Satiated

I have eaten my way through a strawberry patch, 50 bunches of grapes, a row of mangetout, 2 courgette plants, spring onions, cucumbers and French beans. I have yet to finish the tomatoes both inside the greenhouse and out, 

the runner beans (I've kept up with eating them beautifully.),

the apples (only eaten one - not ready!), the plums (just found them - all 8 of them!),

the kohl rabi (one left) and the pepper (only the one!)

Most of the greenhouse tomatoes have been cut back or pulled out as the tomatoes were eaten and the string saved for next year. I 'get knotted' each year in order to save the planet a little.

Only a little of the garden left to cut back for the winter. Well fed and job well done.

xx

PS Thank you DD for helping out with the eating of the tomatoes and cucumbers - couldn't have done it without you.

xx

 

Solved

1. I shall sort out the edges by leaving a note in my diary which will say:-

DO THE EDGES TODAY.

Solved. Tick.

2. It came to me in the middle the night - it's the hanger that was at the top of some canvas hanging drawers that I had hanging in the wardrobe. When I got rid of the canvas I kept the hanger in case it would come in useful in the future.

IT DIDN'T!

Solved. Tick.

I rest easy. 

xx 

PS Where have my labels gone in this new Blogger? They are not at the side, nor are they listed. Do I have to type them in again? Oh no, another mystery.

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Mysteries

 1. Every week I hoover the hall and stairs and every week I say that next week I'll do the edges (with the 'get in the corners' 'attachment). Next week never comes!

2. I found this hanger in my wardrobe. Don't know where it came from or how it came to be there. Must have picked it up from somewhere. But what is it for? It looks like a giant safety pin with a hook to hang it up and is the length of an ordinary hanger.

Stay safe.

xx

One small step

One old towelling dressing gown.

One pair of scissors, one pile of rags for cleaning, one pile of rags for the CS.

One huge heap still to sort from the ...

2 huge heaps (perhaps more) that came out of the bedroom ...

that's being decorated.

The de-clutter begins, one small step at a time!

xx

Found a conker

Apologies to the song - Found a Peanut

Found a conker,

Found a conker,

Found a conker yesterday,

Found a conker,

Found a conker,

Found a conker yesterday.

Picked it up then,

Picked it up then.

Picked it up then yesterday,

Picked it up then,

Picked it up then.

Picked it up then yesterday.

Stroked the conker,

Stroked the conker,

Stroked the conker yesterday,

Stroked the conker,

Stroked the conker,

All my worries flew away.

I always keep a conker or conkers handy in a pocket in autumn and use them as stress balls or Baoding balls.

xx

During the day

There is a work surface opposite the kitchen window which is used for different purposes throughout the day. Here are a few glimpses of said surface.

The pic below shows some things that are defrosting from the freezer.

Here we've got the mixer ready for making the bread and some tomatoes that have just been picked. T|here are glasses and dishes ready to be put away.

The dough is a-whirring.

The phone is charged round here.

It looks like the clothes are ready to be folded from the tumble drier.

Bread has baked. The lampshade is from our lady lamp at the bottom of the stairs. We were expecting the carpet fitter and we didn't want him to knock the lampshade as he was taking up the carpet.

It was a hot day - that's my excuse!

xx

For Cherie

Mum's Crumble Topping Recipe

It's very simple - all you need to remember is 

Half fat and sugar to flour.

eg. 6 oz flour, 3 oz butter, 3 oz sugar

or 

8 oz flour, 4 oz butter, 4 oz sugar

Instead of all flour you can add some oats

eg. 6 oz flour 2 oz oats (8 oz),  4 oz butter, 4 oz sugar

The sugar could be white or brown - I like to  use brown for more flavour either as sweetener to the fruit or in the crumble topping.

This is my go to crumble topping although if you look it up there are quite a few variations out there. I just like things simple to remember.

The topping can be sparse or thicker on top of the fruit - it's your preference.

Happy crumbling!

xx