Friday night's Gardeners' World reminded us that this is the time of year to plant bulbs for next Spring. Mr C and I made the most of a recent special offer at B&Q to buy some bulbs, but we hadn't yet got round to actually putting them in the ground yet.We only had a short time available on Saturday morning in the garden, but we made the most of it to make a start planting the bulbs we had brought. We made a start with some snowdrops that we planted in the grass around the base of a couple of what we believe to be damson trees in the garden. There are ... read more
Planned excitement
Still feeling rough from a cold that I seem to have picked up, but to cheer myself up I've this morning booked tickets for a couple of things that I'm planning to do over the next couple of months.Firstly I'm going along to the annual Knitting and Stitching show at Alexandra Palace. This is an event that I've been along to many times over the last few years. I normally spend most of my time going round the stalls, but this year their theme is make do and mend, something that I'm always interested in. The demonstration parts of the day may therefore be of ... read more
The Divide – Nicholas Evans
When I received the latest pile of books from my mother in law, S, I was pretty sure that I recognised the name Nicholas Evans but it took me quite a while to place exactly why I knew it. It's quite a few years since I read his first novel, The Horse Whisperer, but I do clearly recall that it was one of those books that everyone at school was desperate to read. Since then I have to admit that I've not see anything else he's written, until now. The back cover and first chapter of The Divide made me think that I was going to be reading a ... read more
St Pancras Farmers’ Market
It's been a while since I've been through St Pancras station and there are certainly a few changes since my last visit. One of the most obvious, to me at least, is the Sourced Market that has opened near the Thameslink platforms. A quick look tonight whilst waiting for my train home suggested a nice range of yummy things, including a good selection of fruit and veg. It wasn't exactly cheap, but not as prohibitively priced as I initially feared. It was also good to see some clear labelling as to where things had come from allowing the consumer to keep track of the food miles behind their lunch ... read more
A Polish interlude…
I have a much more exciting reason behind the latest blogging interlude. Mr C and I have just returned from a fantastic long weekend in Poland where we saw our dear friends C & D marry.There are many tales to tell of a beautiful wedding, delightful Polish countryside and a journey on a red London bus. At the moment though there's a pile of washing to tackle and work to prepare for tomorrow morning. I promise I will return to fill in the gaps and hopefully share some pictures. ... read more
The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook
By the time I reached central London on the train yesterday morning I felt so hungry! The culprit being an impulse purchase in the garden centre on Sunday of The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook. One of my work colleague J has being going on about this cookbook for ages, mainly as his two young daughters keep feeding him with various things that they'e been baking from it.I've not had the opportunity to actually bake anything from it yet, but I did manage to read it cover to cover on the train and the photos make it all look so yummy! The Hummingbird Bakery specialises in ... read more
Herbs and heather
Bearing in mind we only went for some grass seed it was quite a haul that we came home with.Our planting in the garden is a tad haphazard at the moment in that we just happen to see things that we like, buy them and then try and work out where is best to plant them. One area where I am applying a bit of a theme is around the decking. At one end is the large rosemary that was here when we moved in and around the rest of the deck I'm following it with other herb type plants.A couple of types of lavender have already been planted, but over the weekend I also added another shade of purple ... read more
Chilli medusa
A "quick" trip to the garden centre for some grass seed resulted in a few other purchases. I'm sure I'll follow up with another post about the things we bought to actually go in the garden, but this is one of the things that has ended up inside the house - chilli medusa.From what I've learnt from the internet and the label it apparently is both ornamental and for cooking (surely if it can be used for cooking then it's no longer ornamental by definition is it?) I'm pretty sure Mr C and I will try cooking with it at some point soon - we both like chillies and it ... read more
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Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell
When I look back I'm sometimes amazed at how few of the "classics" I actually read whilst I was at school. I'm certainly trying to make up for that now though and make an effort to pick up such books when ever I see them going cheap in charity shops. They're not all the easiest reads, but I do feel a sense of achievement when finishing them and also feel that my reading repertoire is expanding and maturing.One book that I am somewhat amazed that slipped through the net is George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. When you think about how many things from this book have ... read more