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Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.
And here are three of our four enjoying the comfort that they have found. Pomme, curled up next to Mr FD. She looks a bit "simple" in this photo, but she's not really. She's quite a wily cat,...
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Pork en papillote recipe.
I got a bit miffed with Mr FD yesterday - I'd come straight in from work and started preparing the vegetable tagine that I'd planned: roasting the butternut squash before adding it to the sauce (which...
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Sending A Little Love
Hello, hello, hello dear Readers, and a bigFatDormouse Welcome to Jade from Bohemian Musings. She fell for the pictures of the cats - and who can blame her?!I recently took part in a "Send a Little...
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Receiving A Little Love. Sharing a Little Food.
My post about the lovely things Joy sent to me is over at The Teapot.Suffice to say, Pomme & Bib were very excited about A BOX!!!!!!!It's my box! Mine, I tell you!No, I think you'll find it's MY...
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Winner! Winner!!
By my “random generator” - i.e. look at the number of comments, randomly pick a number between 1 and the number, (It was 16) scroll down and count until you reach that number…(Only counting Kezzie as 1...
View Article40 ACTS
At the moment my daily blogs will be over at The Teapot, as I'm blogging about my efforts to follow 40 Acts this Lent. Do pop over to see what I've been up to!Happy Days to you all!
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First we eat...then we do everything else.
SOURCE: izismile.comHello, hello, dear Readers. I know I have been neglecting this blog a little, but I am trying to post every day over at The Teapot about 40 Acts of Generosity for Lent, so you can...
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Global Scouse Day. Just to let you know!
Hello again everyone! I appear to have lost two followers. That's sad - I wonder how I offended them? Maybe by not posting often enough - but I am posting most days over at The Teapot as I follow 40...
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A Little Giveaway!!
Monique and Michel from across the road came for dinner last night, and we had a very nice time. I cooked a "typically British" main course of chilli (!!) with garlic bread. They were much taken with...
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet*
* according to Fran Lebowitz. You can't argue, really, can you...?! Hello, hello dear Readers! I hope you are all well! We have been basking in very mellow temperatures today (and yesterday too) which...
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Fun and Games in La Poste
Oh! You wouldn't believe the laughs I had in the Post Office yesterday! Well, okay, that's a slight exaggeration, but the man behind the counter and I bonded quite well!You see I'm taking part in a...
View ArticleWhat did we have for Sunday lunch?
We have just eaten well, with my rector & his wife. I'm too well wined to write very much - I'll try to tell you about the week's menus tomorrow (or more likely on Tuesday) but we ate well today...
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Yes, I'm still alive!
Sorry, sorry, sorry dear Peeps! I had all good intentions of blogging on Tuesday, but I had a preaching appointment (for this Sunday) sprung upon me, so I wanted to get that under my belt. It's a good...
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Recipe, chat, food and cats. A bit of everything!
I had a very busy weekend - on Saturday I was down in Clermont Ferrand making palm crosses, and then helping tidy and organise the Church offices. I then went to see "Selma" and finally sang at an...
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Easter Greetings, Easter Food and - owls?!
I just loved this LOL cats!!!Life has been rather busy this last week, with my usual Thursday "off" (to catch up on preparing lessons/ iron/blog/ do a tad of housework etc) taken up with a training...
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Recipe and Grovels!
I am so sorry! I am really bad at updating my blog recently. I think I need one of these LOLcats! ...because I'm certainly not doing it!Just to let you into a delicious recipe: DUCK CONFIT TARTServe...
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Life pootles on...
Hello dear Peeps!Life continues to pootle by - how is it that we're almost 1/3 through the year already?! - while we don't seem to do anything particularly noteworthy. Still, isn't that part of the...
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Through the Generations...
I have been thinking a little bit about family heirlooms and what is passed down through the generations. As you will see, I'm not just thinking about things, but talents and characteristics......
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Food, Fun and Frolics
Hello dear Peeps! I hope you have all had a lovely week. The weather here has been good, but sadly I've not relly been able to get out and enjoy it. Last Tuesday my foot started to hurt, for absolutely...
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