Ice Ice Baby

Continuing on the home made front...

 

 

The best dessert in the world (probably)

 

 

Strawberry ice cream.

 

Made in the second of my 'new birthday toys', an ice cream maker from Aldi.

Bloomin' lovely!

Z xx

A Bun In The Oven (edited version)

Well, technically a loaf.

 

 

In my new bread maker!

(from Aldi)
 



 

In a little over 3 hours I should, with luck, be tucking into homemade fresh bread.

Yum!

 

Will pop up a post on finished loaf later.

 *****

14:00 EDIT...now with added bun! 

Don't know what Picasa is playing at with my text - this is the 4th attempt. I give up!

So, here is my first loaf. Pretty good I'd say. This is the medium crust setting; I just used the Quick Start recipe. It tastes a bit 'yeasty' but that may be because I didn't stop to let it cool; I think it would be good with some added flavour and seeds/nuts etc.

But for my first attempt I am well chuffed.

 Zxx

Birthday Gal

Happy Birthday to me!

Vintage-styled Window Sill

Now that the weather seems to be settled on 'warm', (with occasional  thunder and lightning!), it seemed a good time to put the plants from the loo window sill out in the garden.

 

But what to put there instead?

 

 

Two ironwork covered bottles and a whatever the pinky one in the middle is.

Oh, and not forgetting the vintage French wooden birdcage, with all its' original glass feeding bowls.

I've 'borrowed' this photo from Cherry Anne Merriman.

I got the glassware last summer from Twinset & Pearls, Joan and Jane, I think their names are??? Sorry, forgotten; but always a joy to see these two lovely ladies.

 

Trevor, who organises the Vintage in the Shires Fairs and Briony, May 2012

The birdcage came from Briony at the Fair the other Saturday.



http://www.johnlewis.com/

Couldn't believe this picture that came with an e-mail from Jonny Loulou...one of the very same style bottles!

 Never been aware of seeing them before and now they're 'trending' at JL.

Hark at my trendy interior design!!

Z xx

As If By Magic

Nothing yesterday. Nothing the day before.

 

 

Then...SURPRISE...3 little bluebell flowers in the front garden, espied on the way back from the massage therapist.

nice hazard tape!



Bobbin' Robin

Not some of my best photography/movie skills here, it has to be said!

 (You might need a magnifying glass!)

 

But I just had to get a shot of my cheeky robin friend having a good old splash in the fountain.

 

I just had my phone with me and if I'd moved to get my camera he'd have been off like a shot.
*****
It seemed like a heck of a palaver to get to the fair and it was hot; too hot to do a long walk from the bus drop off point to the actual place where the fair was, so I had a lovely day pottering about in the garden.
Much better way to spend my time; but the pictures of the fair that have appeared on fb do look jolly. But I don't regret not going!

And another scorcher of a day tomorrow.
More mud pies then!
Zxx

#BEDM The Final Photo of the Day - Midnight

Feather lights draped over my wardrobe.

Nighty-night blogosphere.
Zzzzzz xx
 

#BEDM "Day in the Life - take a photo every hour on the hour" 9pm

 Yay! 9pm photo.

After Gardener's World for half an hour on BBC2 total joy of Lewis on ITV for an hour.



I love Lewis and Morse before that.

 

Mr B bought me the boxed set of the Colin Dexter novels in Shrewsbury; so that's my reading taken care of for the foreseeable future.

 

 

Music by a (very talented) friend of ours.

 

I knew Barrington, (and his wife), before I knew Mr B. Then they both worked at LCDT. Weird how stuff happens, isn't it?

#BEDM "Day in the Life - take a photo every hour on the hour" 7pm

 

 

Trying to sort out how to get to this...

 

 

Think it is going to take longer to walk to Nene Court from Wellingborough town centre than the bus journey from Northampton to Wellingborough!

 

Plus I need to get from my house to Northampton Bus Station.

 

Maybe it'll be a day in the garden then!

Zxx

#BEDM "Day in the Life - take a photo every hour on the hour" 5pm

Umm, it's 5pm and I've just managed to take my first photo!

the 5pm photo

It's been a lovely day.

 

Went into town to meet a new blogger mate, Caroline, of  'Putting Your Life In Order'.

We met for lunch and a natter at Most Marvellous and it was one the most pleasant ways to while away some time.

Cannot wait to do it again!

(and maybe take some photos if we're not too busy gabbing and eating!)

Z xx



Toothgate

Not sneering...just a numb mouth



Had my infected tooth out yesterday.

Ouch!

3 roots no kidding. Ouch!

 And 200+ quid down the drain on root canal treatment with it.

That hurts almost as much as the tooth!

 

Two lots of antibiotic have played absolute havoc with my insides which the GP said could take up to six weeks to settle down.
She also suggested that I try those live bacteria yogurt thingies. When I nearly vomited down the phone she said they were also available as a tablet. So I 'treated' myself to a pack of "Biotic Balance Ultimate Flora" by Bioglan from Boots.

Not sure what it is doing but thank goodness my insides seem to be doing well much quicker than I could ever hope for.
Do you take any form of 'live bacteria' daily?
Any thoughts?

nice stool

 Mind you, still waiting for results of a stool sample (gulp).

 

Thank goodness this fur baby's fur is much better

Anyway, our two little adopted fur babies were in the park. Hurrah!

No, Vix, it isn't Polly Piglet, but Marmite. The woman who owns her, (yes, she does have an owner!), likes her, her husband doesn't.

The same woman has 'adopted' the other one which she said was a stray, but she doesn't feed her??

(No, I don't understand either)

Who's this Polly Piglet I keep hearing about?

 Thank goodness for the lovely lady who opens the Box Office in the park; we had a great natter with her. It was her who told us about their 'home'; she had brought in food for them, as did we.

 

Yes, we took a box of cat kibbles to the dentist. Are we mad??
Zxx

#BEDM "Home Sweet (effing) Home"

So, todays' title had so many (lovely) ideas swirling around my head.

 

Instead,

 

last night at about 11.40pm, yes, 20 to midnight, I am on the phone to the fire service because my dick-brained neighbour was having a bonfire outside his backdoor, next to my wooden fence!

 

Sorry, am I the only one to find this really odd?

Zxx