From the garden - Hydrangeas, Purple Loosestrife and a stem of Coleus in the centre.
Yesterday was a baking day. Tam wanted a surprise cake and also mentioned my Manderin Orange cake. That's the one on the right below. The one on the left is inspired by a recent post from Sue at The Cottage at the End of a Lane - it's a Marble Cake (memories of mum making these) - with a twist, as I added a finely chopped up Mars bar to the chocolate side.
Above and below, two more recent additions to my Torquay collection. The wee one above dates to about the 1890s and the one below I bought from Malvern last time we went. I haven't seen this design before and so had to have it.
Above and below - sewing projects for the autumn.
Finally, some of the books I've read in the past few weeks. I can recommend all of them. I tried a Colin Dexter too but couldn't get on with his style of writing. The Elly Griffiths are my favourites. Most of them came from either the give a donation table at Tesco or else reduced price at The Works and the Crime novels shop in Hay (Murder and Mayhem).
Below: the latest Elly Griffiths to come my way - hard to put down - and a biography on Queen Victoria I found in the shop & PO at Dryslwyn (they have a couple of bookshelves of books for rehoming.
Finally, the tasty flour I got when we were at St Dogmael's recently. It makes a cracking loaf, so full of flavour and goodness. I got two of each to go on with.
Have a lovely weekend.
