"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it"

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

Thanks RT! It has been rough, but I'm getting through. Pondering on what to do with the day now, as I'm not seeing my sister after all ... I don't want to do any gardening, but its *so* beautiful out there :j:j:j

So you do this hard graft called "sitting in the garden".

Unfortunately it's raining here, otherwise I'd be doing likewise.

Karmacat

You know what, I sat outside yesterday reading a book for the first time in two years! When you're right, Z, you're right Sorry its raining by you tho. It was *very* misty this morning, Bilbo Baggins misty, so not sit-outable then. Different story now

Gilli, I love it! I have some aniseed liqueur thats really old now - bought it in Ronda, in Spain, mostly because the bottle was so pretty, and I used to buy a bottle of the local booze wherever I was I could finally open that and use the booze

MrsMoo2U

Sloe picking and reading in the garden. Perfect Sunday in my book. Taking the time to sit and read is as important work as digging. You are fertilising your mind.

Karmacat

Thanks MrsMoo! Pottered off to pick the sloes - there's an actual avenue of sloe trees/shrubs, its astonishing, they border what I've called the oak orchard, which a local lady confirmed was actually self seeded - it looks it too, everything of such different ages. Fascinating. So the sloes, and the little bit I picked previously, are washed and are actually on a slow simmer - no alcohol involved this time though next year I'll make a proper note of what to harvest when - there are kilos of fruit out there! I'll strain the fruit and, erm, not sure what then. Boil again and add sugar, to make sloe jelly? I'm sure I bookmarked some sloe links last time I was on about this, I'll check them out

Lazy reading: also done tho I did also condescend to put the dishwasher on




ETA: oops! *way* too much water to simmer the sloes :rotfl:

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

You know what, I sat outside yesterday reading a book for the first time in two years! When you're right, Z, you're right Sorry its raining by you tho. It was *very* misty this morning, Bilbo Baggins misty, so not sit-outable then.

Ok then, what makes it "Bilbo Baggins misty" - and don't say "the consumption of beans..."

Karmacat wrote: »

Different story now

It is indeed. I'm now sat outside my little cottage for the week admiring the view.

The locals probably think it's perishing, but that's 5 degrees of latitude for you...

Pippilongstocking

What a lovely weekend, sloes, reading and amiable dishwashers

Cheery_Daff

What are you doing putting sloes in water??? :eek: GIN! Put them in GIN!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

MrsMoo2U

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

What are you doing putting sloes in water??? :eek: GIN! Put them in GIN!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

:T:T:T:T:beer:

ZTD

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

What are you doing putting sloes in water??? :eek: GIN! Put them in GIN!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I know - shocking isn't it? I blame the parents...

Karmacat

ZTD wrote: »

Ok then, what makes it "Bilbo Baggins misty" - and don't say "the consumption of beans..."

:rotfl:

My own romanticism

It is indeed. I'm now sat outside my little cottage for the week admiring the view.

The locals probably think it's perishing, but that's 5 degrees of latitude for you...

Aww, Z, are you on holibobs somewhere?

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

What are you doing putting sloes in water??? :eek: GIN! Put them in GIN!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I know, I'm perverted like that. There's more out there, never fear its a long sloe avenue

Morning campers! I strained the sloes will put the gubbins on the compost heap unless someone has some brilliant ideas. No chickens round here.... and I dumped the stewed apple in the liquid then. I'll boil them up today, add some sugar, and call it sloe and apple jelly/jam - I'll probably have to freeze it, because I don't think its all quite sterile enough - I'm a lazy tyke, after all