Here is something to perplex you. It is done in the name of Art. Photo taken whilst we were out today at an Exhibition. More about it in a couple of days - need to put up the 2nd Brockhampton post first.
The Victoria Plums I bought on Wednesday have been stewed up (2 Kilos of them) and decanted into tubs ready to go into the freezer when cool. I have made room by removing a couple of tubs of Minestrone soup (one of which, truth be told, should just have been chucked in the first place and will be now. It was not very tasty). So, I had the energy to cook these up and sort things out when we got back from our outing, I have a chicken roasting in the oven and I'm about to do spuds for roasting and then bake a cake.
I am also in a quandary .. . I have heard that the farm up the road has some lovely ginger kittens which need homes. Now, I don't NEED a kitten, BUT . . . I have always had a soft spot for ginger ones. I am tempted in case Theo doesn't get better, and because a kitten would cheer us both up so much. Oh dear, what shall I do?!! (If you are a cat collector, do not bother to answer!!)
I am not a cat collector, but if a little dear ginger kitten would bring you joy and cheer you both up, then go for it.
ReplyDeleteCurious about the potato photo indeed. I've been taking magnesium daily for ten years but can't say I notice any difference, but am afraid to stop! I would love a dish of warm plums with ice cream or custard sauce. Would a kitten perk up Theo? I'd go for one, I can tell you want one {not helping, am I?}
ReplyDeleteI bet a ginger kitten is just what you need-- non-cat collector
ReplyDeleteI am soft hearted too. I have wanted a black cat since I was small and yesterday I finally saw our new barn cat (very wild) and it is a tuxedo. All of our cats have just shown up here.
ReplyDeleteI have a soft spot for Gingers too, Your heart will decide for you xx
ReplyDeleteDid not realise Magnesium tablets helped with tiredness and lack of energy. Might have to try those to see if they will assist. Take care petal, and be kind to yourself toox
We inherited a big Ginger Boy when my parents died, and he was the most fabulous cat. They're intelligent, sensible, loving cat. Our own cat was a little tabby, the first litter of a very young mother cat, and she was the scattiest, gorgeous but STUPID, cat you've ever seen. The ginger was just FABULOUS ... that's one vote in favour of a ginger kitten (or two, perhaps?)
ReplyDeleteAre sprouting tatties considered art??
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately my ‘cat collecting’ days have finished now but…….yours haven’t. I say ‘Go for it’ Ginger cats are a recovery aid to mental health issues - well I think so😊
Sprouting tatties are actually considered art. Not sure whether I agree! The ones that had a bit more light were quite lacy. You lot are useless at being the voice of common sense over ginger kittens aren't you?! I will have to be the voice of reason (or not!)
ReplyDeleteThe Ginger boy we had at the smallholding was the most loving and lovely cat - definitely go for a kitten - and all the fun of toilet training!!
ReplyDeleteI would get one. For no other reason than it would bring happiness!
ReplyDeleteSo pleased to hear you feel much better and slept well. Interesting tip about magnesium tablets as recently I have hardly slept due to anxiety. I wake up at silly o clock worrying and then can't get back to sleep.
ReplyDeleteYou have certainly been busy and glad to see you have more energy. The exibition looks so interesting and I look forward to the 2nd Brockhampton post.
You must follow your heart, but a marmalade kitten from the neighbouring farm sounds like a no brainer to me - sorry! Magnesium is found in most of the foods I eat a lot of - Chocolate (just made another batch of beetroot and chocolate brownies using 200g Green and Blacks 70% Choc and 200g beetroot - considered a health food at afternoon tea time here!), leafy greens (chard, spinach, kale, rocket are all producing and my easiest and tastiest soup to make during the winter months is ribollita), whole grains and not-grains like wholewheat flour, whole rice, buckwheat and quinoa and beans and peas (the French and borlotti beans have been so good this summer and next year I am going to try and grow chick peas) are all food staples here. Today I have spinach and ricotta squares to make (like a crustless quiche and delicious as a tasty snack), more outdoor tomatoes to harvest and roast and I must pick up some more windfalls from our neighbour’s orchard. They are a bit maggoty but once peeled and chopped I gently stew them with cloves, a twist of lemon peel, a couple of star anise and muscovado sugar and the resulting purée is delicious and will be used in apple pies for the Harvest Supper and added to our winter porridge. (I wonder if your nearby church has a harvest supper. Our harvest supper is purely secular but last year 120 locals turned up for homemade shepherds pie and apple pie, a raffle, a bar and and we raised over £1000 for Stonepillow, the local homeless charity.) I just love this time of year - eating from the garden and plenty to squirrel away for the winter months without feeling overwhelmed. After running an allotment two miles from home for 18 years I have to say that having a kitchen garden at the bottom of the garden is a luxury. I have just sown my winter salads directly into the greenhouse border - corn salad, rocket, mizuna, four seasons lettuce and lambs lettuce - and I sowed more perpetual spinach at the beginning of September for transplanting into the ground before the end of this month and they are already sturdy little one inch plantlets. And that’s without the chillies and corn cobs, the sack of pink fir apple potatoes, the basket of garlic, the nine squashes and my hoard of homegrown jam and jelly and the hedgerow syrup I made the other day. I love it all! And as the year turns there is purple sprouting broccoli, rhubarb and then asparagus to look forward to. Good to hear you are feeling better - really BB you are living the dream with your garden, books, needlework, cats and in such beautiful Welsh countryside too. Keep well and strong. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteThat is an odd thing to do with spuds going to seed hanging them like that
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