I’d like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy holiday season as it’s also Chanukah… Amy helped me make Christmas Florentine biscuits on Wed and they’re much better than last year. That’s because when Mum was out here visiting in June, we made some together and worked out that we needed to…
That old saying – we are what we eat – keeps coming up again and again. This time I spotted an article (Sunday Times, 11 Sep 11 – Eat yourself happy with mood food) reporting on how micronutrients such as vitamins and trace minerals in the foods we eat can quickly affect our concentration, memory…
I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and I wish you a happy holiday season and all the very best for the New Year. Here’s a small selection of the xmas lights from our local village – it’s quite a local attraction… I made Florentine biscuits for xmas from my mother’s famous recipe. There’s nothing…
It’s the end of August and the plums are getting ripe. The problem is, as usual, that all the plums are becoming ripe at the same time! I’ve just picked 16lb (7.2kg) off a single tree, and there are still a lot left on it. And I haven’t even touched the other trees yet… So…
I have been lazy recently and buying mayonnaise from my local supermarket. To my credit it was organic mayonnaise, however it is still made with sunflower oil. But now the shop has stopped stocking it, so I was looking at the ingredients of the other brands on the shelf. Actually there is really only one…
We made a tough decision a few weeks ago – we’re moving back to the UK so we can help Claire with her business and our grand-daughters. The good news is that we’re now able to concentrate on getting our beautiful farmhouse up and running as a well-being retreat. I’m flying out of Perth at…