a weblog with an allotment attached
11 February 2007
As well as having exciting musical events this weekend - marred only slightly by the worry engendered by our bassoonist arriving 24 hours later than we were expecting him (does that still count as fashionably late?) - we also took our chocolate fountain out for its maiden voyage.
1250g (yes, really - over a kilo) of […]
21 December 2006
This is the longest I have ever left between posts - a personal worst, if you will. There’s no excuse, other than being very busy on the one hand and rather uninspired on the other. Thank you to everyone who commented or emailed me to check out that I was still OK.
Here’s a […]
Filed under: Fallow, Mulch, Music, Seasons - winter — Clare @ 11:59 am
17 November 2006
Run yourself a lovely hot bath and throw in a something soothing containing lavender. If your bathroom just happens to be the most gorgeous place in your home, so much the better.
Blow your nose continuously while you wait for the bath to fill.
Dim the lights, or light candles. Either way, the ambience should […]
Filed under: Fallow — Clare @ 12:10 am
12 November 2006
Sorry for the silence. I’m so busy I don’t have time to scratch my, well, to scratch anything really. Someone somewhere seems to have speeded up the clocks and doubled the list of things to do, and if I catch the fellow I’ll give ‘em a right good talking to. Or, I would […]
Filed under: Fallow — Clare @ 8:39 pm
17 August 2006
(or, as we say in this house, there’s always room for ice cream!)
You may have noticed that chez soup we love ice cream. Any of you who read the posts from our recent holiday in Trento will have divined this from the numerous mentions of how much of the stuff we ate there. […]
Filed under: Enthusings, Fallow — Clare @ 10:48 pm
6 August 2006
No allotment for us today, though we did spend a long time there yesterday evening doing some weeding and watering and preparing a bed for the leeks.
No, today our trio was rehearsing as we have gig in a fortnight. A paying gig no less - all proceeds going to Phil’s ‘good grief is trio […]
3 March 2006
I received a phone call not about half an hour ago from Owen’s Dad (Hi there Gareth!) telling me that Gardeners World was featuring allotments in Birmingham, including the wonderful allotments on the street where we live (the ones we were not able to get a plot at unless we waited for at least two […]
Filed under: Fallow — Clare @ 8:34 pm
21 February 2006
I spend too much of my time looking at this view and not enough time outdoors.
Filed under: Fallow, This much I know — Clare @ 10:45 pm