the smith bros.!

Lisa,Jamie and the boys have gone and it seems very quiet. Both boys are absolutely georgeous and very well behaved. It must be two years since I last saw them and they are so grown up.
Bradley is thrilled with the chickens and kept going in the shed to see if anymore eggs had been laid!
They are going to Chapel St. Leonards in a caravan fot a few days and tonight are going to see a Madness tribute band.
Just watching UEFA super cup between Barcelona v Shaktar . and it's rubbish. I think it might be time to fgo to bed with a book.
sheila x

It's been ages

I don't seem to have been doing much, hence no blogging. Still not doing much just the usual round of shopping(food) cooking and cleaning. Last Friday was good when Sonia and Michael came. It's always good to have family visiting. This Friday it will be Lisa, Jamie and the kids. I have got to think of a menu that will suit the boys. They don't like fish apparently! They do like chicken but ?????????????? could I stand it? Gina and Andrew have gone to The Isle of Skye today. Just in time to catch the tail end of Hurricane Billy!
on Saturday we picked some lovely Apricots from my friends tree and I have made jam with them. We also picked a lot of blackberries which I turned into bramble jelly. Our neighbours have reminded me that the crab apples are almost ready so that will be some more jam to make. then it will be my own apples and my friends Pears. Is there no end to natures bounty?
The girls seem to have stopped laying or at least are laying very spasmodically at the moment. Never mind, they will soon be going on their holidays!
more later. sheila x

not raining

Just to prove that we do sometimes have nice weather!

wheat harvest.

Look how the combine dwarves our house!

Mexican wedding cakes

These are really easy to make and delicious!
Cream together :-
30z Butter
2oz Icing Sugar
now add :-
Pinch of Salt
vanilla extract
6oz S/R Flour
2oz chopped Walnuts or Pecans
Roll into small balls and bake on a tray for 15 minutes at gas 5 or 350f
when cooked shake in Icing sugar whilst still warm and repeat twice more

Aberdeen butteries

I made these scottish breads today to counteract the fish glue

Vegetarian?

I was just reading someones comment on a forum when I came across this...
On the packet of Kingsmill sliced bread I read the following... not suitable for vegetarians. I enquired why not on their help line. they said its because they add Fish gelatine.
Why on earth would you put fish gelatine in Bread?
sheila x