Stopping for lunch

These days I start thinking about lunch pretty much right after breakfast, certainly no later than mid morning. Who am I trying to kid? This is normal , not lockdown behaviour for me. I have to be very, very busy or ill, not to have at least part of my mind on my next meal.…Read more Stopping for lunch

Le Puy en Velay

I'm back with the armchair travel. In Le Puy. A stop on our return through France in October. And at first I wasn't sure whether I did like it. Actually it was strange and beautiful on first sight. Approaching from the hills we could see its stripy cathedral, and weird volcanic toadstools, those topped with…Read more Le Puy en Velay

Quizzes

Yes, I know I wrote that today would be armchair travel, but I'm short on the right inspiration. Instead my head is full of questions for a potential quiz. I like quizzes, mostly as a participant, but I have been known to make up my own. I like to have a theme. My best ever…Read more Quizzes

Walking (2)

Why the "2" Well I've posted on this subject before. Twice if you count the one about walking with DogS. But it's something I do a lot of, and can do at the moment. Yesterday's story was inspired by and thought up on one of my daily walks. Though the people just live in my head.…Read more Walking (2)

Stories

I really do love stories, "The Chalet School" and Bilbo Baggins when I was young, Slinky Malinky , Roald Dahl and Harry Potter (complete with voices) with MasterS when he was; MrS reading me Saki short stories. He felt kinship with Conradin from Srnedni Vashtar, even though his aunts were nothing but kindness. For me bounding spaniels…Read more Stories

Friday Night Dinner

Now I'm being a but naughty with this post. Am I talking about the TV show? Or my actual Friday night dinner. Actually a bit of both. If you're unfamiliar with the show then.. well, you'll need to hurry but you can find it here. So what's the connection? In the show the two grown up sons…Read more Friday Night Dinner

Baking

And I specially like baking cake. Problem is I also like eating cake. So when it's just me'n'MrS here I try not to bake too often. I know there's DogS too but cake isn't very good for dogs. You see MrS is very good at "saving things for later". But I'm very greedy, and hate…Read more Baking

Getting dressed up

Whether for stage or fancy dress Weddings that's me in my black wedding dress, and as a guest. Or just for the heck of it. Though I wasn't all dressed up just for a paddle. MrS was attending an event. But no excuse except sunshine and a summer fair for the second pic. And that…Read more Getting dressed up

A good cocktail

Carefully mixed and preferably served in a classic Martini glass, a good cocktail is my favourite indulgence. Although gin is my spirit of choice for a simple mixed drink it's not an ingredient in my favourite cocktail, the Manhattan. Three parts whisky and one sweet vermouth, mix over ice, strain and serve with a cocktail…Read more A good cocktail

Taking time to explore

Once upon a time we took a trip to Europe. MrS, DogS and me. Well it seems like a long time ago. Even at the time we felt it might be a kind of a "last hurrah". We didn't know how easy a trip like that would be after Brexit. To be able to pack…Read more Taking time to explore