Archive for the ‘cooking’ Category
TweetI’m waiting up this evening. When we arrived home from work (abby comes to the bookstore most afternoons that I work, and curls up with her homework, drawing pad, pens and … books), I really wanted to go straight to bed ’cause I’ve got a cold. You know, sore throat, wonky head, achy body. Just [...]
Tweet … markets have been plundered, rodents fed and played with, and the new school week looms large. What next? Hmmm … accept that it’s that time of a wintery weekend and settle into an afternoon at the kitchen table. We baked hammy cupcakes for lunch (recipe below) … Concluded that two heads were better [...]
Tweet This winter Sunday put on quite a show this morning … blue sky, no wind, a touch of warmth to the winter sun. My goodness! What a lovely day to be outside. We visited the Camberwell Trash and Treasure Market – I haven’t been for 8 years and it was such a thrill to [...]
Tweet … when the hustle and bustle of breakfast, preparations for the school and work days are over; the girl and the husband depart and I am left sitting here. The house is silent. The clock ticks. The wind yawns, lashing the remaining leaves on the oak. The old wooden windows rattle. The sun teases [...]
Tweet Today has been yet another cold, grey and drizzly day and early morning mass left me chiled to the bone. Yet now, as the night and cold deepen, our bellies are deliciously warm with the best winter soup I have ever made. So, whilst the quantities are still fresh in my mind, I thought [...]
TweetWe do have hobbitty tendencies here in Bootville. One of them is certainly the sneaking in of second breakfasts. Though I must add, we usually only indulge in this on the weekends when we are together and collectively greedy :-) But this morning, after a few hours of chores – ay! ay! ay! getting the [...]
Tweet I have always known jewel coloured, fearsome looking mushrooms existed. They grow in clusters amongst the leaf litter, under giant trees, where it is dark and damp, and brownies, fairies and goblins live. You know, in Enid Blyton stories! I had NO idea they actually grew like this in my favourite picnic ground! They [...]
TweetIt’s Easter Saturday morning, and being here, on my Mum’s back porch, with Mum, Abby and Lucy is just bliss. We traipse/hop out here first thing in the morning and only move when the sun falls and the mosquitoes come a-biting. Abby lies on the chaise longue, reading Skulduggery, Mum and I are nestled in [...]
Tweet patient :: lily boot red ID :: allergic, so every medic who sees me from triage nurse to radiography technician asks “what are you allergic to? what kind of reaction do you have?” Clearly, the red ID system works well! (for the curious, I’m allergic to ibuprofen and lips, eyes and airways swell if [...]
TweetSurely is! Tomorrow, I too will have to bound out of the home, bright and early, clothes ironed, face washed, hair brushed, ready for a day of WORK! Outside the house! On a busy street! In a busy bookstore! Oh my goodness! So, making the most of this last Monday at home for a while [...]
TweetIt is Monday. We are not moving. We are not visiting. We are not being visited. We are not holidaying. We are not knee deep in back to school preparations. We are not eyebrow deep in family celebrations and Canadian cousins. After what has been a long time of un-ordinary, we Boots are, at last, [...]
TweetYee-ha! I am sitting here on the sofa; Julian has pedalled off to work (god bless his hard working soul!), Abby is making the most of her last day of summer holidays and is sleeping in, Toph is curled up beside me, my very first issue of Marie Clair Idees is on the other side [...]
