In ordinary years I would be very busy right now. I'd have lines to learn, and rehearsals to go to. We're usually right in the swing of preparations for our annual pantomime. Oh yes we are. Sorry. It isn't a Christmas show, there's always too much happening in December. Our panto brightens up the end…Read more Getting a chance to dress up again*
Month: November 2020
A walk along the Crinan canal
It's not raining! Well it wasn't last time I checked. It's dark outside now so I can't see but I can't hear any rain. But more importantly it didn't rain during the hours of daylight. So we had A DAY OUT! To be fair it's not been all that long since the last one, the…Read more A walk along the Crinan canal
Getting crafty for Christmas
It's even wetter and windier today! I had to cut short my walk, don't worry DogS got her usual long one with MrS while I was at my Zoom Yoga class. So after getting into dry clothes and finishing off yesterday's soup for lunch I settled down for an afternoon of craft. I'm not a…Read more Getting crafty for Christmas
A nice warming bowl of soup
It's wet and windy today, we have what's described as a "lingering weather front" which started in the night and is set to last into tomorrow. We've had floods and toppled trees, though nothing like the devastation typhoons have brought to the Philippines recently. Here's the path from Sunday's post*. it's hard to see but…Read more A nice warming bowl of soup
Cake
But I won't be eating any for a while. Which is why I was disappointed when my Genoese sponge was more biscuit than cake. Every year I give up cake, biscuits, and chocolate for Lent. I know I've mentioned this elsewhere. I usually manage to keep to it, even though I fail in my attempt…Read more Cake
When things go to plan..
I am writing these posts daily but I also have to do a certain amount of forward planning. After all there's not all that much happening at the moment. We are having the occasional day trip, and there was our visit to Edinburgh, but not lots of variety. Baking posts are quite popular, and I…Read more When things go to plan..
Having an alternative
I had an idea for a post, slightly alluded to yesterday, but needed pictures. So we drove to the forestry to walk DogS and get the shots I wanted. But when we got there not only was the parking are full, one of the cars belonged to a pair of Border Terriers. Well to their…Read more Having an alternative
Revisiting old haunts
It was an early start for us today. We were on the road at (almost) first light, fuelled with a flask of coffee, off for a day trip to Edinburgh. Now we live in a Tier 2 zone and Edinburgh is in Tier 3 but MrS had to visit the dentist. We'd thought about an…Read more Revisiting old haunts
Baking, and trying something new
I wanted to bake, and I didn't want to make cake*. And I've wanted to improve my pastry skills, I'd really like to make one of these raised pies but thought I'd better have some pastry practice first. I remembered that one of the challenges on GBBO's pastry week *had been Cornish pasties. That seemed…Read more Baking, and trying something new
Being safe and warm
Today is wild and windy. Outside there are waves whipping up the sea. They might not be as big as the ones in the featured image, but that photo was taken on the more exposed west coast. If we have waves here then it's a really stormy day. And today is Armistice Day, in the…Read more Being safe and warm
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