went to Omak Butchers in Kamo as I wanted to buy one of their
bacon hocks to make soup. They are so much nicer than the supermarket
ones. ...
Cancer update
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I was back to the doctor this week about my cancer spot. He cut out what
he could see and now I have some big, black stitches sticking out of my
head be...
Aug. 10, 2025
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In all this heat, I’m still working on perennial/ shrub beds. This will be
a quick post, but for those of you who do your own gardening and end up ...
Normal life
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Everything is so relative. Missiles from Yemen are already less scary,
after the missiles from Iran that killed and destroyed thousands of homes
just by...
Friday prayers
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Look at sales figures, origins, annual reports, statements from company
chairmen; become armchair investors and see what you would do yourself,
annual ...
Aoteaora's first Maori police woman
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Evelyn Mete Kingi was born Evelyn Owen in Moerewa and has been described as
a woman of resilience and character.
She was born in 1922 and joined the thir...
Farewell My Friends
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After blogging for nearly six years, I have decided to retire. Blogging
filled an empty spot in my life after losing my husband, but that has
changed...
Japandi Bedroom Makeover
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*Do you want a break from politics and British summer weather? Read on...*
“Another mural? Are you pulling my leg?”
Colin was back last month to decor...
Catching up!
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Oh dear, nearly six months since I last posted a blog. It is not that I
have been bothered to write to you. Oh no. It is because words have been
absent ...
Professing !
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Actual professing.
There are times when every learned person has the duty of stepping up to
the line and of explaining the intricacies of life from the...
Internal Garden Monologue
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If you had told me 5 years ago, I would be sitting in a house, at a table
over looking a front garden in Scotland, I would have laughed my socks
off. I...
A Note of Sadness
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One of the problems about getting so involved with these m/s recipe books
is that I feel as though I almost know the women who wrote them. I can see
how th...
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