A peaceful and happy Christmas to everyone. The picture is of the carpark in Lochgoilhead village centre partially under water – let’s hope no one gets flooded out – I really feel for the poor people of Cumbria (which is where I was brought up). This is my table laid for dinner. This is a […]
That is my tree all decorated and the presents wrapped. I also got my Christmas cake iced. The ready made fondant icing you can get these days really is a boon to people like me who are useless at icing cakes. When I was a child it was always royal icing which was exceeding difficult […]
I’ve made a vegan hamper for a Christmas present rather than buying a commercial one. I thought it showed more personality than just buying one off the peg (and also I object to the fact that the company for the one I bought last year has suddenly decided that our Postcode is a remote Highland […]
I made my first clove orange when I was at school and I make a few of them at Christmas most years. I find the process of making them very therapeutic, and the smell they make through the house is incredibly evocative of the season. I’m going to make several and give them as stocking […]
I started my Christmas preparations yesterday by making my cake. I’ve a rather temperamental oven which I inherited from the former owner of the house (unfortunately it is one of those ‘too good to bin’ things as I think it would have been very expensive) and it tends to run very hot. In my previous […]
The title says it all. A very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to everyone. The weather in Lochgoilhead today is fantastic (unlike last year when it poured with rain). We had a great walk by the Loch this morning, followed by presents (some lovely ones for me) and I am now cooking the […]
Well that is my Christmas preparations about complete. Thanks to my Mum doing a buffet supper down at her cottage, I am well ahead of the game. The presents are under the tree, the table is laid (and the door to the dining room firmly closed because cats, white tablecloths and crystal glasses don’t mix),the […]
I put my Christmas Tree up yesterday with a thunderstorm raging in the background – very bizarre. I confused my Mum into thinking I was super organized with the picture of the tree on the blog last week – that was last year’s tree which had a gold theme – this year it is silver. […]
Christmas seems to have crept up on us a bit this year – probably because work has been so busy. I’ve now managed to get most of my presents, though as usual I am struggling with getting something for R. He denies he is a difficult person to buy for – but the trouble with […]
