Is he cold?

Graham came in for a cup of coffee. He's working in the garage and it's freezing¬!! Note the fingerless gloves and thermal hat.

sisters

We went to Sheffield for an "official" sisters. my niece Cherie offered to host it and we understood that we would all bring our own food etc. Well 20 people turned up and it turned into a shouty celebration. Cherie had made Stew and Yorkshire pudding, Chilli and rice, garlic bread and various other goodies and we were able to eat until we burst. Of course we missed sister Pat but Val is now as much a part of us as she was so it was lovely. I look forward to the next meeting!

This is England 88

I know that I have raved about "This is England" before on this blog but I have just finished watching the latest three episodes. I think that Shane Meadows the writer is some sort of genius.We were totally engrossed for an hour over the last three nights and I can't wait for" This is England 90 " which is in the pipeline.
The long planned W.I xmas dinner at the wagon and horses went very well and several people have telephoned to thank me for arranging it. They don't know yet that I am not re-joining next year so someone else will have the job!
Tomorrow we are of to Sheffield for a Sister's meeting. the weather is threatening, they had snow in sheffield yesterday,so I hope we won't have a problem getting there.

Pheasant pluckers

A brace of pheasant given to us by a neighbour who shoots on local farmers land
with permission of course,we plucked them this morning,though we are not as efficient at it now as when we used to get them from Vinnie Jones from his shooting outings when he was at Leeds Utd. so as you can see we were a pair of Pheasant Pluckers this morning.

Treacle sponge

Treacle sponge and custard after stew and dumplings,food for winter.

Religious truths

spice cake.

As I can't stand fruit cake I decided to try this middle eastern recipe for cake that has all the usual christmas cake ingredients without the fruit. When it's cool I shall try it!