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The Great British Bakeoff was required viewing for us right from the early days when Mary Berry was a judge and the dishes created were recognizable and not very sophisticated. Fast forward a few years and Mary’s place was taken by Prue Leith, a lovely lady who I once met at the Felixstowe book festival.Continue reading “Changing faces..”

Not my favourite month to be honest. It starts off so dark and dreary, but thankfully the evenings are getting lighter already. I just realised that I have forgotten to post a picture of today’s #cakefriday offering which was Lemon Bakewell, at the request of one of our beleagured shopkeepers. Believe me, they need someContinue reading “January!”

Earlier this week I thought I’d be clever and share a memory from Facebook. I added my comment and pressed the GO button but the picture didn’t appear, just my words which without any context made no sense at all. Technology – bah humbug! The “memory” was that four years ago we uploaded a videoContinue reading “Celeriac.”

The Christmas tree has been persuaded back into its’ box and hauled into the cupboard. Some of the decorations are destined for donation to a charity shop – not yet though. I’ll save them until October as I’m sure the shops don’t really have the space to store them till next autumn. Epiphany has passedContinue reading “Back to normal!”

How are you feeling? I really have lost track of the days and suddenly realised it’s Friday! We have had a lovely time with family enjoying time together – getting everyone here is a challenge and happens rarely, so you can imagine the levels of excitement and noise as our adult children and their spousesContinue reading “Happy New Year!”

Not a sonic boom, but something of a shock no less 😉 During the course of each week we keep a constant eye on the website and YouTube in case there are any red dots – that means someone has commented or asked a question. Obviously they need a prompt response, so I try toContinue reading “Boom!”

Thankfully Hubby is now much more mobile and very pleased to be able to drive again. I’m wary of him carrying anything too heavy, but, rest assured, he’s behaving and doing as he’s told 😉 Before his surgery we wrote The List. The Master List, you understand. With all the stuff we needed to acquireContinue reading “The List.”

After a busy morning yesterday, I came home to make cake for the beleagured shopkeepers – #cakefriday. Because some of our local young friends aren’t too well I’d decided to make a double quantity of Ginger cake – it’s soft, sticky and has a great flavour to tempt their tastebuds. So, ingredients and equipment ready,Continue reading “Nobody’s perfect ;)”

This is not my favourite time of year. I much prefer long, balmy summer days when I can potter in the garden, stroll by the sea and hang washing out to dry. Instead it’s a quick nip to empty the bin, with coats, scarves and gloves any time I venture to town on these short,Continue reading “Super soup…”

There are certain tasks I simply don’t want to be involved in, they are the Blue Jobs. So into this category I put anything to do with cars, except driving them, lawn mowing, vegetable growing, wallpapering ( the only time I tried it the paper peeled right off straightaway) and cleaning toilets. You get theContinue reading “Pink or blue?”