Jennifer is my cousin. She was born that way, she couldn’t help it, poor girl. We spent a lot of time together growing up, whether we liked it or not, for my mother’s family are all quite close. Quite a lot of our time was spent running like mad eejits through homemade obstacle courses- when … Continue reading
I’m not a fan of funerals, as things go. But I was at one today that was different from any funeral I’ve ever attended. I won’t say much about it, except to acknowledge that I have never seen quite such a high percentage of the community with a great story to tell about somebody. I’ve … Continue reading
How are you? You haven’t seen or heard much of me in the last few months, which is mainly down to the fact I’ve been living with my nose in a mixture of books and pillows, and boy did it pay off for I am finished and graduated- hip hip hooray! Now admittedly I did … Continue reading
6 days! SIX days to Christmas, eeeeep. And we all know that the most important thing to do on Christmas eve before you go to sleep is to leave out cookies/biscuits and some milk for Santa. Now I have a few options under my belt for good cookies, but I wanted something different this year- … Continue reading
Tuesday evenings. To some, just a plain old weekday that didn’t stand out at all. To others, Tuesday evening meant going to Peter’s house after school. The ‘others’ mentioned here may or may not include me. Did you go to a Peter’s house after school on a Tuesday too? You may wonder why, why this … Continue reading
So recently (actually quite a long while ago but I’m nothing if not a procrastinator), we had a 20 mile cookalong. I had Jennifer down to sample all the delights of the locality, but whilst we had a gap in the cooking time, we decided to have a wee stroll around the gardens. It just … Continue reading
Is all.
*That may or may not be true. We have, thanks to @darrenbradley, 2 new little kittens on the farm since last week. They’re settling in well and have taken over a few chairs already. They’ve also just melted the hearts of the whole family, and we spend hours sitting down with them and ooohing and … Continue reading
Remember that utter frustration mixed with feelings of ‘When will this END’ and ‘Ugh, who CARES about the modh coinníollach’? I’m assuming yer wan (hired model, naturally) won’t kill me cos you can’t see her properly.
Rhubarb. How I love thee when thou art in season. And these days I can’t go anywhere without seeing it. I had a hankering for some rhubarb crumble making, but due to my feeling rather ill this week, and studying taking up my time I didn’t get round to it. I used my precious hours … Continue reading
Cake in the country 