TARRAGON & THYME

With all sorts of ideas and inspiration in my mind at the moment, and hopefully getting to start some of the prospective projects too as soon as possible. Forever the Dreamer me, but I do bring things into fruition eventually if I have not over-thought things in the creation process. Friday night I started a small project that has been hanging around for ever.  I went wrong and ended up pulling out the work I had managed to achieve as I had read the pattern incorrectly.  In my possession I have a couple of wooden sewing tables.  One of them belonged to my Great Aunty Ivy which needs restoring and I also managed to pick up a mini version (also on legs) which also needs some TLC.  Quite a while ago I bought a wooden pincushion kit where you work what appears to be a cross stitch with a solid colour backing of some Pansies. The pincushion base itself is well padded, and in a similar colour wood to both of my needlework boxes. In reality the piece is worked in tent stitc...

Well it looks as though I am going to be doing a lot of preserving in the next few days or so. Some of the girls I work with have given me loads of conference pears and victoria plums to play with. So it looks as though plum jelly, plum jam,bottled plums, plum sauce, plum leather, plumbeena, plum chutney are on the cards over the next few working days. It looks as though I am going to be busy. I also intend to go blackberrying and do a bramble and pear bottled pie filling,bottled blackberries, pickled blackberries,blackberry and apple leather, bramble whisky, bramble chutney, pear and ginger jam, pickled pears, pear chutney, and pears in syrup, apple pear and ginger mincemeat, mulled pears, I didn't get elderberries last year so am determined to get some this year - that goes for sloes too. I am also keeping my eyes peeled for any fruits that have been reduced in price, predominantly srawberries and raspberries and thought I might try some bottled strawberries/raspberries i...