Annie-Mo is such a big fan of home grown fruit and vegetables that it's rare she will allow a strawberry to develop it's full luscious flavour and ruby red hue, preferring to nab each one at their small hard green stage…
Eirene
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- Winter squash under attack
- Taco Tuesday
Today Annie and I spent the morning in the lovely company of Nanty Nina and Aunty Tinana, eating chocolate Danishes and drinking coffee. Websatvinnthe back gardennsoaking up the sunshine whilst Annie played in the…
Front page ElsieMatt sent me a picture of Elsie on the front page of the recent Holiday Cottage's brochure. The picture was taken when he used to work for them. Apparently Elsie had a wonderful day on the shoot and came home filled…
Party fieldThis weekend we camped in the party field to celebrate Tinana and Kath`s birthday. We spent a lovely weekend sitting by a camp fire, toasting s'mores (marshmallow toasted and squished between the chocolate side of a…
Jules's crumbleThe lovely Jules brought us a crumble filled with the most amazing array of tasty fruit, apple,pear,blackberry,apricot,plum and ginger. It was almost half demolished before I could even get a photo. I commented to Matt…
- Rampant squash
Tinana gave me a squash plant. I think, actually she must have grown it from Jack's magic beans because it has grown and grown, taking over the whole flower bed and is now heading up to the bathroom and onwards to giant…
Cheeky MoLook who I found this morning wandering about with an empty packet of sugar from the paper recycling area and a tooth brush she had purloined from the bathroom. She was dipping the toothbrush into the sugar packet and…
- Back to school
The children started back to school today. Felix is in year eleven and will be sitting his gcse's this academic year. Jay is in year nine and will be choosing his gcse options this year, and Sophie is in year four. This…
- Saturday's adventures
When I switched my phone on this morning it had made this lovely montages from the pictures I took yesterday.…
- Party Organising
It's nearly Fi's birthday so there is a party to organise, wine to drink a and pizza to eat. Oh it's a hard life.
The Stray FairEvery August bank holiday a funfair sets up camp on the Stray. On Thursday the rides cost £1 so with pocket money tightly gripped sweaty hands the children and I headed down to try out the attractions. Annie and I had a…
- Knaresborough
Today the children, some of our friends and I took advantage of the late August sunshine to visit Knaresborough. The children had a great time playing in the river, catching fish and making dams. The Mama's enjoyed 20…
Spicy lamb pastiesIngredients Lamb mince Cooked Rice Curry paste Onion Carrots Peas Stock Puff pastry Sweat onions and carrots till soft. Add meat and brown. Add stock, curry paste and reduce. Add cold cooked rice and frozen peas. Roll…
- Elsie
After looking in depth into having puppies I have decided to not go ahead. I have heard so many horror stories and collected gasps of dismay about the work involved and decided that I wouldn't be able to keep up with…
Heiniken maneuverToday we visited Roundhay Park. We walked around the lake on a very buggy and dog friendly route. At the top of the lake was a little playground which although there wasn't much equipment the children all had lots of…