It's beautiful here, but I'm stuck inside trying to sort life and further collapsing work situation out, as well as measure up and plan out a garden planter project.
@Confusedmeanderings Both I and Ds have each managed to do that over the last few years, with no excuses, and I knew as I did it how embarrassingly slack it was of me.
I wonder if a general driving refresher 'gift' session might help him refocus at all?
Every year one of my 'New Year's resolutions' is to drive correctly, and totally within the rules, which usually gets me to Feb, but the intentional focus helps overall slow down the sliding into lazy habits, and update my driving: ie 20mph zones, LTN's, parking restrictions, different bus lane signage etc
Accidentally started The Other Miss Bennett on episode two, then on Mothers day watched one, three, four and five.
It initially felt 'odd' in its attempts to play with Regency era as if in modern times, complete with colour blind casting and a level of class erasure threading through as if a multi cultural society of the times was the norm, as well as what we've been schooled to think would be an entirely unacceptable level of social awkwardness, ungainliness, and radical forthrightness from Miss MB at that social level, in those times...
But as soon as I accepted the world as it was presented, found it fell into place quite easily. But then generally throw in long skirts, candlelight, big fireplaces, architecture and props, and reasonable pacing, and I'm fairly easily pleased. (Especially as Ds' mother's day gift was to hand over his tablet so that I could binge watch, which is a rare thing for me and actually a really big deal for him to not have it to hand at night.)
Feel a little guilty saying this, but glad Ramadan is coming to a close.
Not Muslim, but so many round me are and there's quite an expectation to attend meals and bring food to share, and things are a bit tight here.
We're very much getting by as a result of last years harvesting and preserving, and laying down, and tbf I've learned a lot from it, and am quite pleased with what we've managed. But, quite a lot I used alcohol in the preserving, which can't then be be used as a contribution to food for Muslim friends meals, and I didn't think that through. So what's left that can be made, feels somewhat rinse and repeat and I'm struggling to be more imaginative, so a little wearing at this point, but hopefully not too shabby.
Pepper ratatouille, chilli pepper dressing, chestnut flour veggie wraps, chestnut falafel, lemon hummus, tofu melt with spinach, egg and dandelion and lemon dip.