Happy Birthday to Romas. Here he is (on the left) looking unnaturally serious with his band. From what I can gather he has been busy with work and with the band.
The weather today has alternated between torrential downpours and warm sunshine. Large waves have been rolling in all day long and by 8.30 there were a dozen surfers out in the bay.
When I arrived at the stables I saw that I was down to ride Pacman again and this time I made sure I tacked up the right horse. He is much easier to ride at least for me with my feeble legs (I'm joking but only just.) As we had the boss teaching us it was the usual dressage lesson focussing on getting our horses on the bit. I know there are a lot of things I need to work on but it would be nice to canter a bit more often. But ..... one of our group was telling us how she alternates the dressage lesson one week with a 45 mins private jumping lesson the other. Another rider and myself said how much we'd enjoy that, and we agreed that only tiny jumps would be enough for us. We spoke to one of the instructors and yes if there are three of us that makes it a group lesson. Hopefully we will arrange it in a couple of weeks when we are all in the dressage lesson. Something to look forward to.
It was pouring with rain when I called in at the dump to get rid of some garden waste and then by the time I'd done the supermarket shopping the sun had come out. Town was so busy that I didn't bother walking to the main shopping street but drove straight to Lidl. It was only as I got home that I remembered about going to the music shop to ask about my poor digital piano. That will have to be next week.
When I got home I baked a Bara Brith for Pete and finished the next cushion cover. I hand sewed in the zip before sewing up the sides. Gosh, velvet is horrible to pin and sew. It kept creeping up when I was pinning the pieces together and even more when I used the machine. But it's done now. I took photos but the colour isn't right under the room light so I'll take another tomorrow.
I put out the Halloween spider with his batty friends before it got dark. Once it got dark I heard families wandering the streets looking for the few houses that had put out treats but it was too dark for me to see much. I'll go down later and bring the spider in before it gets washed away by the rain.
4 comments:
Happy Birthday to Romas. 🎈
I would really like to bake a Bara Brith, I've looked at Mary Berry's recipe, and others, do you have any hints? It's a type of moist cake that we like.
I use the BBC Good food recipe but instead of the zest of an orange I add a large spoonful of marmalade. Plus I add a 500gm bag of mixed nuts which makes it more like a traditional fruit cake.
Thank you, I have some nuts in the freezer I'll use.
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