Lillies

Just wanted to share these beauties with you. I bought them on Thursday, two bunches at 75p each. They've flowered beautifully. One on the mantle piece, and one on the windowsill. Thank you Somerfield!

Other than that, the tiffin is delicious.. thoroughly recommend that recipe! The crochet is coming on slowly. I so nearly succeeded in making the centre of a Granny Square.. but not quite. Dammit. Another try tomorrow.

Cookies!

I'm baking cookies! Chocolate Chip ones. The recipe came from Attic24, (see my list of sites) and I am very grateful! Above, you see the dough in its final stages of preparation, and below that, the balls of dough ready to go in the oven.

Of course, the best bit of the making was The Licking Of The Bowl. Seeing as I have no children, this arduous duty falls to me. :)

They are in the oven as I type, and will hopefully be out, lightly golden and beautiful in a minute or two. To be taken with a mug of delicious hot chocolate just before bed. Fabulous.

Edit: I can confirm that they are indeed delicious! I made 18 and have had 5 of my 6. I'll definitely make these again soon.

Sunny Day and Pretty Flowers

I bought some sweet pea plants from Stourhead, on the aforementioned outing. They didn't do much for ages.. I have finally got flowers! Will pick them later. Love sweet peas. They smell beautiful :)

A few years ago, we bought some lillies. We had three varieties, five of each. They did fantastically well the first year, moderately the second, and have been decidedly mediocre since then. This year I have ONE flower. On the plus side, I think it's rather a beauty.

Last year they were decimated by Scarlet Lilly Beetle, as I didn't recognise what the problem was. Havn't seen hide or hair of any this year. Probably because I only have one lily left.