new things

what a beautiful morning! looking out our front window i see our side garden, the sun starting to melt the frost, the tree stripped of its leaves and the blue sky clear through the branches. D has planted an apricot tree and a fig tree out there. we plan to get a quince and an olive as well. together with our lemon tree that has already borne us fruit i'm excited about how it will look in a couple of years.

because i love books and i love reading, but i can't seem to keep up with the number i want to get through, i have made a little list on this blog and will cross off the titles as i finish one. some to be read again, others long overdue to be read the first time.

i have also discovered some yummy recipes i'd like to perfect, so that they are "mine". and that way i have a number that i can prepare when necessary, and in contrast to the "too good for his own good" cooking of my hubby they will be more rustic in nature. ;-)

i already have a really simple meatloaf. Tessa's cottage pie, my chocolate chip biscuits (although i've found a new recipe to try), lemon butter, herb bread and a bundt cake recipe i want to try. a plain muffin recipe to which you can and anything you like - berries, chocolate chips, dates... so my repertoire will be small, but made well. ;-)

speaking of recipes, there is a recipe for pumpkin pie in a recent Donna Hay magazine i have been wanting to try - especially after the extra yummy pumpkin pie Heather made for HFG last night!

yesterday i had a call to come for an interview for a job application i wrote in early June. now i am nervous - not about the interview, but about the possibility of having to make a decision if i am offered the position! contrary person that i am.