Weekenders

Today, I start with our weekend harvest as my first picture not the last one like I normally do. A lady at the allotment encouraged me to pick from her basil 'forest' growing in her greenhouse. 

 She offered, we obliged. It made the most vibrant pesto and that spurred us to invite some friends to share it with. We went to the cabin for a walk, play and shared dinner. I did try to make my own Mozzarella from a kit that my brother bought me at Christmas but it went a bit wrong and turned into creamy cottage cheese instead. I added chives and we ate it on crackers all the same. 'notzzarella' was the funny joke of the afternoon along with a lot of other 'cheesy' child friendly puns. We simply had a wonderful meal with great friends.

We slept over after our friends went home with their little ones. The Secret Seven is ideal reading material to accompany our own little adventures; we will be having a cabin password next!

Big Sis watched two buzzards for ages in the fading light under the man blanket whilst playing with her first wobbly tooth with her tongue.

I crocheted four more squares for the 'cabin only' blanket.

When the children had gone to bed, bloke and I sat by the fire and were treated to some distant fireworks which were amazing.

We all admired the view which is ever constant in one way and always changing in another: harvested fields, a worn out green in the trees and hedges along with sheep nibbled grass today.

This post turns full circle as I finish with another harvest, apples. It has been so windy and some good ones are falling down already, perfect with a few (and I mean a few) blackberries but many more of those to come I can see.

Did you have a good weekend? Hope so. Jo xx