Just to warn you - this is a very long post, but persevere, because among the many photos, there may be something that you find interesting. Plenty of different styles for different tastes! On Thursday 26th September I went to the Creative Crafts Show at the County Showground at Westpoint, just outside Exeter.…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Good stuff first... Teabag bleaching I have made some progress with my teabag bleaching project. After doing a bit more online research, I found that you can make a paste with bleach and bicarbonate of soda (baking soda). Apparently the bicarb enhances the action of the bleach…
My regular meal prep day, after my grocery delivery in the morning. The freezer is quite full now, so I ordered a bit less this week. Here it is, prepped and ready for use. I realised later that I forgot to include the leeks and spring onions in the photo. They were drying…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? A failed experiment The "wet" table in my studio, next to the sink, has been taken up with teabags this week. I have been experimenting, so far with complete lack of success, with using bleach on these teabags. I have got literally thousands of teabags so fortunately…
A busy meal prep day today. I got my grocery delivery as usual at about 10 a.m. Here is my haul of veggies. I also got quite a bit of fruit. I am pleased that they had the flat peaches again - they are lovely, as long as they are ripe enough. I…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? My studio is, as always these days, an abandoned mess... I have been in my office this week though - a small annexe to the studio - doing the monthly accounts. A real chore and always hard to get my head around, and I tend to procrastinate...…
Another grocery delivery today, and some more veg prep ready for the week. Slightly less, as I have plenty of food prepared in the freezer, so I am hoping I will have a bit less cooking to do this week. Here is my usual colourful display of fruit and veg waiting to be…
Friday - Sorry folks - with all the stress involved in my PIP assessment on Thursday, I completely forgot to upload the draft of my WOYWW post! I did wonder why I wasn't getting any comments that actually referred to it... Duh... Too much on my mind, and the whole thing has exhausted…
Today I had my PIP assessment. PIP and DLA PIP is Personal Independence Payment, the new disability benefit that is being rolled out in the UK to replace the old DLA (Disability Living Allowance). These benefits are to enable chronically sick and disabled people to meet the extra needs they have and to…
My first prep was actually on Monday. I have decided to try and cook a nice big meal on a Monday, to use up anything that is left, and to make more room in the fridge for when my grocery order is delivered on Tuesday. This time, I adapted a Madhur Jaffrey recipe…
