This week I baked my finest loaf! My Mum used to enter her bread in the village shows near their home when she and my dad first married. Her cottage loaf won first prize and I like to think I may have inherited her baking gene!
I also used up the last of my carrots in another beef and carrot pie. It really is lovely to use home-grown fruit and veg in cooking; next year I hope to be more organised and try to grow more.
The mirror that I bought at the Country Living Christmas fair a few weeks back has now migrated from the dining room table and found itself upon the wall. I decided that it would be best on our minute "landing" area which can be a bit dark. Hopefully the mirror will reflect the light from the second bedroom and brighten the space a bit.
And it has also been a busy week for Holly who has been working hard to become a black belt in the silent art of napping!
I think Holly managed to become a black belt in this art, lol.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice loaf and what a beautiful picture of your carrots.
so satisfying to make ones own bread
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures Charlotte, and I do think you have inherited the baking gene from your Mum! Your bread looks absolutely delicious!! Very nice looking carrots as well and you are right, vegetables out of the garden taste so good.
ReplyDeleteHi Charlotte, wow your loaf of bread looks lovely - wish I could get mine to look like that. It's great growing your own veg isn't it... I grew a chilli plant this year but might have to have a go at carrots next year too! Sarah x
ReplyDeleteSounds like a really busy week for Holly as well ha ha so sweet. That bread looks delicious, I hope it tasted as good as it looked - I'm sure it did x x x x
ReplyDeleteHolly is adorableeeee :-D and i love your mirror (but not as much as your cat)
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What a fabulous loaf! Love the mirror and where you've placed it, our staircase is a hall of mirrors as it's on the North side of the house.
ReplyDeleteHolly is gorgeous!
Holly's portrait makes me smile, especially along with your commentary!
ReplyDeleteI think you have definitely inherited the baking talents! your loaf looks amazing and delicious. Love the mirror!
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ReplyDeleteI just found your blog over Maifelder Gartenlust... and I like it very much here. Mjaammmiii... your bread looks delicious. I love your new mirror... I'm searching for such a piece (well a bit bigger) too.
Holly looks as if she could use a good belly rub :o).
Take care and greetings from Switzerland
Alex
Great to see you both at the fair today.. hope you managed some good purchases??? Lizzie x
ReplyDeleteThe loaf of bread looks really yummy. It is one thing I have never tried but it always strikes me as being really complicated.
ReplyDeleteI love your home pictures, its very pretty and homely. I also have a cat called marmalade who seems to sleep as much as Holly.
That loaf of bread sure looks good, i wonder if it would survive a trip to the states! Richard from the Amish community of Lebanon,Pa
ReplyDeleteFatastic job with that bread! We use mirrors in the same way - they really do bounce light around wonderfully. Is the mirror French? It certainly looks it.
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