Ponderings

Sunday, 12 September 2010

weekend walks 2

And today we walked in the Aysgarth area.

rosehips

A piece of cake with Wensleydale was just what we needed at the end of the walk!

weekend walks

So last weekend CJ and I reinstated our weekend walk, and the achy muscles felt good!
Last Sunday we walked in beautiful Swaledale.

Chris finally bought a map for the Satmap
that I gave him for his birthday last year.
Here he is using it!

can't decide what this is....a kestrel a buzzard? pretty cool whatever!!

we see some interesting things along the way

Saturday, 4 September 2010

Jam

The jam making went really well...

the damsons

boiling up the fruit

sterilising the jars

a good rolling boil

checking the set....the best bit because I get to taste it!!

My first batch of jam!

home baked scones with the jam...d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s!

So now I am thinking blackberry and apple jam and crab apple jelly to use some more fruit from the garden and then lemon curd.

I also made homemade pesto to go with our pasta last night and I can feel some breadmaking coming on too!!

Friday, 3 September 2010

There is no avoiding it...summer is definately on it's way out. The mornings and evenings are chillier, and darker.
I like Autumn with it's crispy golden leaves and days of long shadows. Cozying up by the fire in the evenings with hot chocolate and a good book.
But some how this year I just don't feel ready...I want summer to start over again, to sit out in the garden sucking ice lollies, paddle in the sea and sit with a beer unitl it goes dark and the midges start to bite....

On the bright side it looks like we will have some good harvests this year....

The bees have done good work this year! Perhaps I should have a bee hive too!

So now I'm off to make my first ever batch of damson jam...I will let you know how it goes....