No excuses – it’s been an age since I resorted to a knitting blip. New shaped shoulder shawl, Herbivore pattern by Stephen West, knitted by me in yarn handspun by me, from a roving hand-dyed by FiberOptic – currently on the blocking mats and unlikely to dry any time soon, not in this weather anyway. …
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Chocolate Orange Storecupboard Cake
A Nigella standby – one for tea and a second to take to Spinning Group tomorrow. I also made a litre of yoghurt today and hand-washed a mountain of hand-knit socks and a scarf. The cat trays also got a look-in and the Dyson had a trip around the bedrooms. Overall, I’d say that the …
Pod and the balloon
Happy Birthday, Blipfoto. You would not believe how difficult it was to get hold of a red balloon on my wee island. Pod’s been on a Health and Safety course and remembered to bend ze knees… but I think he forgot to straighten his back.
Gratuitous cat
It has been a while since I resorted to a Gratuitous Cat shot. Meet Trampas. I popped over to Hillside to let Tan out for a bathroom break whilst her mum and dad are in town today. Trampas came to say hello. His mum is an even lazier blipper than am I. It’s a lovely …
Well, that was a disappointment
I guess it was a pie with pork in it, but it was no pork pie. Where was the jellied stock? Where was the seasoning? and what on earth was that pastry? What we got was a layer of flavourless sausagemeat, a layer of dry overcooked pork and a lot of fresh air. *sigh* Looks …
Porky
We went to town yesterday and were rewarded by finding a pork pie remianing in Donaldson’s. To be fair, it doesn’t look like any pork pie I have ever seen before but this is Orkney and this is a first – so no complaints! My hopes are high but the list of ingredients does suggest …
Evening sky
Never go anywhere without a camera. I went to the vet and Tesco. Pretty boring but I still took my little camera. I caught this view from the MV Earl Thorfinn on the way home.
The Moon is a Cruel Mistress
So still tonight following the storm. The moon is being a little coy, hiding her beauty behind the clouds and refusing tocome forth. My photographic skills still seem to be awol. The good news is that my nose no longer seems to need a plumbing fix. October word challenge: [i]2 hidden[/i]
If at first
Well, that didn’t work. The weather continues to be foul and my lurgy continues to befoul. I elected to play with the bokeh filter that I made some time ago. The cats have been playing with it and also, to be truthful, I appear to have lost all photographic ability today (if I ever had …
Take it the Max
In all the years we have been here, I do not believe that I have ever before properly succumbed to a viral attack. This is evidenced by today’s foray into the medicine cabinet. Not one cold remedy in there that did not expire before the end of 2005! (we moved here in September 2006) I’m …