This economy drive is proving to be quite enjoyable. Some interesting meals are emerging. Today I am making Economy Broth, a variation on Green Soup. Just the thing on a snowy blustery day like today. What is Economy Broth? Well, just like any old Green Soup but with added Pot Barley and without the use …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
Slow
A bit of a slow day today, taking things easy and nothing much happening. The most exertion that we have seen today was to walk out and post our voting forms off. I tried to photograph some lambs but this sheep was a far nicer image, I thought Lots of talk today, re-drawing plans for …
It’s a long way down
It seems so long since Mr L succumbed to his cold that I actually believed that I had got away with it. Not so, it must be a long incubation virus because it now has me within its grip. It began late on Thursday with a hot dry throat, developed in to sneezing yesterday and …
The Soup Rainbow
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 …
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 …