....... but two cooks make a good dinner! Usually one or other of us cooks dinner, but today's was a joint effort. I started my dish by finely slicing a large apple and onion, arranging them in an ovenproof dish, and adding orange juice and thyme
I seasoned it with this wonderful salt that we brought back from Majorca
then I put pork chops on top, spooned some of the orange juice over them, and added some black pepper
Malcolm's contribution was cauliflower and broccoli cheese - here are the two dishes just out of the oven
Delicious!!
To backtrack to this morning, when we were in town, we saw this bird on the River Teviot - neither of us knows what it is - but I'm sure one of you will be able to tell me (my book only has garden birds!)
Over on the River Slitrig, this duck was quite well camouflaged
unlike the drake, resplendent with his beautiful plumage
This was a tiny little rose
a fraction of the size of this gorgeous full one
After lunch I went out for a walk ...... I had hardly gone any distance when I had to step on to the verge to let this waggon go past
This photo is for Thimbleanna, who loves sheep ..... especially Scottish ones!! But the little rascals will turn their bottoms to the camera!!
When I saw this horse, I thpught it was in the garden, but then I realised that there was a fence between it and the house!
I'm not the only one who has to avoid large things on the road ...... the truck just managed to squeeze pat the JCB (I think I might have to put that JCB on my list for Father Christmas!!)
Back from my walk, I headed out to the studio. Today's fmq was fun! I think this pattern was called sea anenome
I really enjoyed doing this one, and would use it as an all over pattern on a quilt. The little bit of green quilting that you can see is from the practice session I had on the other side
Malcolm, meantime, was up in the loft putting down the last of the insulation - he moved just as I snapped, so you can't see him, but he is there at the far end ...... the tiny glimpse of orange in the middle of the photo is his boiler suit!!
ps - I wasn't paying proper attention when I was slicing the apple with the mandolin ........