Relief!

This is the face of an elderly flatcoated retriever rejoicing in a cool, muddy puddle. He’s halfway up one of our steep mountainous hillsides. It’s the middle of the day and the temperature is around 30C. He’s not the only one relieved that he found...
April

April

30th April 2020 A month in to my temperature blanket project and this is as far as I’ve got. My daily knitting interlude, with the previous day’s The Archers in the background, has become an anchor point in these days of staying in. We haven’t really...
Nice buns

Nice buns

This is the third time I’ve made Hot Cross Buns. The two previous times ended in heavy, dense disappointment and I was a little concerned about these as the yeast predictably behaved like first years on Spring Break even in the fridge, before collapsing in a...