Making crumpets. Well I've made the batter (whilst spraying most of the kitchen with the electric whisk). Have to leave it an hour or so before the second whisking session. Thank gawd for my apron.
Post by smithereens on Apr 15, 2013 19:15:24 GMT 1
Send some on the post will you?
My parents got oodles of macadamia nuts from the neighbors whose daughter lives in Sydney, so that's what I've been overdosing on today. Over here they're expensive so I'm guessing that's not the case in Sydney!?
Last night we were mostly out on a night ride to go watch badgers. Apart that it was wonderful to see badgers out in the wild and not broken in bits at the wildlife hospital, I've never ridden at night before.
So there we were, pitch black, no lights, no cars, nothing. Just us, the ponies, the woods, the wilds of Deepest, Darkest Devon and all the nocturnal wildlife.
I could not see a damned thing. Esp. my pony Monty because he's pitch black. So I'm wearing (predictably...) black, on a pitch black horse, in pitch blackness ... but going over rough terrain...
That was ...um... Fun!! Just had to trust his superior night vision and his breed's surefootedness. Bit disconcerting when the hairy little buggers thought it might be FUN to race up a hill. That none of us two leggeds could see...
All I could see was the glowstick necklace he was wearing:
