It is so windy outside. I looked on a weather map and Harrogate is invisible due to a thick noxious green cloud indicating severe rain and weather. I am so glad I am not outside neither do I have to venture out today.…
Eirene
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Windy day
Rice flour muffinsI have a friend coming over tomorrow who is coeliac so I thought I would bake some rhubarb gluten free muffins. It's hard to find off the wall recipes using British measurements so armed with my only American measuring…
VampiresJaygo has recently started reading Darren Shan Vampire series. I am pleased he is reading even if it is vampire novels. In fact as a secret vampire novel reader myself I now have even more that we can chat about…
- Simon's birthday
Today we and some of our friends celebrated Simon's birthday by having lunch at Salsa Posada, a Mexican restaurant in Harrogate. For a change we decided to be early and we actually were! It felt great. Salsa had…
- I went to Specsavers
I bought some new glasses last week. Yesterday attended my appointment to collect them. Sitting in the chair waiting for my receipt, I gazed at my new glasses in the little hand held mirror. The first glimmer of a doubt…
- Where memories go
I have just finished listening to'Where memories go'. It's the story of Magnus Magnusson's wife's descent into dementia written by his daughter Sally Magnusson, serialised on radio 4's book of the week. What a wonderful…
- Poor Annie -Mo
Little Annie-Mo is all out of sorts. Bright red cheeks, poorly nappy, raised temperature and lack of appetite, lead me to believe she is teething. I feel so sorry for her. I think today we will just snuggle and hopfully…
Happy guinea pigToday Annie and I cleaned out Snowy's hutch. I love how happy he acts when I have finished. He gets a wonderful little skip in gait as he trundles back to his house to sit in peace and nibble the fresh hay. If I squeak…
- Dehydrated food results
Well the results are in. The banana turned out beautifully. The individual slices turned into banana crisps, naturally sweet and tasty. The beef also turned out well. Perhaps could do with a little more flavour and…
DehydratorOur friends have gone holiday leaving their Dehydrator in our care. I have been experimenting with dehydrating food in the oven but this has inevitably resulted in charred offerings. I am too impatient and just haven't…
St BridgetSt Bridget's day is celebrated in Ireland on February the first, said to be the first day of spring. St Bridget was an abbess is Co.Kildare around 470 ad. She was born to a Christian slave mother and druid father . It…
- Happy as clams
What a lovely evening we have just spent with some good friends who live in York. Matt made a fabulous seafood chowder and George made not one but two very tasty cakes. The ccarrot cake came complete with tiny marzipan…
- Kung hei fat choy- Happy Chinese new year
This new year welcomes the arrival of the year of the wooden horse and says goodbye to the year of the water snake. People born in the year of the horse are said to be animated, active and energetic and love being in a…
- White suit
I am sat outside Jaygo' s scout hut waiting for him to finish. It's a cold evening and there has been talk of snow ,but no fluffy white flakes yet. Most Thursdays I take advantage of the gap between dropping Jay off and…
- Good morning Thomas
I quite like rainy days. It's nice to have an excuse to stay inside and hibernate all warm and snuggley. Talking about hibernating, my friend's tortoise Thomas has just awoken after 17 weeks asleep. Sophie and I brought…