-
These are pearls…
A few months ago my Mum gave me the pearl necklace my Father (now deceased) gave her for an engagement present in 1963. He bought them in Hendersons jewellers in Glasgow, and 60…
-
Back at the fruit farm
Cairnie’s fruit farm opened their gooseberries for picking this week, and seeing as how you can’t reliably buy them in the shops any more, J and I went and did “Pick your own”.…
-
Flags and trains
J and I went to the Edwardian Exhibition at the King’s Gallery in Edinburgh yesterday, and followed it up with going round the Palace of Holyrood. The former was pretty good and I…
-
A memory of Norfolk
We have a long border around our front lawn. When we moved in it was choked up with foxgloves, daisies and some rather straggly rose bushes which had largely reverted to the wild…
-
-
-
The better scone
I have been baking some scones for a church coffee morning. For many years I have made my scones using the traditional British method – this is the one Mary Berry uses. Basically…
-
Herb garden
My herb garden is coming on apace. I did not manage to get a picture of it because it was pouring down when I was out there doing the picking – but here…
-
Fruit Farm
R and I went to Cairnie’s fruit farm just outside town today. We had been going to “pick our own” but it was a very changeable day weather wise, and although the sun…
-
New plan for front garden
I am really really sick of some of the garden borders. The back garden borders are full of plants, some of which are wild flowers (borderline weeds) and some of which are herbs…
