oh I just love this country living!!! so wholesome, and busy and .....
roast veges to pop in the couscous for a salad - I have already cooked the cajun chicken....
and these plums are just everywhere in Twizel for the picking, apples coming up quickly, as is are the nectarines and peaches - we don't have a plum tree unfortunately, but a must for planting on our section I say, in fact a mini orchard methinks ... these are from a friends house, her tree is absolutely laden, plums for Africa!!
so into the pot...
and gently cook em up, remove all the stones, 'cos I haven't actually decided what I will make with them - maybe jam, maybe sauce.... so in the meantime I am just popping them in containers and in the freezer, as I have sooooooo many of these darn little things!!! ... and they are so so tasty!!
now, cleaning/tidying up/out the stash, and YES - NY resolutions (not that I believe in them or follow any), but I have decided to use up stash fabric before buying up too much more, delete rather then add, you know the drill, and it is still pretty early in the year, so I will try.... Following frugal
Fiona's ways (thanks to you Fiona!)... anyway, I have 1/2 metre of each of the above 3 sisters range from Moda ...
and this lovely absolutely scrummy georgeous poppy fabric, not sure whose fabric range it belongs to, maybe about a metre. So thoughts guys, what should I do with these then???
time for this, while decision making on hold, it is the hour you know, and the sun is starting to head away, although it is still pretty darn hot! Looking at the barometer thingee, it reads ... yikes it is 28 degrees, no wonder I feel lacking in some energy - and before you say it,... it is not the wine as I haven't actually had any yet, I just thought it would make a good photo!... but I will... and then I will be ready for this...
p.s. the holes that I was digging this morning, and I tell you that it is not an easy task digging in this Twizel alluvial rock and stone laden soil... but 3 planted, and 5 more to go... tomorrow. (I was gonna get Rowing Man to help me tonight but he is on call and out saving lives - 'cest la vie!)
we picked this up the other Monday, I simply cannot believe that it still sits in the box, and for this long, but the I don't really have too much space in this teeny tiny house so need to clear some..
it is going to take up the "spare" room...
but we have been down at the lake
the weekend just past was the last of the regattas for rowing man, there are still school regattas, but the man is just a teensy weensy bit old for those - and writing up a thesis just don't count
Rowing man and partner just after winning the masters (old farts) doubles, he won 2 golds and 1 silver medal - well done I say!
and Rowing Boy heading down to the start line...he's kinda cheating - he coaches schoolboy squad, but one of the boys had a tight turnaround between races so Rowing Boy took the boat down to the start line for him - he promises he is going to get rid of the face fuzz before his wedding in November!
and aren't these just wonderful fabrics that I am playing with - using up that stash
I just luurve blues...
and these are really very pretty..
much like this sunset on Wednesday evening,
really pretty huh.. even the usually obtrusive power poles look good in this light,
and yummy yummy crayfish dish for dinner, poached in white wine and served with a slightly spicy tomato garlic sauce - delic! This was given to Rowing Man by a grateful patient - he can go off save many lives if we get more of these!!
... and a browse in one of "those"shops that Rowing Man hates me visiting;
but I couldn't leave it behind now could I,
come back later this afternoon, and we might go for a walk around Twizel, let me introduce you to the town...
