Category Archives: Edinburgh – Scotland-2010

Our big news this week is John has been offered a job in Adelaide!!!! We will be flying around the 1st April, so it’s all very stressful. We have to move into our other flat and try and sell this … Continue reading →

It’s that time again, when I have to learn my lines. I find it harder and harder as the years pass, and I heard from the actor Tom Conti (speaking on the breakfast show sofa) that the memory is like … Continue reading →

Went on a mission on Saturday to look for some angelica, an ingredient required for the Bishop’s cake…along with the cherries and the green angelica, the cake, when sliced is supposed to resemble a stained glass window. Last time I … Continue reading →

All this knitting combined with the cold winter nights have had me enslaved to the television. It’s wonderful, and I have been like a druggy after a heavy diet of BBC and CNN which is about all we got in … Continue reading →

It’s a dreich day, but dry and my washing is hanging like colourful flags waiting for a bit of wind…I fear it will end up draped over radiators but I will persist. I have memories of Tien Yen, in that … Continue reading →

I am reading the new book by Rose Tremain, it’s called Trespass. It’s making me restless; I am like a bird on a wire. Ha. It’s set in France, and describes houses with gardens and chairs set to gaze at … Continue reading →

It’s been a week of dancing and bishops and figurines. I returned to the scene of the boot sale again last Sunday, to no avail…but spent ages on google, searching for ladies with hibiscus and teddies, and then glory be! … Continue reading →

The kitchen is smelling divine…roasting shallots and steak braising in Cotes du Rhone…it’s been a week of trying out new recipes…and the hit has to be the deluxe carrot cake made with walnuts and crystallized ginger. I do love winter, … Continue reading →

We have spent the week trailing through charity shops, searching for picture frames. Amazing how cheap they are, we just have to ignore the jaded looks from the shop assistant as we march off proudly with a basket of flowers … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking a lot about obituaries since the New Year. It was triggered during the dinner at New Year’s Eve, when someone was talking about a sport or hobby and said, ‘at least that’s something they can put in … Continue reading →