How are we all doing ?

Thanks Jane, I've seen some of the pottery show. I did enjoy watching the kiln-building one recently, took me back to some of our class special events doing Raku firings. I still have an odd little pot I made one time. 

Hope your potatoes weren't burnt. I have cracked making roasties for two while the meat is pot-roast, so no saucepans apart from thickening the gravy. The potatoes go in a minimum of fat in an old fray bentos pie tin, with foil over the top. Just big enough and not too big. Perfect results. The pot roast has plenty of celery, which we count as the greens, along with carrots and onions as the roots. 

I'm hoping sleep is the best medicine, and will be getting my head down too soon.

Have a good week,

Denby

Hi Denby,I hope you feel rested and that Mr D gets to his Men in Sheds.They have one here at the community centre.I love the sound of your pot roast and roast potatoes,delicious.Perhaps a move will help to inspire me to cook more.Fingers crossed your cough goes soon.I’m going to cut up and bag all the foliage from yesterday before the weather changes again.My aunt wants to visit soon and I expect I can get more done with her help.Love Jane xx

Morning all! Well Mr D has gone off to Men in Sheds , my cough is going, it's never been awful more a nuisance. Thanks Jane.

A Sunday dinner like that we view as low effort, as no pans to mind and another meal's worth of cold meat off it. The old school enamel covered roasting pan goes in the dishwasher.

I must haul the green bin out and gingerly transfer my yesterdays cutting into it -a beastly pyracantha that grows in the mixed hedge between us and next door at the front. I can't get at it to get the root out, I just chop off all the shoots as much as I can. My grandad nearly lost a thumb to sepsis from a thorn prick from one.

Hope your aunt is in a mellow mood Jane!

Denby

Hi Denby,Good luck with transferring your cuttings.The garden bin is a problem here as they collect from the front of the house so I have to haul everything up the garden.I shall look for a flatter garden in a new place if I can get one.I’m sure my aunt will be fine her last visit was good.I am trying to persuade her not to help me move though.She helped us move here and took over and poor mum got very stressed.I’m enjoying the bird song outside though they are being drowned out by the machines in the field.The long tailed tits are flying about today.Love Jane xx

Made an arrangement with the water company over the water rates as I’m struggling with money.It is good when you speak to helpful people.Cut some of the hedge down but will have to enlist my sisters help.Love to all Jane xx

Good move, hope it's relieved the anxiety.

Hi Ian,It will help as I can concentrate on financing the boiler service/new part.

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Never seems to stop.

It has been bad 

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Not a bad day, a bit cold, but sunny. Bloods and scans booked for next month, easy peasey. Plenty of planting tomorrow six trees and some gravelling to do. Probably take the whole weekend.