‘The oven chips will need another five minutes or so.’ That was my parting shot as I left my men folk to their own devices with supper last night. Apparently in my absence there was some discussion about the fact that I’d put insufficient chips in the Aga, given that all three have hearty appetites [...]
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Cook Thoroughly
Posted in Family, Food on December 12, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Food for Thought
Posted in Birds, Family, Food, Garden, Weather, Winter on December 9, 2009 | 11 Comments »
How can I spend £164 in the supermarket* and yet not know what to make for the boys tea?
The birds have stripped the pink rowan of it’s berries.
I always find it very reassuring that next years buds are ready and waiting for spring.
*OK so it was Waitrose, and not Aldi, but I do [...]
That Friday Feeling
Posted in Birds, Derbyshire, Food, Moorland, Peak District National Park, Photography, Thoughts, Weather, chickens on November 6, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I’ve been tied up all week, the blog has been neglected and I’ve been tetchy for lack of me time; sunrises have teased, the sun peeping out for no more than a handful of minutes before disappearing behind a curtain of cloud. In what little time I could snatch I couldn’t even convince the giggly [...]
Neglected Chickens
Posted in Dogs, Food, chickens on October 29, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Only neglected by way of not appearing on this blog of late, due the puppy-photo- fest that has been running. You couldn’t neglect them if you tried, they’d be hammering on the door and climbing in through the cat flap if you failed to tend to their needs.
When we got back from our summer [...]
Late Summer
Posted in Away Days, Environment, Food, Garden, Light and shadow, Nature, Photography, Summer, Thoughts, Travel, Weather on September 12, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Last night we had a top of the range sunset, I didn’t even try to photograph it; it was just too spectacular and too big, not to have been downgraded by pixilation; not only that it was just very pleasant being outside of an evening, with good company and a glass of wine, goodness knows [...]
Backing a Winner
Posted in Derbyshire, Farming, Food, Landscape, Peak District National Park, Summer on September 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
At Hope Show, beautiful fleeces, of many different textures and colours
But the common thread (or should it be yarn?)
was that the sheep were all presented to the highest standard; goodness knows how you pick a winner.
But when the judges have finished their deliberations,
the rosettes are laid upon the the [...]
Striking a Balance
Posted in Derbyshire, Environment, Farming, Food, History, Landscape, Peak District National Park, Summer, Thoughts on September 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Industry, agriculture, tourism and commerce living cheek by jowl. It’s a difficult path to tread.
Hope Show
Home Made
Posted in Derbyshire, Family, Farming, Food, Heart Sing, Peak District National Park, Summer, Thoughts, Villages, chickens on September 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Superior results come from superior ingredients.
Sadly these images can only be a feast for the eye, not the belly.
Produce tent, Hope Show.
Technorati Tags: Peak District National Park,Hope Show,Home baking,Jam.
Hope Show
Posted in Away Days, Derbyshire, Dogs, Environment, Family, Farming, Food, Landscape, Peak District National Park, Photo Blogs, Photography, Thoughts, Travel, chickens on August 31, 2009 | 7 Comments »
August Bank holiday Monday, means Hope Sheepdog Trials and Agricultural Show. (I’ve shown you a shot of the Hope Valley before) Hope Show, as it more usually known, is a traditional sort of agricultural event, cattle,sheep, horses, dogs, tractors, beer, burgers and ice cream, all you need for a grand day out.
I nipped in and [...]
Sunshine with a sting in its tail
Posted in Derbyshire, Food, Garden, Insects, Light and shadow, Photography, Pond life, Summer, Thoughts, Weather on August 30, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Last weeks weather was dominated by heavy bursts of rain that were followed by the sun punching a hole through the glowering clouds: an excellent combination for a bit of on your doorstep photography, or so I thought, I threw on my wellingtons* and dashed into the garden.
The iris leaves by the pond were bejewelled,
the [...]
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