(A photo from a trip we took to Boulogne a few years back.) We can't really afford a holiday this year so we are having a bit o...

  Oh boy . . . is it hot.  It seems we are in for this hot sticky weather for a while yet.  Not going to complain . . . not going to com...

Sometimes I like to make Todd and I an appetizer for a late supper, instead of a meal.   Then supper feels like a bit of a celebration. ...

One of the herbs I grow in my garden is Lemon Verbena.  I just adore it.   I love it so much that I cannot resist brushing my fingers u...

  So the blueberries are beginning to ripen in our garden now.  Half of our bushes are an early variety which produce...

I wish you could smell my house right now.  It smells just gorgeous . . . like butter and fried onions . . . very scrummy indeed.  I  wan...

Bumbleberries . . . they're something I have in abundance this time of year.   My fruit is ripening, but in small amounts . . . a ha...