Meatballs at the browning stage – this time with bonus Chorizo found hiding in the freezer! Here I am again with a smaller budget this month than I should have after all the festive excess and an effort to plan our meals has become essential. I thought I’d share my...
I ventured out into the garden this morning and lasted about ten minutes! It was so damp and so cold, even wearing three layers plus my silk and wool vest, I could not face any more. You might ask what I was doing out there this time of the year anyway? Since the...
Awaiting magical transformation! I am writing this on the 12th December 2020 – the end of a very strange year, I am sure you will all agree. In normal times, I would be dressing the house ready for our annual festive wine tasting that has been held here for the last...
All ship shape with the beautiful new Rayburn in place (and Bill’s fruit loaf for tea!) It is over 27 years since we moved into our lovely Pinks Barn here in the Cotswolds. We almost didn’t move in at all – within hours of unpacking the removal van, we had to...
Over the past few weeks I have been making up gorgeous silk collections into different colourways. Each set has an evocative title as I thought that it would perhaps give you ideas of how to use them – and also because it helped me select the colours once I had a...
I may have mentioned once or twice before that I am obsessed by stitched samplers. I hope this is something we have in common, so you will forgive me dedicating this Jotting to one sampler in particular. It was stitched by Catherine Archer in about 1865 and is one of...
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