At last an appreciable amount of rain on several days this week which hopefully isn't too late for the perennials. Isn't it typical than now there's nothing much left to water in the greenhouse the water-butts are now full!
This week I've swum, shopped, been to the Ghostly WI meeting and my own village WI Knit, Stitch and Sew (and natter!) group and not much else until Col's Sister had a bag of windfall cooking apples for me and I had a net bag for her onions that Brother-in-Law had left here for her so we did a swap.
Apple and chilli jelly was what I decided to make and then I found a recipe in the WI Preserves book for spicy apple jelly so thought perhaps a combination of the two might be OK .
I only had to buy a chunk of ginger root and a lemon. This is another thing for the Christmas Hampers.
There are some cooking apples left so perhaps a couple of small apple crumbles would be nice for a change.
This week I'm grateful for
- A gift of cooking apples
- Rain to save the garden
- Good books to read
Elizabeth is the only monarch I have ever known. Now I can actually see a coronation as hers was 3 years before I was born.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Same here - and in colour - unlike those teeny TVs people watched on all those years ago
DeleteQuite a week indeed. Torrential rain, thunderstorms and the death of our beloved Queen too. Very sad but not wholly unexpected after seeing her with the new PM on TV on Tuesday. She looked very frail. I was impressed by King Charles' speech yesterday, Sue, his dedication to duty echoed that of his mother didn't it.
ReplyDeleteHe will do the job well I'm sure
DeleteMy gardener came on Monday and gave everything a really good cut back. By this morning several plants - perennial geraniums, gallardias, osteospermum for a start are in flower again.
ReplyDeleteI think some of my plants are too far gone to come back - sadly
DeleteI was up early so I watched a part of king Charles transfer of power.
ReplyDeleteIt is for the rain here this time of year as we freeze over in the winter and it is nice to get as much water in the ground as possible. Spicy apple jelly sounds interesting you have been busy.
Cathy
I watched that too, it was interesting to see something that's never been seen by the general public before
DeleteI like the sound of that jelly recipe - I probably wouldn't add anything extra, not being that fond of 'hot' stuff!
ReplyDeleteBoth of my grandmothers saw five reigns, I have now seen two, and wonder what my grandchildren will witness in their lifetimes.
I think I made a mistake adding chilli! I'll probably give it all away!
DeleteThe apple jelly looks delicious. Thanks for including the recipe!
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome
DeleteI saw the Coronation of Elizabeth, on our new TV! She was older than I was, but I enjoyed reading about her.
ReplyDeleteMy Mum was also born in 1926 like the queen, but she died in 1999 . This Coronation when it happens will be the first I've seen
DeleteToday I watch a TV biography on Queen Elizabeth II and it was lovely.
ReplyDeleteFilling the Queen's shoes is going to be a monumental job. We have to believe King Charles has been well prepared to take on this role.
The BBC has had continuous programmes about the Queen, I'm glad there are other channels. Don't mind watching the live events as they happen but there are just too many reminiscent type programmes
DeleteIt dawned on me that unless something happens to Charles in the next few years, he will be the last King I see in the UK. I will miss the Queen. I liked and admired her very much, her constancy, her work ethic, her style. An era gone.
ReplyDeleteI've been more or less offline for the past couple of weeks. I'll never catch up with you, but hopefully I can keep up!