September means that the Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness is approaching. It also means that Shimelle is running her annual class, Learn Something New Every Day.As with the previous few years, I’m recording what I’ve learned throughout September here. Day 11: The events of twenty years ago still make me extremely emotional. Day 12: The return to the cinema … Continue reading Learn Something New Every Day | Days 11-15
Ingredients: 250g orzo pasta 1 tablespoon olive oil 3 chicken breasts cut into small chunks 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning 3 cloves of garlic, finely minced 3 tomatoes, diced 1 tub of cream cheese (I used Philadelphia Light) 3/4 cup of reserved pasta water 2 tablespoons of lemon juice 1/2 cup of freshly grated Parmesan … Continue reading Cream Cheese and Chicken Orzo With Tomatoes
I've lost my way a little with my scrapbooking recently, storage space for new albums is almost non-existent and I'm about done with taking a large bag of stash with me when we travel. But that doesn't mean I wasn't up to the job of recording our recent road trip to South Lakeland. Enter the … Continue reading Recording Our Northern Road Trip
It was a quiet week, one where we were happy to stay mostly close to home. We took friends to our favourite garden centre for brunch We went out with Tilly twice a dayI requested a timeslot for the first parents/teacher meeting of the new school year. It will be over ZoomWe spent the morning … Continue reading Me on Monday
I've been keeping an eye out for favourite books being made in to a film or TV series. Here's a short list of what I'll be hoping to watch: Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid: Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late '60s, sneaking into clubs and … Continue reading Favourite Books Making It Onto The Screen
September means that the Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness is approaching. It also means that Shimelle is running her annual class, Learn Something New Every Day.As with the previous few years, I’m recording what I’ve learned throughout September here. Day 6: I've put the heavier weight duvets back on the beds too soon. Day 7: The chance to spend … Continue reading Learn Something New Every Day | Days 6-10
September means that the Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness is approaching. It also means that Shimelle is running her annual class, Learn Something New Every Day.As with the previous few years, I’m recording what I’ve learned throughout September here. Day 1: A new recipe always takes much longer to prepare and serve than anticipated. Day 2: The Boy will … Continue reading Learn Something New Every Day | Days 1-5
There's always something to see in town Slow Summer outings were defined like this: Choose a quirky/unusual destination in townGo and look at itTake photosGo for coffee and cakeGo home And that's exactly what we did. I wasn't trying to reinvent the wheel. I did, however, make great use of this book. Where possible, we … Continue reading Slow Summer And How We Did It In The Time Of COVID
Late morning, 11 September It was a week of highs and lows, all told: I/we were able to see several friends and family membersI spent a few hours tidying up in the front gardenI was extremely emotional on Saturday* Twin Towers seen from Ellis Island, 7 September 1995Me on to of the World Trade Centre, … Continue reading Me on Monday
Even though I have no need of a new mug, I need this one. I'm considering purchasing an Autumn wreath to hang on my front door. {But will someone pinch it?} We're hosting a gathering soon {Eek! 🙂 Will we remember how to actually host a gathering?} and I'm considering a spot of emoji fun … Continue reading Four Fun Things
