It's certainly looking very wintery at the river...
I did NOT test the water!
It's cold and grey today. I went for my walk earlier and then made a Cold Tea Loaf...
Sorry it's a bit hard to read...
but if you click on the picture it will bring it up clearer
I'm still working on Marnie's birthday blanket so I can't post a picture. I have 2 weeks to get it finished. I ran into a bit of a problem as I needed more of two of the colors but they had been discontinued, so I had to change my original idea a bit. But all is well...
When I can't work on the blanket, I have this, what I think will be a baby blanket using left over yarn from other projects, on the go...
I finished reading The Long Winter. And now I'm living it! :))
It was so
cold this morning, even Freya didn't want to get out of bed...
So I thought I'd warm up a bit and read Summer at Fairacre.
"Dolly Clare must be the best loved person for miles around. For years she taught at Fairacre School ...
Ill health forced her to retire to the little thatched cottage at Beech Green, some two or three miles away...
I have always loved the cottage, and not so long ago Dolly staggered me by telling me that she had left it to me in her will...
On this fine spring afternoon, I took with me a posy of polyanthus and a pot of freshly-made lemon curd. There was a scent of spring in the air, and the lane between Fairacre and Thrush Green wound between hedges hazy with young leaf...
Miss Clare looked as pretty as ever ... despite her great age.
'Now sit down and tell me all the Fairacre news.'...
Me thinks it is time for a cup of tea and a slice of cold tea loaf :)
xx
You are always a busy bee LK..a bit like me!!!...not :)))
ReplyDeleteLOVE the Freya photo too xxxx
Proverbs 31:27 :)) xx
DeleteAw, kitties know just what they need! I made a similar tea loaf years ago, and really liked it, but it intrigues me that they don't have any fat in the recipes.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors in that blanket! And I'm not too keen on those stripey yarns, usually. :)
I've made the tea loaf a lot but never thought about the significance of not having any fat. I also make a coconut loaf, which just has flour, sugar, coconut and milk, but I guess there is fat in the milk.
DeleteThe variegated yarn makes the plain knitting interesting without having to manually change colors. Anything for an easy life :)) xx
That tea loaf looks yummy and thank you for sharing the recipe. I have fond memories of reading ‘the long winter’ plus all the other Little House books to my boy, many moons ago. That boy is now 22! Funny though that the stories never appealed to his younger sister, each to their own I guess xx
ReplyDeleteYou could use other chopped dried fruit (I think dried apricots would be nice) in it too.
DeleteI've read the Little House books many times and also enjoy watching the DVDs. My daughter and daughter in law are Little House fans too :) xx