Morning, everyone! It's the weekend, a few days of comparative rest for some and the sun is ashining brightly.
Thanks very much for all the fish and chips/fish on Friday comments - they were interesting.
I got a real shock when I stepped on those scales yesterday at Slimming World. I went, thinking that a maintain would be areal win but, somehow, not quite sure how, I lost two and a half pounds. That cheered me up no end.
When I got home, I had a message from Beth. She needed to be round here for one of those eye things where you dilate the pupils first and couldn't drive afterwards. So I took here, brought her back to mine and she stayed around until her vision settled again. It was a good opportunity for a chat and she took some tomatoes with her - three cheers.
While we were waiting in the eye clinic, I got out my Kindle to read some more KCSIE, telling Beth what I was doing. A lady opposite up laughed and said she'd ploughed through it at the beginning of September and then the new, considerably changed version was published mid-Septemberso she's now having to read it all through again. Poor lady!
Anyway, I am on the appendices now so nearly there.
I took just a few garden photos yesterday:
And I am looking up green tomato chutney recipes and saving jars!
Longer term readers might remember me getting a little fig bush, knowing that the British summer isn't long or warm enough to produce fruit that has time to ripen.
However - just look what I noticed. Two ripe, nicely squidgy figs! Yay.
I knew there was a reason why I bought some Serrano ham this week - not quite prosciutto but it'll do. And while I don't have goats' cheese, I do have some real feta.
Guess what lunch is today!
Hoping your day is good too. xx
I’m thinking that unless we move our small fig tree , yet again, it won’t ever fruit because apparently they like cramped roots! Your figs look great, as does your cottage style middle flower bed.
ReplyDeleteI’ve just started a hexi cardi Joy, wish me luck, I’ve unpicked the first couple of rows twice already 🤭😉
Alison in Devon x
Do they? - oh, that's good. It'll be OK to stay in the pot, in that case. I've just had the figs - they were lovely!
DeleteGood luck. It took me a while to get the hang of it but once I had cottoned on, it was pretty straightforward. Enjoy. xx
Your cottage garden flowerbed is stunning! Catriona
ReplyDeleteThanks, Catriona. I will need to do some digging out in a few weeks' time but right now I am enjoying it very much. It's helping to have a beautiful autumn - it looks so much better in sunshine. xx
DeleteLook at those lovely figs!! The colour of your garden is just so lovely.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I know! It was a real surprise and a bonus of of long, hot summer, I guess. And thank you. I wish my Mum and Dad were here to see it - they were great gardeners and I think they would have appreciated it. Maybe they can see it - who knows, eh? xx
DeleteFlowers look lovely.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Sharon. It's giving me a lot of pleasure. xx
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