The last few days I have been busy turning blackberries and plums into jelly and jam.  It is just so satisfying to collect the fruit (the be...

I have just finished preparing tonight's dinner (meatballs in a pepper/tomato sauce, to be served with rice) and have made the shopping ...

Foccacia sandwich... It was a beautiful sunny day yesterday, so I went for a walk by the seafront - it was lovely!  I decided to treat m...

Just a brief post today with the latest baking adventures - mini muffins!  I'm not normally a huge fan of shop-bought muffins as they te...

...that was the question! :-)  Frankly, I have not really felt like writing which is why there has been a bit of a pause but I am back again...

It's the London Olympics and I have been glued to the TV, watching all manner of sporting achievements!  It's been stunning but has ...

The sun is out and finally people and plants are getting some much needed vitamin D!  Amazing how a bright day can change everyone's mo...

First peppers appearing... Very exciting news: the pepper plants which have grown indoors on the window sill for the last few weeks have...

Small plastic bag/purse with cork buttons Stripey back... Ok - I don't like plastic bags!  When we go shopping we try and always...

Well, what not to do is take the dog out before 8am and get absolutely soaked!  You know that the weather is bad when not even your 9 month ...