No one wants to come and read a grumpy post do they?
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| Lunch last Friday, goats cheese with red onion marmalade |
The recipe is one of Delia's and is here.
I have always wanted to have a go at making marmalade....it was on my list (see tab at the top of my blog) but I am not sure I found the right recipe for a first attempt.
Put it this way I had to finish it on Saturday!
It is very sticky and chunky and treacle like but rather nice.
There are lovely knitted flowers in an exhibition called Bloom there at the moment.
and we made our own blooms in class 2 on Wednesday.
We made lots of paper bluebells for a bluebell woodland display
We have had a return of lovely weather these past few days here.
As I got back into the car these sheep popped up over the wall of a garden......escapees!
The same fields looked wonderful this morning covered in a heavy frost but if I'd of stopped to take some photos I would of been late for work.
What a treat to pop in here today and find that gorgeous photo of Lucy on your header and those cute pics of the escapee sheep! I swear some sheep have springs in their legs.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are less grumpy - I can't imagine you in a strop! Lots of loveliness as ever. The return of the sunshine saved my life this week I think. That awful dullness and cold was starting to have a negative effect. xxxxxx
ReplyDeleteThose beautiful landscapes could brighten any mood....and the flower making must be so much fun! Hope you have a beautiful weekend!
ReplyDeleteGlad you are feeling brighter .. I find that cake is a cure all ... but then I am the size of a house ...maybe taking too much 'cure'! ha ha..
ReplyDeleteJust love the Bluebells made in class .. makes me pine for the days I worked with children and spent days sharing in their creative worlds.
Vicky x
Could you send some of that blue sky south west please. Still resolutely grey and cold down here. I may have caught your grumps.
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I've never made marmalade but I bought a cheats tin in Lakeland where you just add sugar to it and boil etc. I've had it for about 4 months and just can't bring myself to 'make' it and so I buy it already made from the supermarket. Glad you've now got a spring in your step again, weather can do that can't it - up one minute down the other. Have. Good weekend.
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So glad you are feeling brighter- it's a bad time of year for the glums isn't it? That marmatreacle looks divine, I am imagining some in the bottom of a steam pudding made with brown sugar and some spices. Hugs xxxx
ReplyDeleteHello, can't remember how I found your blog - I've done a lot of blog hopping recently, and I really liked your photos.
ReplyDeleteYour marmalade looks lovely - I had a go at it for the first time this year, it isn't as dark as yours, but doesn't the house smell great while you're making it.
Glad your feeling more upbeat today x
Love that photo of the sheep in the road and the snowdrops one. The weather makes one grumpy I think. Today, the weather has been far better than for days and I felt a skip in my step!
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Your marmalade and flowers look so good and I love the photo of the sheep I'm glad you camera was at hand to capture it!
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I'm glad the holidays have ended on a cheery note, I am behind in reading so haven't read your 'grumpy' posts yet....I bet they aren't really grumpy. Lovely photos, as always, I like the kids' bluebells, one to steal to make with the boys there, I think. Roll on spring! Bethx
ReplyDeleteIt's good to know that you are feeling happier. Perhaps the sun had a lot to do with it?
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Lovely to see the sun and some blue sky! Makes for a better mood!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend.
Ingrid x
It's good to be outside it clears the head. So does eating cake !!! Xxx
ReplyDeleteLovely photos of early Spring. I do find that February can seem a very long month despite being the shortest!
ReplyDeleteThe blooms look lovely. The paper ones would be great for a child's Mother's Day gift. Love them both!
ReplyDeleteAm envious of your weather. Wonder how long it will take for all our snow to melt!
Deb
What a pretty part of the world you live in - I would love to look down the road and see sheep smiling at me from the wall! Hope your mood stays brighter - I have been feeling the same - what we think is what we become I have heard so I must snap out of it too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, I love the marmalade, well done!
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Annalisa
So many interesting things to see every time I come to your blog, Lyn!
ReplyDeleteThe marmalade looks yummy, love those knitted flowers and the children making their bluebells (fond memories of teaching!), as well as the sheep in the road. We live in different worlds, and I love visiting yours!! xxx
I used to make marmalade every year and then I discovered "Mamade". Patricia mentioned it. You can also buy it in Tesco's and places like that. The dark treacly effect is usually because the conserve has been cooked too long or has been cooked twice to reach setting point. Shall I go on.....I did do a course in conserve making and run a market stall at Bacchus Marsh shopping centre in Oz, selling jams, marmalades, pickles and my gold medal winning lemon curd!!!
ReplyDeleteI did a bit of fibre sales too. Knitting, spinning, dying and stuff.
Oh shut up gillian.
Cheers
I love the photo of the sheep on the wall and walking down the road!
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy your photos of your neck of the woods. I especially like the photo of the sheep in the road. Love the one in the flower bed. Hope you went back to work rested and ready take on the kiddos. I am a week and half away from our break. Why can't it be next week? I need a break.
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Escapee sheep made me laugh! We get the odd runaway chicken now and then--but never, never sheep!
ReplyDeleteYour marmalade adventure reminded me that I have always wanted to try candied orange peel. Hmm.