A short catch up

 I use a knob of butter to hide the pills in.    It's nice and slippery and you just pinch the top of the head and I slide a finger in the corner of his mouth and quickly push the butter to the back of the throat, hold mouth shut, and massage throat.  Works for L. Whale anyway.  Good luck with Mo.

Sorry no proper post yet today - going nutso with SO MANY jobs to be done.  Have an order for Vegan cakes so have to up my game - none of my "don't need to think too hard about making" favourite recipes and can't print off the recipes because I have had to order colour printer ink as that's out and it won't work with just printing in black and white.  SO much to do in the garden, cushions to finish making for my new garden seats (BARGAIN of the year, £42 for two seats and table at Morrisons, though I had to force myself to buy them with so much money going out this month), baking to do and I would LOVE to just sit down with a book.  As if!  

I had an interesting little visitor to my garden this morning, a Brown Banded Carder Bee.  I think . . . but few are so Hairy or that colourway.

Oh, I forgot to mention us girls had a lovely Italian meal in Cardiff on Wednesday.  I had a gorgeous King Prawn Tagliatelli.  Bet I couldn't replicate that at home though!  I love anything with King Prawns.  Gabby had arranged it so I could meet one of her friend's mums, who quilts, and she knew we would get on well - and of course we did - and are swopping ideas and meeting up at Malvern Quilt Festival in 3 weeks' time. 

Right, this won't do.  Out to the garden whilst the 2nd cake is still cooking.

  We had a look around the shops and saw where Gabby worked, and I people-watched whilst they looked at sunglasses.  Can you imagine a shop absolutely dedicated to (expensive!!) sunglasses?! I have a lovely pair which Gabby gave me as I had been just using a pair that someone left behind on my stall some years ago!!!  I have to say though, it seemed a long drive each way and a long day.  With carrying Rosie around a good bit at home, lifting her up to make the bells tinkle (I made a rod for my own back!) etc I was worn out.  Oh, and Tam and Rosie kept me company whilst I painted the last of the high bits in the guest bedroom, so still aching from that too.  

I have made two of the four cakes today - a Vegan Gingerbread and a Vegan Chocolate cake (with Courgettes in).  So that's a good start.  They are needed for 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th May (and I have a 3 day Fair in the middle of that, hence starting early).  Don't worry, I'm not doing it for nothing and being paid properly for my time and ingredients.

Now I want to get out in the garden for a little while before I start cooking my evening meal (to do me tonight and enough for Tam and I tomorrow).  After tea, a little sewing.