This week’s small pleasures #53

This week’s small pleasures including flowers, a pasta bake and sunshine.

Come, dine with me

A roast chicken is a delight.  So easy, always good, often better cold the next day.  Serve it with roast …

This week’s small pleasures: week 28

Here we are again for a round up of this week’s small pleasures.  Thanks again to Mani over at A …

Nostalgia and the Scotch pancake

There are certain foods that have a way of transporting us to different times and places. One whiff of baking …

Preserving: chutney making on a Sunday afternoon

Sunday morning should be a chance to lie in and start the day slowly.  Not so this Sunday as it …

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea

If we were having coffee or even, let’s face it, a nice, long, cold drink as it is a hot …

A castle, a garden and some more familiar names

In the last post, I mentioned the number of places we saw on the map with Scottish names in this …