Saturday, 18 July 2015

Sourdough








On a recent trip to Ireland I ate my body weight in fabulous bread - soda farls, potato, wheaten, Veda   
( oh my goodness, Veda bread, who knew ) and sourdough, home tended, home made, divine sourdough at Siobhans. Their daily bread, my slice of perfection.
Ireland was a fabulous adventure, there have been many since I was last here, lucky lady that I am, days out with friends, festivals, trips to Florida, the Keys and my beloved Isle of Lewis, much has changed here but as is life, much is still the same.
We still home educated O ( nearly 8 ! ) I still knit, read, sew ( occasionally ) cook, forage, create.
We still live in the same house, in the same village.
Friends have come, some gone and thankfully those very dear, family of the heart friends are still here.
There have been heartbreaking goodbyes, to dear loved ones including my Grandad.
Celebrations of birthdays, births, long lasting marriages, achievements and the every day, each day has something to put a smile on your face, like restarting this blog and seeing your lovely comments, thank you.

Eager to have my own sourdough going on, I bought a starter and set to feeding it, nurturing it, celebrating all it's bubbly goodness and then finally I made bread.
So now I have my own daily bread happening, my own slice of heaven.
Life is good.



Thursday, 16 July 2015

It's been a while, a really long while







Feeling my way around the new look blogger, thinking about things to say and cleaning up this space.
Hello, how are you ? Anyone there ?

Monday, 23 September 2013

Seven Days









Crumble
Fresh ideas
Birthday Lego
Bread and butter, all homemade
Jam making
In pots
Cinnamon buns, mama made


Saturday, 14 September 2013

From his garden





to our plates in 10 minutes.
More delicious sweetcorn, I have not tasted.
Golden goodness with a touch of butter, salt and pepper.

Sunday, 8 September 2013

Embracing Autumn

Yesterday was busy, shopping, into town on what turned out to be a fruitless errand, then on to a friends, lovely garden party, children playing, pimms and cake, chat and laughter.
Today is slow, a chilly, hand knit socks on day, autumn is seriously, firming up her grip.
We have tidied, a little.
Revived, our seasons table.
Roasted more tomatoes with garlic and herbs, ready for the freezer, prepared runner beans for freezing too.
Gorgeous, bountiful crops from our garden.
I foraged in the garden for blackberries and then used them to tuck away a depth of Winter treat, blackberry vodka.
And now, Sunday evening, soup and buttered bagels for supper, knitting and Country File, we're sinking into the season quite well.



Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Back to Basics - Home Education Planning



Time tables are not how we roll, we do not school at home, we discover, create, learn, grow, develop, play at home, in our community, with friends and without.
We are very flexible, very fluid, suns out, day at the beach, yes I think so.
September, always has that pull for me though, fresh starts, new thoughts, ideas and a touch of planning.
So we drew up a list of ideas for the season ahead and hung it up as a reminder, a guide.
We'll see where it takes us.

Sunday, 1 September 2013

Weekending








Friday night knitting
Saturday morning painting
Greek pie leftovers for lunch
Saturday night knitting and a magazine
Sunday roasting
Bedtime story

Happy Monday
Any plans for the week ahead ?