25 years with my apple tree
I have been inundated with cooking apples this year. Last year plumbs, this year apples. It has been hard to keep up with stewing, pies, crumbles…I’ve even felt a bit resentful of all the extra work it has taken.
I have shared apples with neighbours, friends, my yoga group and still they keep coming.
And … Read more
Some thoughts on rain
I’m gathering words and lines and drops of rain to help me love it more:
Fun facts from the Met Office: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/rain/
Petrichor
Petrichor is the smell of rain. The word comes from the Greek words ‘petra’, meaning stone, and ‘ichor’, which in Greek mythology refers to the golden fluid that flows in the veins … Read more
Seasonal adjustment
I love how tuning into the seasons becomes easier as I get older. Red wine and Guinness in the winter, white or rose and larger in the summer. Fiction and poetry in the winter, non-fiction in the summer. In the winter I gain weight from stews, snuggling and chocolate, but I don’t worry about it … Read more
The pandemic 4 years on
Remember?
The image above was taken 4 years ago, in 2020, when we were in lockdown. In the sunshine yesterday morning, before yet more rain came, I did the same walk and the view was the same. But what has changed?
For me and lots of people I know, the lockdown in the spring of … Read more
Bio-mimicry and boiled milk
I make my own yoghurt. I have a yoghurt maker, it saves money and plastic and I know it is additive free. You have to boil milk first then leave it to cool before adding in live yoghurt from the last batch. When I tip out the boiled milk, I see this:
Milk like a … Read more
