This Is Not My Home

The Typographer and the Wedding Dressmaker had a little baby boy (I have not met him, so although his parents have given him a name, he does...

Like so many profitable days, this one started with oatmeal. That the oatmeal was past its best and rather bitter was neither here nor th...

A long time ago, I was trying to persuade the Computer Geek that he needed to throw out a jumper that was falling apart at the seams. He has...

There have been no posts, because there has not been much to post about. The Long Hours have restricted activities. I have ripped out the ...

Every recipe I found online seemed to require far more tomatoes than my little plant ever produced as well as far more apples than I had to ...

Now that the Ballerina and the Maharaja are married, I can show you the top secret mission, which was... bunting! Sewing the binding to t...

It's been rather quiet for a while. Partly because I've been working crazy hours. Partly because the Ballerina and Maharajas' we...

This week has been mostly about completing a mission. It involves bias binding. And pins. Lots of pins. And it's for the Ballerina...

I recently found a free CD and popped it onto my computer. This wonderfully encouraging hymn was there. This hymn has been one of my favouri...

Ingredients: 1 large baking potato 1 large leek 100g of tasty cheese (I used a vintage Cheddar) - About 600ml-1L of white sauce (I made ...

My absolute favourite thing to bake. Mostly because they're a challenge, and just that little bit unpredictable. One batch of lemo...

Whilst the Amish may be very familiar with them, they are a relatively new discovery to me. This is the most basic recipe from The Whoopie ...

100g butter 100g dark chocolate 50g dark brown soft sugar 50g golden caster sugar 2 eggs 2 big bananas or 4 smaller ones 250g self-ra...

Rhino Elephant Zebra

As for man, his days are like a flower of the field; the wind passes over it, and it is gone, its place knows it no more. (Psalm 103:15&...

O God, the author of all good, I come to Thee for the grace another day will require                         for its duties and events.  ...

For which I am so very grateful and pleased. The whole haul. That bright sunflower? From the Queen of Sheba. Close up on the books - ...

Among the delights - Devil's food cakes, made to a 1920s recipe that uses only the yolks... So that I could use the whites for macaron...

Very easy, ideal for tired post-work brains. Ingredients: 200g chunky bacon or ham pieces 200g broccoli florets 100g frozen petit pois ...

"Whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is...