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Saturday 29 March 2014

Making Hay while the sun shines

Fran arrived safe and sound last night and Ben was beside himself with joy. He pounced as soon as she got her bottom on the sofa and was wrapped round her like a blanket.
He followed her upstairs and tried to sneak in to bed with her.

I woke very early and rather than rattle about downstairs and wake Fran too early, it was just 5:00, I got my crochet hook out and rattled a few of these off.




Now that I look at them spread out I see that yellow is very much in the forefront. I think that it will be a lovely bright blanket for my new home.
I will do these in the evenings in front of the TV, it helps me to sit still and watch a film in one sitting. If my hands are empty I can only manage 30 minutes before I start to jiffle.

Fran has gone to have her hair cut and Ben is despondent, just look at him.


From his expression I feel that he blames me for her leaving.

We are having all her favourites to eat so last night it was meatballs and tagliatelle, breakfast was toasted fruit bread. Lunch will be apple crumble and custard and dinner tonight is Roast Beef. We are having pudding for lunch to make sure that we have room to eat it.

Reasons to be grateful.

1. Fran home for a little while.

2. Seeing Ben delirious with joy.

3. Listening to Graham Norton on the radio this morning.

4. The wonderful Galton Blackinstone was on Saturday Kitchen so I sat for a while and watched him.

5. The day is sunny and warm enough that I walked Ben without a jacket.

Galton is a very talented chef and is rarely seen on TV, I have his books and use them often. It was a pleasure to watch him in action. As Sunday lunch is more than my weeks budget I will not be partaking at his hotel.

Fran is back so I am off to make custard.


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14 comments:

  1. I'm so pleased to find that we are not the only ones who treat a pudding as a meal - just wouldn't have room for it otherwise! We had rhubarb crumble and custard for our lunch.

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    1. The apple crumble was very nice, I am putting dinner back an hour as 3 of us polished off the whole thing with a pint of creamy custard.

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  2. Poor Ben looks so sad. I'm glad that Fran came back.
    Love from Mum
    xx

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    1. He didn't move till he heard the car pull up outside, then he wriggled like a bag of snakes.

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  3. Your dog is such a beautiful colour.
    Yellow is good, lovely, cheerful and bright x

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    1. I love bright colours, I do wear grey sometimes just to make the colours pop a bit more.

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  4. Love your crochet squares! Your menu for the day sounds wonderful, I might make an apple crumble myself today, as I cooked some apples yesterday that my Daughter had given me, and your darling Ben is beautiful!

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    1. I want to make a ripple blanket but it will have to wait till the winter, the warmth of all that wool on my lap in summer, oh no.

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  5. I love your crochet quares. At the moment I am struggling to learn, last night I did one but ended up undoing it as it did not look right! Hey oh I will persevere!
    Have just found your blog so will have a good look later. Love Ben!!

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    1. You are most welcome to pop over when ever you like, the kettle is usually warm if not hot.

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  6. Oh just looked at my mistakes! Senior moment!
    I should preview.

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    1. I do that sort of thing all the time, just as I click on publish I spot a mistake, too much hurry on my part.

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  7. Crochet squares are looking great, lovely and bright. Poor Ben does look like he is sulking, I bet Fran got licked to death when she got back. Apple crumble with custard is a firm favourite here, good job we have loads of apples in the freezer! Your menu is making me hungry, better have a late breakfast and another cuppa :-)

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    1. He was definitely sulking but soon got over it.

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