I just thought I'd try to get a quick post in whilst eating my sandwich and banana before heading off again. My feet don't seem to touch the floor at the mo as I am dashing here and there, and not really getting much achieved. I had a lovely day yesterday though. I spent the day in school helping with the Reception class and then going down to the church with them for the Harvest Festival practice. I did seem to spend most of the time saying "Sit down", "Stop kicking the person in front", "Sit on your bottom" etc etc ad infinitum, but it was very cute. It is the real thing this afternoon in front of parents, so I am off again shortly to help.
I had such a fantastic night last night too. I went to see Carol Klein talk about veggies as part of the Lit Fest with my friend Sophie, who is the friend I share the allotment with. We were very inspired by Carol, and then went on to Cafe Rouge for Steak Frites and a bottle of red before heading over to the theatre to listen to Diarmuid Gavin and Sarah Raven talking about gardens and food. We came away desperate to get digging again, and had we not had a bottle of wine may even have gone in the dark with a torch (something Carol suggested!). Our poor allotment has suffered with the weather this year (and neglect if I'm honest). I have had an allotment for 4 years now, and mentioned to Sophie that the one next to me was vacant, so she duly rented it. Unfortunately they were under several inches of water at the start of the year, and the allotment officer took pity on us and gave us this huge well-maintained plot to share. It is fab, but we had a late start and things haven't thrived this year (except my pumpkins which are too big to lift by myself, and I am a 6' tall, strapping lass). This is what it looked like earlier in the year (no recent pics unfortunately).
I did manage to do some sewing this morning whilst singing along to my iPod (the banner is nearly done, Katy). I am getting in some serious singing practice because this weekend my sister and I are going head to head in a SingStar competition at my parents' house. Everyone in the family thinks they can sing really well - something I put down to having a very famous opera singer in the family - we all think some of her talent must have rubbed off on us. Unfortunately it hasn't helped my mum or dad master Blur's Parklife. We are very competitive about games (some of the bitterest fights have been over Taboo!), and SingStar is no exception. I did get a near perfect score on Alice Cooper's 'Poison' (again, something to hear my dad sing!), but my sister is in all honesty better at it than me. Still, the gloves are off and Rachel will be (hopefully) tonked.
I have managed to squeeze in time make another batch of these (haven't got round to taking the photos yet though):
They have been my best-seller over the years, and I love making them.
Well, I am off to sing 'We plough the fields and scatter' now (not one that's featured on Singstar, but every little bit of practice helps!). Hope you are all having a lovely day.
Cathy XX