"Red wine and chocolate" said her friend with not a seconds hesitation. "Well, you can't have red wine as you're driving but you can certainly have chocolate" said my mum.. feeling just like a Fairy Godmother as she reached into WW and brought out the bag that was protecting the chocolate salami from the rain.
It is remarkable how a dreary day can be cheered up by dark chocolate and hot real coffee! They had already sampled the cheese biscuits.. and either she was being polite or she had smelt the chocolate but our Goaty friend did agree that our Shortbread was crisp and flaky, just as a biscuit should be.
They went home with her to Kent, I doubt very much if the Master Machiner will even see the empty box.. let alone taste one, it's a long drive to Kent in filthy weather.
Which, at 17.55, has now gone away and we have a modicum of sunlight! But she's reallyreally glad that she didn't go to the allotments.. brrr... she would have been so wet and cold, for nothing can be picked when it is waterlogged.. the asparagus will be loving this rain and it will be good for the fruit.
Talking of which, the 'June drop' has started early, this is when fruit trees decide which baby fruit will grow on, the others are left in an unformed state and usually drop off to the ground.
All of the fruit trees look to be carrying a good crop, except the Spartan apple, mind you, she gave him a hard prune last year after he had a such a huge crop, it was far too big for such a little tree.
But the flat is chilly-damp, she is going to do a most unusual thing and turn the heating on for a day to dry it out and warm it up. Somethings just have to be done and there are only so many clothes and socks you can wear to be warm but it's not good when a house gets or feels miserable, is it?
Talking of which.. a cup of LapySang would be a welcome treat with perhaps a tiny salami, she made some which are about an inch in diameter and three inches long, they're just a couple of small little mouthfuls but quite, quite delicious all the same.
Slurp is the word.. especially as dark clouds carrying rain are heading fast in our direction from the south west. Here endeth Spring. We do so hope that June 1st, which is the sports day for hundreds of schools here in the UK , will be a sunny dry day for them all.
GeeGee Parrot.
May 31st, 2015.
It is remarkable how a dreary day can be cheered up by dark chocolate and hot real coffee! They had already sampled the cheese biscuits.. and either she was being polite or she had smelt the chocolate but our Goaty friend did agree that our Shortbread was crisp and flaky, just as a biscuit should be.
They went home with her to Kent, I doubt very much if the Master Machiner will even see the empty box.. let alone taste one, it's a long drive to Kent in filthy weather.
Which, at 17.55, has now gone away and we have a modicum of sunlight! But she's reallyreally glad that she didn't go to the allotments.. brrr... she would have been so wet and cold, for nothing can be picked when it is waterlogged.. the asparagus will be loving this rain and it will be good for the fruit.
Talking of which, the 'June drop' has started early, this is when fruit trees decide which baby fruit will grow on, the others are left in an unformed state and usually drop off to the ground.
All of the fruit trees look to be carrying a good crop, except the Spartan apple, mind you, she gave him a hard prune last year after he had a such a huge crop, it was far too big for such a little tree.
But the flat is chilly-damp, she is going to do a most unusual thing and turn the heating on for a day to dry it out and warm it up. Somethings just have to be done and there are only so many clothes and socks you can wear to be warm but it's not good when a house gets or feels miserable, is it?
Talking of which.. a cup of LapySang would be a welcome treat with perhaps a tiny salami, she made some which are about an inch in diameter and three inches long, they're just a couple of small little mouthfuls but quite, quite delicious all the same.
Slurp is the word.. especially as dark clouds carrying rain are heading fast in our direction from the south west. Here endeth Spring. We do so hope that June 1st, which is the sports day for hundreds of schools here in the UK , will be a sunny dry day for them all.
GeeGee Parrot.
May 31st, 2015.