Category: Seasons
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Foodie Penpals – September 2012
This is my third Foodie Penpals parcel. This month I was matched with Kim (or Mub) who an ex-pat American from the Netherlands. In Kim’s note she said loved Mexican food. Like me here in North Wales, Kim finds getting all the ingredients she needs challenging sometimes. So she stashes Mexican stuff in her suitcase…
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September Seedy Cuttings
As I type this there’s yet another brutal weather front going over. The wind is howling and the rain lashing both pressing & clawing at the windows like hungry sea monsters. The transition into Autumn has crashed down like a saturated ceiling. The seeds I received from Lucy are safely tucked up indoors awaiting…
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Seedy Penpals – a letter from Gillian
Gillian sent me a letter about her Seedy Penpals experience which she asked me to blog for her. I do this with pleasure. You can find Gillian as the Impatient Gardener on Twitter. A letter from Gillian Dear Carl Just a letter to update you on my #SeedyPenpals experience. My seedy pen pal was the…
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Foodie Penpals – August 2012
This is my second Foodie Penpals parcel. This month I was matched with Alena from London who, as you can see, really did me proud. What Alena sent me was as wonderful as it was unexpected. She sent me all I would need to make wonderful sushi and a fab miso soup. Even down to…
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Seedy Penpals August 2012
Seedy Penpals is go Our inaugural Seedy Penpals exchange appears to have been a great success. We had over 40 people join in and I’ve seen some truly great Seedy Packets. What’s more new friendships have been forged and a new online community is born. Very many thanks to all of you who contributed, helped…
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Foodie Penpals – July 2012
This is my first Foodie Penpal reveal. I joined the scheme after some of my twitter followers had started. It’s a lovely idea to allow people to spread foodie delights around to new friends and contacts. This month, Anna from Nottinghamshire sent me a parcel and I sent one to Caitlin in Cornwall. Anna was…
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Llŷn Peninsula – cloud waves
We had a very nice cloud formation this morning. Air currents had formed these pretty waves in the lower cloud. Here seen above Mynydd Rhiw looking south-west from where we live. And here looking south in the direction of Abersoch. And this slightly further west. It’s a dull day light-wise but we have some good…
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Sourdough bread pudding recipe with spices, apricots & cranberries
The rubbish ‘summer’ weather we’re having prompted a need for comfort food. I had a surfeit of bits & bobs of sourdough loaves in the bread bin, so bread pudding called to me. Instead of just using the normal dried fruit, I wanted some sparkle in the pudding. The vibrant orange of apricots and red…
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Seedy Penpals
Yesterday, Mel at Edible Things tweeted a link to a great idea for food bloggers and blog readers to get to know each other, by sending a lovely parcel in the mail every month. I re-tweeted the link to the US & UK schemes and soon got into a chat with Mel and Karen at…