Kitchen window - April 2011

Saved!

This peony was leaning over so much it was in danger of being trodden on. It just had to be saved. So I saved it.

It looks just as pretty inside.

These poppies were in the garden aswell but I left them alone.

Happy Easter

Flowers from the garden,

Homemade Easter treats,

Simple decorations.

Happy Easter.

Oatie biscuits

* 1 cup oats
* 1 cup sultanas or mixed fruit
* 1 cup flour
* 1/2 cup sugar - any kind
* 4 oz butter
* 1 egg

Mix altogether and spread out in a Swiss roll tin.
Bake at about 175 degrees for about 15 - 20 minutes. (My timings are never perfect. If they smell and look done they probably are!)
Mark out biscuits in the tin with a knife then when cold take out of tin.

Just noticed ...

.... these white bluebells in the garden. 

Today

Have cup of tea and a slice of toast with Marmite on in bed.

Peel vegetables for tea outside....

... while taking the cats for a walk in the garden.

We are going to have roast chicken and we'll have asparagus aswell  but I won't pick that until tonight.

DD and DH are busy inside tidying up and putting the breakfast things away.

Paint fence panels. Have salad for lunch then go to work at the Charity Shop this afternoon.

Come home and admire the flowering cherry on the way back.

Admire the Lords and Ladies in the front garden.

Find out that DD forgot to put the chicken in the oven. Dinner will be late tonight!

In the garden

What a glorious day today - lovely and warm, just right for gardening. The magnolia was very fragrant.

The grass needed cutting which meant all these beautiful flowers had to go.

The rhubarb was just right for picking.

I planted some carrots.

The apple tree is growing - or is it the plum?

We also took the cats for a 'drag'.