Body clocks, always something new, just right
1. My phone battery dies overnight but our – and the animals’ – body clocks wake us right on time. 2. The bracken, brambles and balsam have died away to reveal new paths through the woods and fields. We walk them together, her tail spinning, my heels sinking into the leaf mulch. 3. I love [...]
Early morning, perfect results, good dog good dog
1. I get up to let the chickens into the run then sneak back to bed, curling around the dog who has taken my place while I was away. Outside, it felt earlier than it is – soft sunlight, a dawn-like chill – but the bedroom is toasty warm. 2. The bread’s even brown crust [...]
3BT – it’s working, always time for bread & jam, comfortable
1. I spend the afternoon pottering in the garden – sowing more salad, potting on small seedlings and planting out their bigger siblings. Growing veg is such a waiting game – waiting and hoping – but when I see the first courgettes forming, it feels worth it. 2. John’s out all day at a friend’s [...]
3BT – soft & even, play time, the new recipe
1. Her freshly clipped coat feels like velvet. 2. We worry – as we always do – that the play is bordering on fighting but the woman assures us that it is definitely play. The dogs bounce around together amongst the oak trees as we talk about them behind their backs. 3. The slow-rise bread [...]
3BT – cool blue, crumbs, joining the Parade
1) The doorbell rings and it’s the smiling postman with a long awaited eBay purchase – a 50 year old big blue enamel bowl. I’d bought it intending for it to be a planter but it’s so pretty in the flesh that I want to use it for something grander. It’s delightfully cool to the [...]
Flatbread with honey & sesame oil
I wanted to make some flatbreads to go with our lamb tagine this evening but all the recipes called for plain flour & yeast and I couldn’t find any of the latter in our over-stuffed cupboard. I kept the yeast-activating honey from the recipes I found though and aside from that just improvised. They turned [...]