Thursday 23 May 2013

Todays lunch......

Still trying to eat a healthy diet.....often fall by the wayside, but today I made this lovely fresh salad which incorporated beetroot and lettuce from my garden..along with cabbage, carrots, capsicum, feta and sundried tomatoes......also the addition of organic hemp seeds ...recommended by my Naturopath.....adds a nice little nutty flavour to many foods.....was delicious but I have to confess that just eating salad for lunch leaves me feeling hungry again a couple of hours later....Have been to Writing Group this afternoon and I could hear the rumble of my tummy.....home now for a cuppa and hopefully a treat..nothing to decadent.

The art of Cheesemaking......



Had a great day yesterday, attended a course on Cheesemaking....a local permaculture farm runs cheesemaking courses.....learnt how to make Feta, Yoghurt and Marscapone.....it was easier than I was expecting ...will certainly be making my own Feta and yoghurt from now on.....

Sunday 19 May 2013

Book club for April and May.....


 Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler was the book we read for April Bookclub....created interesting conversation... most thinking it was not Anne Tyler's best book by far but was certainly a good enough read...Story is about Liam a retired teacher who at 60 is fairly lost in life and is attacked one night and has no memory of the attack....the remainder of the story is about the interaction with his family and a woman he meets.....interesting enough story but not really compelling reading...5 out of 10 for me.

The book for this month is The Slap......am only 70 or so pages into this novel and I can tell you right now I detest this book.....I find the language very crass....the characters are formulaic ...wogs and skips according to the author...with the exception of the aboriginal moslem.... ..and punctuated continually by non relevant sexual encounters and vouyeristic episodes....hope I can finish it as it will certainly make a great debate at our bookclub discussion group.....

Wednesday 8 May 2013

Sewing with my Singer.....

 I was inspired last year when the 160th anniversary Singer sewing machine came out....just had to have one even though I was not that into sewing at the time.......had made a quilt about 10 years ago.....who would have thought that I would get back into it (along with all of the other creative ideas and dreams I have).....am currently trying to finish off a quilt that I started a few months ago....I have another beautiful quilting project that I want to start.....a fabulous wall hanging....it's huge and I will be doing a block a month....stay tuned...

Almost finished this quilt, just a few more stitcheries to go and add the rows.....then backing and try to quilt it.......hmmmmm.....great pastime for the long cold winter days ahead.......