I suspect that's not a real word, but it sounds good! When we moved here, I did the weekly food shopping in Morrison's supermarket, but when Sainsbury's opened I started shopping there. But Morrison's have just had a major makeover, and when Malcolm popped in yesterday, he was impressed with the new fruit and veg section. So when we were in Hawick this morning we went in so that I could have a look. There is an amazing counter with unusual vegetables and a good selection of fresh herbs ........ all of which are constantly misted with cold water. As I was about to do things with fresh herbs and olive oil, I bought sage, tarragon and thyme
and added rosemary from the pot in the garden
a few years ago I bought bottles to use for sloe gin, flavoured vodkas etc ........ and like my jam jars, you only get a bottle of something delicious if you promise to return the empty one. The bottles had all been washed in the dishwasher, but some of them still had the remains of their labels, so I popped them into a bowl of hot soapy water to soak (warning, very exciting photo!)
the herbs, washed and set aside to dry
according to the recipe, it should only take a few weeks for the olive oil to be flavoured by the herbs - just in time for Christmas!
last week Maureen gave me her copy of Homemade With Love magazine
as I read it, I was delighted to see a pattern by Tracey Todhunter
I met Tracey two years ago at Woolfest, and we kept in touch, meeting up again at Woolfest last year. However I didn't see her this year, as she was away on holiday. When I met Tracey, she was taking her first steps to build a career in designing knitting and crochet patterns, and over the months since, her patterns have appeared in lots of publications. Then a few pages on ...... another pattern!
and then ....... an interview with Tracey. Do look out for her patterns, and pop over to her blog for her latest creations
as I don't have any sewing to do for Anne at Stitchin' Heaven at the moment, I have been returning to my own long-neglected sewing. I looked out my hexie wallhanging, to take with me to patch'n'chat tomorrow
as I was locking the studio door this afternoon, some sheepies appeared in the field out the back, but by the time I had turned on the camera and zoomed in on them, the little beasties had turned their rear ends towards me!!