The other night I made a monster veg curry – potato, cauliflower and chickpea. As well as it making a (very) large meal for four people, I froze about enough to feed the 5000… And after that about half the packet of dried chickpeas (cost c.99p) was left over. So the next day I cooked […]
The view from our house is absolutely lovely don’t get me wrong. The very first time R and I looked at the house I said that it was 97% perfect and the missing 3% was that there is a row of houses about 500m between us and the mountains which slightly impacts our view. His […]
As I’ve mentioned on numerous occasions, we have two snow Bengal cats – Schrodi (aka the good one) and Tora (aka the bad one). Schrodi is a typical ‘cute ball of fur’ type cat. He likes eating, sleeping (preferably on a knee) and is basically a little friend to all the world (this is an […]
It is Gala Day here in Lochgoilhead today – and with the insouciance of fate, the weather (which has been perfect all week) is not so great today. It is not cold by any manner of means, but it is a bit great and there are spots of rain. Let’s hope it manages to hold […]
The picture is of ‘the ladies’ I had the fun of feeding last week…. I have to keep telling myself that chickens are not compatible with the other wildlife or I would have 12 of my own before you could say ‘Eggs Benedict’….
We now have a seriously large number of tomatoes getting ready every day. They are lovely and flavoursome and sweet – actually much better than even the expensive vine tomatoes from M&S or Waitrose (or even Lidl!). R will not eat tomatoes unless they are cooked – but these ones are actually nicest just eaten […]
Well we are back home having had a nice time. It seems ages since we were in Mossdale and actually had good weather. As usual my Mum and Dad did us proud and we are a bit fatter than we were when we arrived after all the good cooking. My highlight was feeding the next […]
Today is nice and sunny and R and I have been having an explore of the area. First we went to the Galloway Wildlife Park. We’ve been many times and how many actual animals you see is variable. Today was not a good day for them because a) there is loads and loads of vegetation […]
Well not proper south – south Scotland. My parents live in Dumfries and Galloway near Castle Douglas. It is a beautiful and unspoilt part of the world; not as ‘drop dead in your face gorgeous’ as the Highlands, but lovely rolling countryside with deserted lochs and low forested hills. In fact it always reminds me […]
The garden isn’t quite as colourful now as it was back in May/June. In particular it is missing the wow factor of the primulas which were out in force for more than three months but are past now. We still have some nice ones in July though – the hydrangeas are looking lovely, as is […]
