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    Banana Bread - because it makes the world go round

    I have been meaning to post this recipe here for a while as I am often asked about it. While I have only ever baked it with gluten-containing flours, I am sure GF whizzes can use their choice of flours and add more 'milk' and an egg to help bind ingredients. It is such an adaptable recipe that it might be worth an experiment or two.

    May Days

    I walk through my little village almost daily, generally at the other end of the dog lead from Bruce. We head for quiet lanes and field margins. Our pace is dictated by his mood or mine. Occasionally he will forego smelling every blade of grass and stone wall voluntarily; other times require persuasion by one means or another.

    In the Durham Dales

    We’ve been on a lovely jaunt - a midway-between-birthdays treat.
    New experiences all round. First stop on Saturday morning was to deliver Bruce to kennels. He packed a toy duck and his meals for a two-night stay.

    Rooted in the Isles

    I spent most of my teenage years and early twenties living on the island of Lewis in the Hebrides. Mum and I made good use of the tweed outlet shop in Stornoway for sturdy yarns to knit with and remnants to make clothes and furnishings from. I remember she sewed me a hacking jacket which I loved, but neither of us were exactly skilled tailors nor of skinny model proportions, and Lewis was quite definitely not a fashion hotspot.

    Welcome

    In this space I aim to share behind-the-scenes happenings, the hiccups and hurrahs in my creative life, the occasional recipe, musings on the joys of small-scale walking and wandering, an interview or two, and other words as they spring up from my overactive imagination.

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    I’m looking forward to welcoming participants arriving for our gentle stitching retreat in a spacious rural farmhouse. The shop is coming with me!
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Today’s life lesson:
Stop rushing
Slow down, breathe deeply, use all your senses, seek out the small, the quiet, the overlooked, revel in the simple things, be grateful for small mercies.
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Good plan, but I need to keep practising…
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I’ve dyed these vintage wool blanket pieces and they await your tender ministrations in the form of hand stitching or felting.
It is the softest warmest fabric to stitch into and your needle will love it.🧵🪡
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Found this wee gem in my photos, from an early Wednesday Windowsill.
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The more I read the less I wanted to put it down. Loved the characters and all their quirks.

#justfinishedreading 
#maggieofarrellbooks 
#needmoretimetoreadeverything
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Before the sun shone and chased the frost away this morning…
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#wednesdaywindowsill
#littlelovelies
#handwovencloth by @shuttlethrower 
#handthrownjugs by #coldinghampottery 
#smallmomentsofcalm
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Turns out I had to make red ones too!
For boro-stitchers I have made packs of red or blue scraps, large and small, to feel your habit…
Thirty five pieces in a pack and UK post free…
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    🤗Most things I’ve done this weekend have not gone as planned. But the veritable ocean of dal which has burbled away in the slow cooker this afternoon is a WIN!

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