I thawed a pot of minestrone for my lunch but it turned out to be French beans in tomato sauce, so I made a sandwich from bits I found in the fridge: homemade Granary roll, smoked ham, cheddar cheese and some of those wonderful spicy beetroots from Tesco. The beans in sauce may reappear tomorrow …
Monthly archives: August 2016
Ssssh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htobTBlCvUU I went to check on the former CISRA puzzlers today: there was an update made on the 17th of August, which suggested that another is imminent. [su_quote cite=”mezzacotta” url=”http://www.mezzacotta.net/puzzle/”]17 August 2016 We are creating and test solving the last batch of puzzles for the competition. Early September is a touch too early to commit …
Now what
Woke this morning to a heavy mist and so we put into action our backup plan and I delivered Mr L to the ferry in the full expectation that his flight would be delayed or cancelled. I’m back from the ferry, the dog has been played with and fed, the rubbish is out and I …
A Molehill
I can scarce believe it but the sock yarn mountain is already reduced to a molehill – just three balls left. Mr L is having three and I have five for myself, the remainder has gone to new homes. I confess that I have already bid on two more packages of sock yarn from the …
If only shoes were knittable
The remaining two lots of eBay sock yarn arrived this morning. I gave Mr L first dibs and he chose three balls for his own socks I was very taken with the cotton blend yarn – all eight balls were equally beautiful. It is a gorgeous range of shades. I may need to buy another …
Only in Orkney
The weather up here has been pretty good this week. On Monday we took Nell to the vet in Kirkwall to organise her passport. We made the long day of it and treated ourselves to an outing. Nell was very well-behaved, though a little stressed by her trip, so we took her straight from the …