Living on next to nought - is that the key?

Shortie

Right, slowly catching back up as I'm on the train home now..

wishus, to be extra money saving, pour the mix straight into the fairy cake / miffin tin and forgoe the case if you feel so inclined - works just as well without using up a cake case :-)

Greying, aaww I love bees. My Dad usually keeps honey bees, and if I can pluck up the courage we're thinking we might keep some next year too. Bees of any kind are so hard working and fasinating to watch :-) Oh and you buns (ahem) looked delish. I have a sudden taste for chocolate now!

sunnyskies2

Hi Greying and all

Aah, yes bees - what a super picture:) we have a wisteria and it's fascinating watching the leaf cutter bee snip away relatively large pieces of leaf and take them away - that's what's lovely about the summer - being able to be out in the warm weather soaking up sights, sounds and smells (scent of the moment is the jasmine in the balmy evenings reminds me of Greece aaaahhhhh

Sarah x

little_sweetie

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

Good Morning :hello:

little_sweetie - did you get the birthday card made?

Oh, and if we bother to return to this venue in a few years time, I fully expect there to be an on-site B00ts, sainsbob's *local* and a St^rbuck$ - and possibly several other *carefully screened* and *selected* partners that *we* are working in collaboration with............ Remember you heard it here first, folks :cool: :rotfl:

Greying

Yes, I did, GP, I put my sparkly sandals on for inspiration and made her an elegant Art Deco style one with feathers and crystal gems :rotfl::rotfl:I'd post a picci but have not a clue how to do it :doh: Whilst on a roll I also made a couple of Anniversary cards and started a transformers birthday card for my GS's 7th birthday at the end of the month. I had a lovely afternoon

Do I deduce from your comment above that NT will be getting normal shops in their courtyards?? :shocked: I struggle to find words to say how appalling that will be. It will spoil the whole effect for me if they do.....:(

I love your bee picci, you constantly amaze me with your lovely colourful photography and the chocolate buns...well...I'm drooling as we speak

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Evening :hello:

Well, the day has been snatched from the jaws of defeat, and I'm feeling a little brighter. I have had a phonecall returned, and we may yet be making progress in a sort of forward-y type direction. Will have to wait on until the weekend to see for certain, but fingers crossed......

shortie - I am despatching a box full of 4 leafed clovers and other assorted good karma/good luck charms to appease the gods as I type - trust it will arrive with you post-haste and shoos away all the bad luck!

And I hope you feel at home on this thread - knowing that we too all know who Jack Duckworth was.......... :rotfl:

This bee was bombing around too, I actually had trouble catching an image I'd love to keep bees, mind you, I'm not sure I could contend with 'sudden hive collapse'. But I am quite intrigued with the principles of 'natural' hives, which is supposed to build resistance to collapse......

Fortune - I'm just looking at the 'Carder' family of bumbles on my sheet - there are quite a few - but I think we all need to spot a 'Potter Wasp' in our lifetime - well, the work of one anyway Aren't we all so lucky that we can be absolutely enthralled by little insects and their activity. I can't image being as enthralled by the latest handbag, shoe design or celeb haircut......... *sigh*

sunnyskies - I adore leaf cutters - I love how they look like they are riding on 'green saddles' as they carry their 'bounty' away Oooh - scented plants....... got treated to a wander through a rose garden yesterday....... *sigh*

I can claim a NSD today :j

Dinner was really unexciting - I didn't even take a pic we ended up with pasta with olives/aubergine/red pepper/red onion. OK but not earth-shattering.

I shall probably head to bed just now for an early night. I've less to get worried about, so might even sleep through :D:rotfl:

Today I am grateful for these 3 things;

For lovely chats about bees - makes me feel 'normal' rather than the odd one out......... :D

For the opportunity to watch a little bit of the Tour de Cambridge, Essex and Londinium :D

That DP has just shared the last little bit of his hazelnutty chocolate with me - aw bless

Thank you so much for popping by, reading and joining in. I greatly appreciate it.

See y'all later.

Greying

supersaver1000

Hi Shortie

Just a quick response as I am eggs-hausted :rotfl: :easter_os

Crikey, we were worried about you, so at least glad you survived and now home safely.

Thanks for the results of the eggs-periment. Not sure if you saw that I had eggs-cellent results with the HM lemon curd. Didn't have enough to freeze so will also have to report another time.

Will wait to hear.

supersaver1000

Hi GP. Am shattered too so hoping for a good sleep, fingers crossed for us.

I don't know about bees, but I think I have wasps eating my loft. They are going in by the velux and I can hear a steady munching inside. :eek:

Night. Must hit the sack. Zzzzzz

Shortie

GP, I love this thread, very homely and friendly. We did manage better than a plaster though and managed to source some black electrical tape which blends in with his glasses better (phew!)

supersaver1000 wrote: »

Hi Shortie

Just a quick response as I am eggs-hausted :rotfl: :easter_os

Crikey, we were worried about you, so at least glad you survived and now home safely.

Thanks for the results of the eggs-periment. Not sure if you saw that I had eggs-cellent results with the HM lemon curd. Didn't have enough to freeze so will also have to report another time.

Will wait to hear.

Haha, loving the egg jokes and was egg-xited to see that you had good luck with the lemon curd. Will be egg-stremely keen to know how you get on with freezing some if any survives the next batch

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

little_sweetie - loving hearing about your 'cutting and sticking'. I hope that your sis cherishes her hand-crafted card. mmm don't know about the trust nationale, just a feeling I get. Mind you, they wouldn't be the first to make the 'experience' the all, forget about the property, history or whatever. I speak as someone who is old enough to have visited Alton Towers to see........ the gardens How many folk would even realise there was a garden there today?

supersaver - wasps munch very loudly don't they? I remember a few years ago they took a fancy to some of our fencing panels, the noise was incredible for something so small!

shortie - :j for all-purpose iinsulation tape

Back to normal today

Dinner will be dependent on the weather, I've a couple of choices up my sleeve.

I will be spending cash today, as I've the TV guide to get, and a couple of other bits and bobs, so I'll aim for a LSD

Well, better get a move on, time is ticking.

Thank you for your eggscellent participation, for reading and commenting. Always appreciated.

See y'all later.

Greying

Pippilongstocking

Fingers crossed dear GP for the 'forward-y' movement of things.



Loving all the chit chat on here. Lovely bee on a beautiful Salvia leucantha (?) if I'm right (?) - its one of my most favourite plants, like, ever. So thanks for the bee photo on it - you're a very kind person to hunt out such a favoured bloom for me! You're very kind.

SHORTIE Frozen eggs - the yolk congeals slightly when frozen so a light whisk solves that one before you freeze. If you like hard fried eggs or quite hard poached they're grand just whole but otherwise a wee whisk and we use to freeze them in silcone bun cases an egg at a time to use up over winter in baking etc.

Many egg egg-speriments done in the land of the McFlowers household. I haivered about it all a few years back during the worst of my egg obsessions. Don't worry I' won't bludgeon another diary with me links to me haivers



I hope today is a grand one greying and chums.

Loving that you're keeping 'our' Beanie well fed too

Rain here but the garden badly needs it.

By the way tea sounded lush. Mind on I do have an olive fetish.

Looks out window to olive tree in pot and wills it on.

PS not sure I like the sound of the future of the nattytrust franchises.

Our one has chickens in the garden by the tea area, talking to visitors and hoovering up crumbs, poor things they really DO work for their cake.

Have a good un chaps!

wishus

Morning all!

GP, I was veggie for nigh on 30 years... took a lot of persuading to get me to eat meat, and I often still take the veggie option... OH persuaded me to save money on shared meals because he wasn't keen on going 100% veggie. Didn't like it to begin with, but I must say I do feel a bit better now. As a plus, his diet has improved because he eats more vegetables.

Muffins are marvelously adaptable... mushroom and blue cheese muffins... butternut squash muffins; courgette muffins...

Inspired by your early posts, I've gone and made some yoghurt, too!

And Shortie, yes you can go paperless for muffinage. But I've got hundreds I've had years, so might as well use them!