Things, unsuccessfully, attempted in the last week
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♥Jul. 10th, 2018 // 08:34 pm♥
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1) Doing anything in the hot weather (today, gardening, horse-riding and dog-walking were done for the first time in a week).
Bob seemed utterly unconcerned by this, and didn't even run around the field more than usual in the evenings. Benny thought it was a marvellous idea, and was quite put out this morning when his tack made an appearance; the hot-foot thing seems to have been a red herring, and I now suspect that he caught it jumping into the field as it's not happened again since.
2) Growing asparagus peas (well, they actually grew just fine, it was the eating part that didn't work out: not a bad flavour, but an utterly horrible mouth-feel. Have pulled them up and put regular peas in their place. Which the rabbits ate the tops off. Sigh).
3) Eating all the courgettes (note to self: must start making courgette goop to freeze. We did try courgette fritters, as apparently you can freeze the grated courgette with no problems, but they were kind of bland in both taste and texture).
4) Making a tasty drink by putting cherries in white wine for a week, decanting and adding a splash of vodka (works wonderfully with cherry leaves in wine, or fruit in vodka; fruit in wine leaves both the liquid and the fruit almost entirely tasteless. Very pretty colour liquid, though).
5) Mike going to work (he Did Something to his back a few weeks ago, and it was a bit sore (physio said he'd strained a muscle and to give it time), but then last week he Did Something More and had to take to his bed for a couple of days. NHS Minor Injuries, in a fit of evidence-based medical advice, told him to go and see a chiropractor. He's much better now, though, so hopefully if he's careful then he'll be back to normal soon).
6) Eating the first tomato of the season (bah, blossom end rot. It doesn't seem to be too widespread, though, so I'll be making passata soon). |
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