After my trip to the City Market last weekend, I’ve been cooking to ingredients rather than shopping for recipes. When it came to this week’s baking we continued that theme by checking out what we might have in the house and baking with that. As you can... The laws of nature can be baffling sometimes. Certainly there has been plenty for me to learn about living in the country. I am not sure where justice fits in the laws of nature but I know that life and death is a fine balance with its own in-built pecking order.... Some of our neighbours moved away whilst we were gone. Luckily they didn’t go far, just next door and we can still see them every day as we go past every day. I do of course miss being able to watch their antics from my office window so the bassets and I... My stepmother is probably horrified about my slightly haphazard, easy come easy go attitude to gardening. Actually, I don’t think there is much probably about it. It’s clear that I’m not upholding the family standards as far as gardening is... I like a high note to start the week and although he’s not out of the woods completely our friend Seth is making huge strides now in his recovery. Almost 6 months after a bone marrow transplant, this little chap is back having fun with his sister Nancy. This... 