This post wouldn’t publish on Saturday but after the kind of day I had… An eventful week: A close friend has found out he has cancer. He is taking it very well and is quite stoic about it. The hospital ward he is on is really good so he is in very good hands. Another [...]
The weather has been turning nicer and my thoughts have turned to the garden again. I planted these cabbage seedlings a mere week ago and repotted them today. The same with these courgettes and cucumbers. pao bought me some nifty and very nice new propogators for the peppers and tomatoes. I totally love them – [...]
Sorry, I’ve been a bit AWOL this week. I’ve been working late three nights this week as I’ve got a lot on at the moment. One of the reasons was a migration to another mail server to which I commented that I was preparing myself for ‘migration meltdown’. A colleague suggested that I was being [...]
and pao is back. Hooray! It is amazing what a difference 48 hours with the vet can make. Ariel is definitely a lot better than she was – in fact, she is better than she was before pao left on Sunday. The vet thought she was pining for pao and a bit stressed out. He [...]
pao is off on a course this week so the cats and I are fending for ourselves. I was back quite late last night and went to bed exhausted ready for another early start. I was so tired last night that when Ariel came up the stairs to howl at me, I didn’t get up [...]
WIP Number 7 is finished! I started these socks in Socktober but only picked them up again last month as I’m feeling determined to finish off some of my lingering WIPs this year. They are the Through the Loops mystery sock (Ravelry link) knit in Brooklyn Handspun Signature Sock. It is a lovely pattern, easy [...]
We were dropping off Auntie H the other week when this chap raced inside her flat. I didn’t chase him off straight away because he was cute and very very soft! I’ve dubbed him Colin – he has the cutest collar.
I subscribe to a few cookery blogs and it is always bemusing to make Foo drool at stuff I’ve been sharing on Google Reader but I’d been looking at profiterole recipes wonderingly for a little while. We happened to have a packet of profiterole mix in the cupboard and I thought it would be good [...]