TARRAGON & THYME

 Part of this came through to me on Facebook via one of my cousins and I decided to embellish it a little further pad it out a little bit shall we say.  See what you think I don't have an amazing figure or a flat stomach. I'm far from being considered a model but, I am ME.  I could only ever be ME.  I am an individual and proud of it.   I eat lots of food. I have curves. I have more fat than I should. I have deep scars because I have a history.  Everyone has a history  but with some they are a steep learning curve that leave their lessons well imprinted.  If there is a wrong way to do something I usually find it jumping in with both feet!  Some people love me, some like me, some hate me.  I don't find it easy to talk to people as I have always been painfully shy although as I have aged I cover it up and hide it much better than I used to.  Those I can talk to are "My warts n all friends" and with me for life.  I have d...

Since getting the greenhouses sorted I have come in and set about tea.  I have cooked home made cauliflower cheese, roast chicken, sausagemeat stuffing, carrots, peas,yorkshire puddings, bread sauce, roast potatoes, roast onion with lashings of gravy and it went down very well too.  There is plenty left for tomorrow night's tea so should be a quick meal tomorrow night when I get in.  Must say it was extremely yummy.  My lap has now been commandeered by a certain cat who has decided that I have to stay put and give her some fuss.  I still have to get the other one in. I have been watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I normally meet my friend for lunch on a Monday or a Tuesday but she is on a weeks holiday, lucky girl so I am free to amble round town at my leisure during lunch hour this week.  I always try and get out during the lunch hour to get some exercise and to also get some fresh air. Sorry its short and sweet I am tired out and read...

We have travelled by car down to but not quite at the riverbank, into playing fields that run alongside the river; we have walked the paths in a circular route in the bright sunshine, noticing the wild vegetation springing into life there is a lot of blossom that has come out and lots of plants that have set buds that could be affected and knocked back by the threatened wintery weather that is due certainly around here come Tuesday. The consequence of this will to be to knock everything back and if the weather is as cold as it says it is going to be affect the blossom ; the weather coming at the wrong time which in turn could impact on the promise of  fruit wild produce and crops to come.  We had a leisurely walk for us (Missy went off like a mini missile as she always does running in amongst the trees and the hedgrows putting up birds and rabbits and  just being mischievious not hurting anything, but running and running just full of fun and enjoying the freedom of the f...

As I sit writing this in early morning, the sun is shining thank goodness it is a beautiful day; the birds are singing there is the occasional call of the local cockerel and life is running full on.  I always feel much more cheerful when the sun shines it offers so much hope with the turn of the page, a new day on which to write a new script; new avenues to explore and more experiences and adventures individual to us all as our life path is our own, Although I am a firm believer that before we come into this mortal coil, we hand pick those companions we wish to have along the way (i.e. there is a major planning meeting before we are born and we choose our players our companions to accompany us upon our journey, and they appear like actors throughout the course of our lives in different parts and in different life times.  You always recognise there people because you feel that you have known them for a life time .  The only difference in each life time is that we have...

Sorry have been missing for a few days this week.  We have had further problems with the car; an oil seal went and also the motor on the passenger side of the car got stuck and the window could not be made secure.  I had to walk to work and also home again for three days this week. I did though managed to get into town yesterday dinner; on a Friday dinner I tend to go to the market and to Wilkinsons. I managed to get two metres of tiny green gingham check from the market for £1 a metre and also 10 metres of white tape to make some home made bunting for 20pence a metre = £2.  Something else for the playing box.  The green check is destined for a lap quilt in due course. Things have been a tad busy at work; it has been year end and I have been  billing forever and ever.  A load of us ended up in the pub for a little while; and I ended up drinking cider Aspalls a sweet one for a change and it was really good.  In fact I stayed  a little longer t...

I have tentatively started with some bits for this year's garden.  I have bought two dahlia's for two of my garden tubs called Arabian Night a lovely Crimson red dahlia although the instructions say not to be planted out whilst there is still a risk of frost. So even though I have the Dahlias it will probably be the end of April beginning of May before they are planted out. I have also bought twenty sets of "Rooster" potatoes for the garden which are currently set to chit in the bathroom window.  I intend this weekend to set some mustard and cress and mixed salad leaf lettuce, and start off some tomatoes and some chives all for the bathroom windowsill to start with.  I might also plant some herbs as well, but before I really get going I need to get the covers for the mini greenhouses before I set too much. OH has indicated that we are going to set about the garden again this weekend weather permitting; with what little we managed to do last weekend at least w...

Why is it you just get into a weekend and its time to go back to work again.  Deep sigh! Well it's been a lovely day here in Peterborough and it has been nice to have a lot lighter evening all round.  I am weary after attacking the garden, (still have a long way to go) cooking tea and doing all the washing and getting it dry.  Tea was just the ticket the roast pork and crackling came up lovely and we had cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, roast potatoes, peas with lashings of gravy and home made apple sauce.  I then had pancakes with cinnamon sugar, apple sauce and cream for pudding and they were very tasty.  So that was tea over with for this weekend.  Still so much to do I really do have to get a wriggle on this week. I still have the cold, and I seem to have got rid of the icky symptoms I had towards the latter end of the week.  Being out in the fresh air has helped with the cold, at least it is not as bad as it was. I didn't get ...