I was Conned

Daily Prompt: VIP Who’s the most important person in your life — and how would your day-to-day existence be different without them? I don’t think my response to this post will differ wildly from most people’s – my VIP is my partner, my friend, my lover… my husband: Mr L. My life would be very different, …

I see the sun, the sun does not sees me

The sun is shining. I have fixed my pocket camera, which seems far more in keeping with the phoneography challenge,  and charged its battery and I am itching to go get some UV and grab some shots. Alas, there is work to be done and I can’t go out to play. Maybe on Monday, when …

Yesterday’s outcome

The Milk Roll wasn’t exactly inedible. It is very close textured and looks like a Madeira cake! We had some for tea and then toast for breakfast today. Not my best bread ever, but not duck food either. The Malt Loaves were a little too browned, due to my giving a blog my attention and …

(not) Phoneography

So, the first challenge is up: Phoneography Challenge: My Neighborhood I’m willing to give it a go – I found a phone and charged it up, but I can’t blog on the go as we don’t  have data transfer capability – just ordinary phone calls. Weather Gods permitting, I shall go oot ‘n aboot in the …

Trust me

Daily Prompt: Fantasy The Tooth Fairy (or Easter Bunny, or Santa Claus . . .): a fun and harmless fiction, or a pointless justification for lying to children? I am British, so the Easter Bunny never paid a call to our house, but the Tooth Fairy visited at night when our teeth fell out and Santa …

Milk Roll 2

Every scrap of the first milk roll was used – and it made wonderful toast. I do not have any full-fat milk powder yet, nor do I have any visibly white flour, but here goes… Same recipe as last time, but this time using butter instead of oil. The flour is the Bacheldre Watermill Organic …