Tonight's dinner was a "use it all up" affair, no recipe involved, though it did lean heavily on a Nigel Slater recipe for courgettes with orzo and guanciale (it's scrummy, you should try it.)
August Break 2025, Day 26: Door (late)
Like many, I have a passion for doors and have hundreds of archive images of doors - be they ornate, elegant, decaying, splendid or humble. I just love them.
August Break 2025, Day 25: Never Forget (late)
I cannot claim that I Never Forget to post a response to a given prompt, it's far more likely that I simply can't find time to fit it in, or lack any inspiration for/interest in it. "Never Forget" is definitely not a prompt that sparks my interest! Happily, something that fits the bill has cropped up...
August Break 2025, Day 24: Leaves (late)
We popped up to the site office this morning, and so I took my phone with me in order to snap some leaves that I had noticed recently. Both have interesting texture and structure to them. Both are a mystery to me.
August Break 2025, Day 23: Wet
We are in a drought situation here, there's very little that is wet - except for this coriander that I have just been rinsing and now need to dry off. I often don't rinse my herbs but Coriander seems to be grown on sandy soil and there's nothing more horrible than gritty coriander. This lot …
August Break 2025, Day 22: Clouds
In Other News, I have been suffering a frustrating battle with The Cloud. For about a week now. I will be honest and admit that I really do not understand The Cloud, nor how cloudy (cloudish?) things work. I have learned in the last few days that they don't, not always.