good evening all
4.5 yesterday and 4.4 today
much running around trying to make sure the visit goes well, they are off home again in the morning so there is peace on the horizon
not that the are onerous visitors but we're not used to the disruption anymore
Roast chicken dinner today with a baked vanilla custard and fresh strawberries for afters (LC choc cake and yoghurt for me), LC 'notella' works fine for adding a touch of lux to my choc cake
( 1 tsp almond butter, 1 tsp cocoa powder and a little truvia mixed together with a touch of vanilla and almond milk to get the texture right - stored in the fridge in a small pot, very quick to make
might try using LC hazelnut coffee syrup instead of vanilla next time)
We had absolute torrential rain yesterday evening with a river running down the centre of the road outside then a cool, cloudy day today until about an hour ago, now the sky is a lovely blue
Hope your day is treating you kindly
Not on the forum yesterday so may I wish you a Happy belated Birthday
@ianpspurs
I hope your reader turns up, I usually find searching high and low for something else entirely works best
@SlimLizzy - Mum can be quite funny about what she considers is 'ok' to do in the garden on a Sunday too
@gennepher - lovely bee picture, so full of vibrancy and light
and your dream studio looks peaceful and remote alright poised over the valley
@dunelm - lovely grove of trees, very ethereal and I like the subtle colours in today's landscape and a fine sense of space
@Muddy Cyclist - two lovely sketches today thank you
looks like mrs MC and yourself have made good use of the available weather and a picnic is a fine idea
Hope the quire practice stays dry
@lindisfel - wow a Morgan, haven't seen one of those for a while
When I was a youngling my father had a friend who made spare parts for the three wheelers, Dad used to help him out if he was very busy, (engine or gearbox 'dogs' I think they were called, which used to wear - were they chain drive?), we went along to a meet at Keddleston Hall with dad's friend and I had the honour of riding about in one for a game which involved spearing apples as you raced round a course against the clock. I was the (rather inexpert) speargirl, great fun
did they used to adorn the v engines with champagne corks for some reason?
art bit - I'm afraid I can't find my note of the inspiration for this experiment in colour, painted on Hahnemuhle Britannia
I'll edit it in if I find it.
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