What Else We Have Been Up To Lately

Things have been fairly quiet on the home front, but with a couple of fun things too.

Firstly, as our little potted lemon tree has a nice crop of lemons for the first time this year, it was about time to actually use a few.   I had found a new recipe recently, so we thought it would be a good one to try out.

To say it was a success is an understatement.  It is luscious.  The recipe is Lemon Impossible Bars from the Taste website.  The top gets a little crunchy and then the base is so gorgeous and lemony.  The only thing was that the base is a little sticky to hold.  Not an issue if you use a cake fork, but I think I will try them again with a biscuit base, as per the usual slice biscuit base recipe.  I’ll report back.  

That same day I tried a second new to me recipe.  Now, this is such a simple one, but something I have never got around to making previously.  Garlic Prawns.  They ended up very garlicky, as the jar of minced garlic was nearly empty, but were rather yummy.

No other exciting cooking has taken place, but I do hope to try a few more new recipes in the next little while.

While we are on the subject of food, a friend and I attended High Tea, put on by the church ladies.  

Oh, they do a splendid job of it.  The afternoon is very popular, with over 100 people attending and all the food is made by the parishioners.  Definitely a must attend event.

We had another impromptu day travelling east on Sunday.

Once again the weather started to rain at Yetholme, this time staying wet until we reached the lower Blue Mountains.

The reason for our trip was to pick up a metalworking tool for Mick.  Now that he is retired he doesn’t have access to professional workshops, so this folder/roller/guillotine will be handy in his shed. He was very happy with his bargain purchase.

It was not quite as wet travelling home, but still drizzly over the highest part of the mountains.  We wanted to stop for some brunch, but weren’t able to find anywhere to park the little truck with the trailer on behind until we reached Blackheath.  That was fine, as we had a lovely meal at the Victory Theatre Cafe.  

On the stitching front, I haven’t done a great deal.  I’ve been to my two stitching mornings and worked on the corner to corner crochet rug.  I have reached the full width and now will work the long straight section.

As for the Chookshed Challenge, all I have done is to restitch the wording.  It looks much better in the finer thread, doesn’t it.  I have to ask Mick to get some tubs of fabric down for me and then do the pressing before I can go any further.  It will happen.  

The other projects are waiting patiently for their time to shine.  I’m just enjoying the crochet rug at the moment.

I’ll just finish with the lovely sunset this evening.  It is nice to see that the days are starting to get a wee bit longer.