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Scattering silver
Oct. 23rd, 2022 04:38 pmI always start Sunday mornings (after returning from swimming) by batch-cooking fruit to be eaten with porridge or muesli on our weekday breakfasts. Today, therefore, the kitchen, and later the house was filled with the autumnal aroma of apple with cinnamon, and stewed plums. The apples are among the last from the tree in the garden, which have been keeping us fed for the past two months.
Apples have been something of a theme of the weekend. We had been planning to go into Cambridge today for the annual apple day in the botanic gardens, but the combination of the weather (torrential rain) and the fact that Matthias had been vaccinated yesterday with both a Covid booster and a flu shot was enough to put us off, resulting in a quieter Sunday than originally intended. Indeed, it was a fairly quiet weekend — other than walking out to the GP surgery for the vaccinations, picking up vegetables at the Saturday market, and drinking a glass of wine in the courtyard garden of the bakery down the road, we basically didn't leave the house. I spent my time reading (of which more below), doing yoga, watching TV, and cooking Indonesian chicken noodle soup — heavy with ginger, chili oil, and lime juice — to combat the miserable weather and Matthias's reaction to the vaccines.
( More on three books behind the cut )
The light is starting to leave the sky, and our router keeps dropping in and out of connectivity, so I'll take that as my cue and end this post here. I hope you've all had restorative weekends.
Apples have been something of a theme of the weekend. We had been planning to go into Cambridge today for the annual apple day in the botanic gardens, but the combination of the weather (torrential rain) and the fact that Matthias had been vaccinated yesterday with both a Covid booster and a flu shot was enough to put us off, resulting in a quieter Sunday than originally intended. Indeed, it was a fairly quiet weekend — other than walking out to the GP surgery for the vaccinations, picking up vegetables at the Saturday market, and drinking a glass of wine in the courtyard garden of the bakery down the road, we basically didn't leave the house. I spent my time reading (of which more below), doing yoga, watching TV, and cooking Indonesian chicken noodle soup — heavy with ginger, chili oil, and lime juice — to combat the miserable weather and Matthias's reaction to the vaccines.
( More on three books behind the cut )
The light is starting to leave the sky, and our router keeps dropping in and out of connectivity, so I'll take that as my cue and end this post here. I hope you've all had restorative weekends.