I have said something about Soup recently – how I am in agreement with Joanna Lumley re: the Green Soup and the Red Soup but that there was also White Soup to be enjoyed. Well, I missed one soup shade out. Today’s soup is to be Orange Soup: I have a Butternut Squash and a …
Monthly archives: April 2016
In the Bag
After tea we noticed that the wind had now died down completely. The tide was out so we grabbed our bin bags and sallied forth to do our bit for Bag the Bruck. Of course, there being no wind meant that the flies were a nuisance, though I was quite delighted to be barged into …
A very odd job
48 working days to go. Mr L’s RV task for the day was to get the Freesat working. Why? Well, when we come to sell, every little helps. Anyway, it is up and is running. We had a furtle through the channel listings. We are now reminded why it is that we do not have …
The Thin Red Line
I can’t believe that it is five days since I posted. I checked my drafts but there is nothing there. Perhaps I dreamed that I posted. Or maybe nothing whatsoever has been happening. Yep, that’ll be the one. It snowed! I often wonder what that means: “it snowed”, “it rained”, “It was windy” – what …
Nom, nom, nom
I seem to be on a bit of a roll in the kitchen. After three weeks’ rest from the AGA it appears that I have bounced back full of enthusiasm and skill. The delicious sausage casserole at the weekend has been closely followed by a lovely pea risotto with prawns yesterday and today I made my …
A funny old day
Yesterday was a funny old day. Having woken at some unknown early hour to register that we were without power, we rose ready to start the new week without our daily shower – never a good start to the day. A call to “The Hydro” revealed that we might expect the electricity to return around 1pm. …