Have a boule....

....I've  written before about my dislike of supermarket bread which is why I make bread once a week. A boule lasts me 6-7 days. Ok, so this takes a couple of hours from start to finish but it's worth knowing what you're eating, isn't it? I think so.

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Beautiful Britain

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What a shame that we Brits constantly complain about the weather as if it's a curse. Every twenty years or so we get an outstanding Summer where the vegetables actually mature rather than rot and the tomatoes go red in the fields. This year's Summer was glorious and the Autumn has not been too shabby either. I spend my weekends driving around the countryside, stopping at pubs with my love and our two dogs. We've hardly had to seek out the roaring fire indoors except once and usually will sit outside or finish our lagers and head off with the hounds for a casual stroll along the canals. Have you caught the clue as to where this photo could be? It's not on the Continent that's for sure. Britain is a beautiful, magical place to get to know- ancient churches, moody weather that lends itself to strong ale and introspection. And to the millennials in London, a place that is foreign to the calm and charm of the countryside, I say this- there's more to life than the Big Smoke. Explore and fall in love with our green and pleasant land. You might actually learn to be proud to be British.

Everything passes....even Time.

 This morning the sun rose and so it will every day. Time, the great healer, waits for no one.

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Misty Autumn morning.

The sun rises this morning over fields covered in a magical mist. I think I spied Sir Lancelot.

The hound and I enjoyed every minute of our morning meditation saunter and with such gratitude!

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How to be happy...

Stop in your tracks and take in the view.

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