That was September…
Bit late in doing this but here we go…the month in pictures – a mix of morning walk pictures, phone pictures, family stuff and a few work ones thrown in for good measure!
What’s for tea Tommy? Sausage pasta!
Regular readers to The Pixel Chef will know that I have a teenage son, Tom, who is at University in Lincoln. I have to say that in spite being brought up in a house where there has always been lots of home cooking, Tom has yet to embrace catering fully for himself. From what I…
Painting palettes with photos
I am tired – I have had a day copywriting followed by an important Parish Council meeting. It’s also a Fast Day (more on that soon) and I missed Bake Off…However I have just remembered how fun it is to make these – so I did!!
Sticky good life pork belly
This is a fantastic tasty and very economical roast which will have your whole house smelling just wonderful! As with all of my recipes I only use good quality, high welfare meat sourced as close to home as possible from local butchers. I bought the piece of belly that you see above from B W…
Mediterranean Lincoln
So after four months at home for the summer today was the day to take our son Tom back to university in Lincoln. In all honesty it seems like he has been home forever – and it’s often hard to imagine that he ever went away. The summer has certainly had its high points –…
Chilli vinegar and chips – a trip to Great Yarmouth
Yesterday my son Tom and I were working in Great Yarmouth providing film and photography for Opportunities Norfolk – an event offering advice, guidance and job opportunities for young people. After we’d finished we took a wander into the town for a lunch of chips from the market – it’s all glamour in this business! It was also…
Super clouds – super moon
It began this morning with another lovely later summer early morning walk. The sky was bluer than blue with curious streaks and wisps of clouds trailing across the sky. This evening there was a super harvest moon. We bolted our tea and rushed to see it rise orange and streaked with cloud, from the village…
Three go mad in Reepham!
At the end of the summer holidays I had a fabulous reunion with two of my oldest and bestest friends – Cheryl and Philippa. Cheryl and I met at infant school where, for a while we hated each other, before finally becoming good mates. Philippa came on the scene at High school (the old and…
A Pandora’s Kitchen of delights!
A few weeks back I was tablet browsing the internet, tucked up in bed on a Saturday morning. I must admit to feeling a tiny bit the worse for wear as the night before we had been out for a great meal with friends at the Hingham White Hart, where the wine had flowed rather…
The first day of Autumn
So today is the first day of Autumn in the meteorological sense at least. I prefer to go with the equinoxes and won’t really feel it’s Autumn until 21 September. That said today was not very inspiring. After a warm and rather cloudy start it was wet for most of the day. Here are a…
Absolute rubbish
This is not the first time that I’ve posted pictures of rubbish in the verges. Over the years since I’ve been doing my morning walk I’ve seen beds, sofas, computers, fridges, car seats as well as the usual litter that people chuck out of their cars into the verges. I am always at a loss…
Huzzah for the great British bake off
Huzzah the Great British Bake Off is back on our screens! I have to admit that I watch very little telly these days – probably because I spend far too much time than I should in front of my computer – but last year I (like most of of the country) I became completely hooked on GBBO (as…
Carpe diem
Today started at about 12.10am when our son woke me from that deep early night sleep to say that Robin Williams was dead. I didn’t quite believe it until the morning when the early morning Radio confirmed his late night whispers. Oh captain oh my captain… Just over 12 hours later we were at the Woodland Burial at…
Morning walk – bright and breezy
After the wild, wet and windy weather yesterday from the sting in the tail of hurricane Bertha it was very fresh and breezy this morning giving rise to bright and clear light. It was one of those skies where the clouds looked 3D and created crazy shapes – that could suddenly look like an elephant…
Hello Bertha!
Goodness me what a wet and windy Summer Sunday! The remnants of hurricane Bertha are here so it’s off to the kitchen to cook up something nice I think!