Where are we up to? DIY – I mentioned DIY things going on, didn’t I? Well, the hallway is finished and so is the cloakroom. Curtains have gone up today and a new sleek chrome shaver socket has replaced the horrible old fake brass one. Work is now beginning at the front end of the …
Category archives: Dear Diary
Inertia and Momentum
There hasn’t been much going on in the kitchen recently – not anything worth writing about, at least. I think that having fresh yeast in the house inspires me and when it is not there I tend to want to bake less often. A seeded loaf emerged from the oven this week, but just the …
The snail stopped by this week
Mail from Deborah in Florida earlier this week. I replied with a long letter written on the ferry on Tuesday.
The snail stopped by again today, with letters from Wales and from Texas. Both had good stamps
Spoiling
I was in town yesterday, alongside the passengers of the 3,200 berth Caribbean Princess, the largest cruise liner ever to berth in Kirkwall. It was a monster, a floating town that dwarfed the dock. I cannot begin to imagine how horrible an experience it must be to holiday on one of those things. The main …
A Tale of Two Loaves
Time is short around here and there is little yeasted activity happening (we are doing puzzles at every opportunity) That being so, I made some more of the non-flour seeded loaf earlier in the week. It was a disaster It’s dry and crumbly and completely unsliceable. No, I have no idea what went wrong. I made another one yesterday …
Cut and come again
Recent rain has brought the grass on and today’s glorious weather has brought out the mower. It stubbornly refused to start, of course. We jump started it from the Land Rover, and what a faff that was. The battery is under the seat and the mower won’t work unless somebody is sat on the seat… …