TARRAGON & THYME

Good morning from wet and windy Peterborough.  The sun is out the wind is blowing (not a hooley at the moment but it is rough) there is blue sky up there and Demetri doesn't like it.  He had asked to go out earlier on  (all my cats have been very vocal his call sounds very prehistoric) so I obliged and when I popped my head out to see where Squeak was as well the pair of them came charging in.  Demetri had been parked under the patio table his normal des res during the day if he doesn't want to come in and hasn't been elsewhere.  I don't think that they are particularly keen on the wind.  Demetri is now nearly asleep on his favourite cushion and Squeak is parked on the top of the settee looking out the window.  Well the radiator is there so she is keeping warm.  That cat is not foolish.   She sleeps with me on the bed and always manages to park heself where my hot water bottle is. She has also managed to nearly scoff all Missy's breakfast as ...

Wow hasn't it been hot.  Too hot for me I haven't done much so far this weekend, but we have a nice breeze coming through the house at the moment so I intend to attack the preserving with gusto today with  the help of my Tefal jam maker as it frees me up to do other things at the same time and to be honest this heat knocks the stuffing out of me. I am still picking cherries off the tree picked another 6lb last night (these are the ones further up but whether will be able to get many more is another matter - the are certainly up there but I cannot get up!).  I have 4lb of whole cherry jam already processed.  Should be very nice with croissants for breakfast in the morning or in a home made black forest gateau or roulade . I have blackberries forming on the shrubs in the lower part of the garden, so I am hoping I get a reasonable amount from here, but I intend to go blackberrying later anyway - not just for myself but for my mum too.  We freeze a load and use t...