Taking a family break

We're taking some time out to spend with N's family.  We're off on holiday with his sister, BIL and father.  It will have been about 40 years since they were all away together so everyone has been looking forward to it for a long time.  It will be good to spend this time together.

Frothy and ready to go

Here at home the pottering continues.  I think I've cracked bread-making now; I've started to use a dried active yeast for hand-baking that needs reactivating with warm water and sugar before its added to the flour.  As it froths up there's a wonderful yeasty/bread-making aroma in the kitchen which makes me feel like a real baker!  This type of yeast seems to be better at raising the dough which is a problem I've had as the temperatures drop off.  

The garden is ticking over on its own; the brassicas are coming along nicely.  The sucflower seeds are drying out in the shed.

That mouldy seed in the front will have to go!

We'll be back in a few days' time.