When it’s hot and you’ve a friend with a prolific mint plant…
… make this delicious mint and elderflower non-alcoholic mojito!It’s refreshing, zingy and cooling - pretty much everything you need from a summer drink. And...
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14th July
The swanfield street sign on the way home from the pub quiz where a rather depleted Mummy School team (all 2 of us!) managed to defend our honour by not comi...
13th July
Pirates ahoy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>
12th July
Mini-M’s new favourite mode of transport - a double grandparent sedan chair! (Just to clarify, Grandad A is wearing Mini-M’s hat - hot pink isn’t his usual c...
11th July
Mini-M dressed as subtly as ever…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>
10th July
Mini-M's birthday present arrived today. Mr E has "hidden" it under the laundry bin... I suspect she might notice!
9th July
Hottest day in a long time today - car thermometer said 31C when I left work - how very un-Scottish!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align:...
8th July
This evening mainly involved sorting out piles of paperwork - I found this amongst it - some distracted doodling.<div class="separator" style="clear: both...
Clothing and Curtains
I’m feeling a little Maria Von Trapp as I write this - I’m fairly sure she used the dining room curtains to rustle up some rather natty outfits for the Von T...
No-Cook Tomato & Almond Pasta Sauce
Update - in the time that it took me to write this post which admittedly is 24hrs, someone else has posted first, so any residual feelings of hosting / fi...