An entertaining and busy Saturday has flowed into a very productive Sunday.
Yesterday saw us cycle to town to buy a cycle helmet (it was for me, and it’s very fashionable) and rucksack-packed groceries, take Oscar to the vet’s, and buzz down to Lakeside for the afternoon to enjoy a birthday Strada lunch the family.
Today though, has been even busier.
As the sun was shining, we thought we’d get out into the garden this afternoon to pull up the remaining carrots, pull off the remaining sprouts, and tip out one bag of the remaining potatoes. We reaped more rewards than we thought we would, with the haul of carrots being rather substantial (if not the best), the sprouts being very green, and the potatoes looking very (surprisingly) nice, and rot-free.
After our outdoor garden adventures, we spent a baking afternoon in the kitchen. As the spring day-like sun set and twilight crept around everything outside, the cooking room of the house was filled with light and warmth, as we baked gingerbread cats, made doorstep thickness fruit scones, and blitzed our homegrown carrots, which quickly became ingredients for carrot and coriander soup.
Sloe gin has been quietly distilling for 5 months
And, after a very easy supper, we even managed to finally open the sloe gin which has been slowly but surely distilling on the outhouse and pantry shelves. Now deep red in colour, and very, very, sweet in taste, we felt that after our enjoyable and productive weekend we’d definitely earned our late evening nightcap.