Tuesday 7 June 2011

weekend moments...

Saturday morning was so bright and sunny that I couldn't stay in bed (I am a rubbish sleeper and always awake early) so I got up at about 6.30 and went out on my bike. I really love that early morning time when the light is beautiful and it is so quiet (I live in the middle of nowhere - believe me really quiet!).

Ears of wheat catching the early sun. I'm no farmer, but it looks to me as though its all a bit short this year - I'm guessing due to the dry weather we've been having.


Pretty wild roses in the hedgerows...


I stopped at the allotments on the way back...


Found some self sown lupins by the fence...


I love their furry seed pods...


Back in the garden a bit later in the day, the sun was sparkling on the pond...


The delphiniums are just beginning to flower...


I found a pure white foxglove that I don't remember planting - I love the 'freebies' nature throws up...


With a visitor while I was sat there...


There is honeysuckle everywhere in the garden just now, it smells gorgeous, especially in the evening...


And then a little bit of yummy-ness...


Delia calls these Welsh cakes but my Mum used to call them Singing Hinnies - I've no idea why, maybe because they make a kind of sizzling noise as they go on the hot griddle? I love cooking on this old iron griddle pan - it is so well seasoned (and the pesky men in my house know it is more than their lives are worth to go near it with a brillo pad to 'scrub all that black off'!) that nothing sticks and it gives you such a lovely big surface which has quite an even heat once its properly heated up. When I was a child we had an Aga (a temperamental old coal fired beggar but I would love one!) and the griddle was the perfect size for the hotplate.


These are so quick to make and perfect warm, with naughty amounts of butter...


I don't think any got cold!

Til next time

Sx

3 comments:

  1. Ah pretty pretty pictures! I would love to have a well seasoned griddle pan like that one day! I have a cast iron casserole that I've not used yet because I don't know how - is it the same sort of principle?! xx

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  2. What a lovely post. Nature has thrown up a freebie little white flower in my garde, it looks a little bit hyacynthy (sp?) I didn't know lupins self seeded...that's interesting, I'll give mine a helping hand to sread.

    Oh those welsh cakes look amazing. Damn being on a diet! I'm sick of it! I need Welah cakes for breakfast, hope I have forgotten all about them come breakfast time.

    xxx

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  3. Lovely ride and garden. I used to have a Rayburn and loved it. My ex hubby is an Aga specialist here in Australia, installs and rebuilds them, our second son works with him. I so want another one, I used to cook so much on it, sauces etc. My gran used to sit in front of it with her feet in the warming draw hehe.
    x Sandi

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