Hello my dears, sorry it's been so long! I have missed you, and I have
been reading your blogs when I can - I've had a bit of a change in
working conditions which means I have less time to spend online, and
I've also had a really fun couple of weeks with plenty of social
activities, so I'm afraid my blogging has taken something of a back
seat! It might make me a bad blogger, but real life always takes
precedence around here :)
It's been completely dreary weather for the last few weeks - it only stopped raining for two days! - but since we last spoke I have:
- been out for cocktails with the girls
- enjoyed a decadent dinner party at Sarah's (I made a Nutella chocolate fudge cake, I was given roast lamb)
- had a brilliant weekend in London which involved a Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition round the back of Buckingham Palace with my sister, as well as my good friend Alex's 30th birthday party in an art gallery in Peckham
- on the one sunny day we had, been on a beautiful walk up in the hills around Bath - pictures to follow in another post. I live in such a beautiful city :)
- celebrated a mate's birthday in Bath with a homebrewed beer festival (I'm still not 100% recovered, but the memory of Johnny's Freddie Mercury impression has been keeping me going)
- gone back to the Wild Cafe for a sneaky weekday lunch date with t'other Sarah (wood pigeon salad at 1pm on a Monday? Don't mind if I do!)
- been on the guest list for a very trendy gig in Bristol: it's not what you know, it's who you know! Again, this one deserves its own post really, so stay tuned.
See? I haven't been absent without good reason! It's been hectic but loads of fun. I'm knackered, but happy.
Plus, the poppies are back, so every time I enter or leave my office I am greeted with their sweet orange faces:
I want to try and transplant some at home again, since I drowned last year's attempt (I am a notoroius over-waterer). This year I am being very strict with my plant watering routine: only on Saturdays! I am having a surprising amount of success with some supermarket-purchased basil and coriander plants, and have managed to keep a Christmas cactus and a new calandiva alive for months (sadly, the original Diva fell victim to my over-attentiveness as well).
So, how have you been keeping your spirits up during this rainy, rainy spring?
Real life is ALWAYS more important than virtual life and it sounds like you're having a pretty exciting time at the moment. Well done for keeping the supermarket basil alive - mine has rarely lasted longer than a week! x
ReplyDeleteIt needed LOADS of watering (at least once a day!) when I first brought it home, then after about 10 days I transferred it to a slightly larger pot, and since then I water it about once a week and it's very happy! It's definitely my greatest plant success story to date. I should say "he" of course, not "it" - his name is Basil, after all :)
DeleteIt's wonderful when real life gets in the way of blogging! Do it!
ReplyDeleteNutella chocolate fudge cake sounds sooo good.
ReplyDeleteBlogging should always take a back seat to life. :)
Ah Steph, it's my latest culinary trick: if you run out of time or can't be bothered to make icing/frosting (and I am sadly not very artful when it comes to icing cakes) then you simply smother it in Nutella instead. Everyone was happy!
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