I just paid a visit to Mr L’s office – to enquire whether we might not be rich for a while. Could he not win the lottery or something – after all, I cannot, as I never play it. I told him: he can have no conception of just how much I hate housework. I …
Category archives: Dear Diary
Spicing things up a little
There’s a brown-ish, seedy, malty load on the rise today. Gill delivered fresh yeast last night and I had no intention of allowing it to linger. I’m still using up a mix of flours that I tipped the ends of into a box together. It makes a good bread – there’s seeded rustic flour in …
Plan A
Saturday was a dismal day. The rain simply tanked down. We got a good soaking at the bottle bank, did some shopping at the Community and Corses shops and then headed to a house-viewing appointment. I think that the house viewing was a success. It has toned down Mr L’s ambition to move back to …
A Grand Day Out
The Land Rover was booked onto Monday’s ferry in order to take Griff to his vet appointment. As the poor thing did not last out that long, we were going to cancel both the vet and the ferry but I had an idea… Mr L is on holiday and nothing much was spoiling and so …
Didn’t we have some splendid times?
It was great having you for a pal. We shall miss you. I am sorry your end was not easier.
Tasty
I have just made up another batch of Granola – from a different recipe this time. I was nibbling at bits… just testing, you know. I reached a conclusion – there is nothing in this world that tastes finer than a toasted almond. Feel free to disagree… I used the recipe from Joy of Baking. This …