Two Pennies Left

Greying_Pilgrim

Hey Fortune - I was browsing JO's instagram feed the other day (by his own admission, he prefers to use this to other types of social media), anyway, I spotted his pic for 26th December 2014 and immediately though of you and your talent for painting vintage and classic vehicles - plus your love for Landy's He bought dear Jools a portrait for her birthday - perhaps she could reciprocate for his, with a painting from a 'local-ish' artist.......

Hope the link goes straight to the relevant pic - there's too much nosh/temptation on the *feed* otherwise

Greying x

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Karmacat wrote: »

Loving the halo :dance: and I rather like the sound of those recipes - good idea to have a savoury crumble, though I think I'd be rubbish at cooking a frittata, my sense of timing is rubbish for things like that. Interesting that it describes using a grill though - I've discovered my little spaceship, aka my halogen oven, can also act as a grill :j

Me too Karma - I have to set an alarm. Luckily Mr F likes his food on the crunchy side :rotfl:


Fortune x

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Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

Hey Fortune - I was browsing JO's instagram feed the other day (by his own admission, he prefers to use this to other types of social media), anyway, I spotted his pic for 26th December 2014 and immediately though of you and your talent for painting vintage and classic vehicles - plus your love for Landy's He bought dear Jools a portrait for her birthday - perhaps she could reciprocate for his, with a painting from a 'local-ish' artist.......

Hope the link goes straight to the relevant pic - there's too much nosh/temptation on the *feed* otherwise

Greying x

That's a fabulous photo Greying, she's very pretty. I love that you think I could be a 'celebrity choice' artist


Fortune x

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Halo's not shining quite so brightly this week:

• I am sitting here typing when I should be at the gym I did go on Monday and Wednesday but overslept this morning. Mr F and I are planning to do some gardening this weekend so I'm hoping that will make up the deficit
• New car commission is progressing as planned. I've had to order in the colour for the bodywork so am waiting for that to arrive
• a little housework has been completed plus a trip into the market town to do some chores
• I've been out 3 evenings this week - cinema trip, WI and PTFA. We had a 'Bee' talk at the WI which was fascinating and I bought 2 jars of local honey
• Money is within budget on all counts. We're waiting to hear whether Mr F will get a pay rise or bonus. He hasn't quite been with the company for a year so we don't know whether he qualifies. I hope he does. He works so hard and deserves some recognition.

The sun is shining and I hear we're in for a warm and dry weekend. I saw lambs in the fields for the first time this week. Spring is springing!


Fortune x

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What a beautiful day:

• a little more painting this morning. The red paint I need still hasn't arrived so I'm concentrating on the bits that aren't red for the minute. Finished the lights this time
• made a Walnut, Date & Honey Cake. It's the first time I've tried this recipe and I'm very pleased with the way it turned out. It uses a couple of bananas so great for using up the sulky ones but a change from the usual Banana Cake. The method is all in one so quick and easy too
• tidied up the whole garden this afternoon which I'm hoping will make up for missing Step class yesterday I wasn't expecting to finish it in one go but pleased as that frees up some time tomorrow to go and mooch around the garden centre :T

Mr F has been in the garage all day repairing and servicing the trucks - he's as happy as a pig in the proverbial. Supper is leftovers from yesterday so no cooking required tonight. Might break out the wine in a minute


Fortune x

Karmacat

I think I might have a tipple tonight myself

Thats amazing to tidy the whole garden in one go, FS! Very impressive. And I like that recipe - one of the only ones I've seen to estimate the weight of bananas necessary - increasingly important now that so many different sizes are sold!

Have a lovely evening

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Karmacat wrote: »

I think I might have a tipple tonight myself

Thats amazing to tidy the whole garden in one go, FS! Very impressive. And I like that recipe - one of the only ones I've seen to estimate the weight of bananas necessary - increasingly important now that so many different sizes are sold!

Have a lovely evening

Tbh Karma I don't have to do much. Mr F takes care of mowing and hedge trimming. I do weeding and planting. I plant evergreen perennials wherever possible so most of the tidying involved pruning.


I liked that about the recipe too!


Fortune x

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Today continued in much the same way as yesterday:

• a little painting this morning - number plate complete now
• another load of washing on the line
• baked Pear & Cocoa Muffins. We haven't tasted them yet so the Jury's out but I thought they were a good way of using up pears when needed
• a visit to the garden centre. Sowed leeks, garlic, spring onions, lettuce and parsley in the raised bed. Replaced a mint I lost last year and planted Hissop for the bees
• Chorizo, Cabbage & Chickpea Stew planned for supper

Mr F has mowed the lawn and trimmed the hedges so everything is looking tidy in the garden now. So lovely to be out in the sunshine and to see everything starting to grow again.


Hope you've enjoyed the sunshine


Fortune x

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Somebody sneaked into the raised bed last night and dug up some of the garlic I planted :eek: Who would do that? I have my suspicions but am keeping them to myself at the moment Mr Badger.

Life continues in the Fortunate household:

• Step and Zumba classes attended this week
• the red paint finally arrived so I've started on the car's bodywork. The colour is spot on but there are lots of tree reflections to master on this one
• a little housework achieved
• this week's recipes so far are Oven-baked leek & bacon risotto (an old favourite due to its being cheap and easy) and Cauliflower Macaroni Cheese (to make use of the cauliflower in my veg box this week)
• it seems as though Mr F can expect to get something by way of a pay rise or bonus this month but we don't know what yet. I suspect it's going to get eaten up by a tax bill though. The Tax Office have got Mr F's company car details wrong again - quelle surprise!

I had planned to go into town to pick up the cat picture today but I haven't been able to get through to the framers to see if it's ready. The weather is lovely here today though so I'm inclined to make best use of the light and continue painting this morning.


Hope you're having a good week


Fortune x

Karmacat

You had me worried there about **people** thieving from your garden! But you have still lost the garlic

Interesting to think of the reflections to master, loving the sound of that. Enjoy the light