Yesterday was my birthday, I turned 38… that’s such a big number! I had a lovely day though, it was almost worth getting another year older for. Almost. We started the day bright and early with a dippy egg…
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This is my fail-safe Madeira Cake recipe that always works. Thanks Nigella! All you need are some lovely fresh ingredients… Free-range eggs, of course… Mix and stir and mix some more, chuck into appropriately sized loaf tin and sprinkle…
Just look at this little chap! He’s the first of what I am hoping to be many courgettes, fresh from the garden. I just sliced him longways down the middle, flower and all, and stuck in in a hot…
This much soap would make anyone pure! I took this when I visited the Trebah Gardens in Cornwall where they had a Museum of Soap. Much more interesting than you might think!…
This is a self-portrait taken on Friday (this very Photo Friday Friday) with my Sony Ericsson k800i. I’m wearing yellow. I never wear yellow! I had a case of jaundice a few years ago (amongst otherthings) which made me…
I love visiting the Eden Project in Cornwall. Even though I’ve been there loads of times now, I still find it breathtaking when I get that first glimpse of the biomes……
This is the QEII, a very large cruise liner who lives in my home city of Southampton, except for when she’s gadding around the world in luxurious splendour… much like the real QEII I suppose.…
Not sure who these people are, but they proved a useful focal point one stunning evening on Perranporth beach in Cornwall. Gotta love those sunsets.…
I’m not too sure how much help he actually is, but it’s lovely having this little chap for company in the garden. I hope he leaves me a few worms though, otherwise those little chicks of his will be…
This is hardly a recipe. I brought some asparagus which is in season at the moment, but when I got home I realised it was a bit wrinkled and floppy. Not good. Rather than steaming it and accentuating its…