Rachel took me to lunch at Little Bay in Kilburn for my birthday. Such a really lovely thing to do, and the flowers were wonderful.
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foreign travels
With weather set to be fairly foul again, and the knee in need of a quietish day, we drove down to Dulwich to see the Hockney prints, which are as wonderful as they ever were. […]
veg for supper
Trying to do a drawing a day…
not christmas day
Christmas was relocated to 27 December so that everyone could meet up for a reasonably leisurely lunch and present-exchange. It proved a good plan, leaving space for silly games and conversation. Using the contents of […]
failure to photograph
The great kitchen launch completely failed to be photographed by us, or indeed by anyone, as had one of the reasons for celebration. We were brought the most wonderful things by all sorts of people […]
a tale of two pies
Rachel came round to help cook for the grand kitchen launch, and was brilliant help. We made two raised pies*, for nostalgic reasons on my part. One was mostly chicken, the other veal and pork. […]
portland 2
The Portland Stone quarries had a network of railways and transports systems, all now gone. But lots of them are still visible, and we walked from the house down the Merchants’ Incline, a steep slope […]
more food and friends
Another kitchen launch and celebration with Sarah, blasting the neighbours with the wind-up – Ink Spots, Everley Brothers, Paul Robson, and as the grand finale The Modern Diver by Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam. New […]
tomatoes
Tomatoes and basil from the garden. The plants were a present from Liz and Martin, and have survived builders and builders’ rubble right through the summer. And they’ve still managed to produce this…