Other Ones.

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Here are things that are related to other things but don't quite fit in, mostly consisting of what I've cooked.


Is anyone else having trouble getting their tomatoes to ripen? I feel like all the sun did is make them grow and once it got rainy again it took away all opportunity I had to reap the rewards - fingers crossed the sunshine this week will mean I'll be coming back from Ireland with more tomatoes then I can handle. My main plan is sundried-tomatoes but I'm sure I'll be able to think of more things to do, Pinterest is my friend.


I baked a bucket-load of orange and poppy seed biscuits using a great recipe from Technicolor Kitchen, I should have frozen some of the dough for another time but they went so well that I cooked the whole lot in one go, at least it filled the cookie jar.


I got semi-bullied into baking a cake for work for my birthday, it was the best buttercream icing I've made in a long time - rule no 1, always read instructions on the packet.


The second un-birthday cake came for my Gran, whose birthday falls two days after mine. The loaf shape wasn't my idea, rule no 2, loaf cakes take 20x as long.


I surprised my Gran by popping over with my Ma and sister for lunch, I made the salmon tacos which I've mentioned previously on here and they were just as good if not better the second time round, I'm pretty proud of myself.


Suzie is my birthday-twin so it was nice to spend some time with her while visiting my Gran. 18 years old! So glad she's over the health-scare we had a few weeks ago and is back to normal, she sat on my knee for a whole half-hour.


Last but not least is this pretty necklace I got from Moon for my birthday from the lovely Oh Someday. I've maybe talked about Kate Holden's work before before but I love her style and there are so many other pieces of hers that I'm coveting. Unexpected gifts that turn out be to be something you've wanted a while are the best.
Not sure how I feel about this kind of post but I wanted to put these pictures somewhere, didn't want to delete them and didn't want them just sitting on my hard drive either, so there you have it.
Hope that you're having a wonderful Wednesday ♥.

Banana Split.

I guess I've been subconsciously easing myself into the novelty of having weekends off, although admittedly this did take slightly more planning than the luck of previous weekends. I spent a fair amount of this weekend relaxing. It was Moon's little brother's 21st birthday on Saturday so we went down to Portsmouth with Long to celebrate with him.

I do love a good change of scenery with my best buds, and it was nice to be back in Portsmouth for a little bit, especially as we went to one of my favourite places to eat, The Tenth Hole. I'm glad I've moved on from there and can separate it as where I spent my time at University but some parts of it are really nice and we did have a fantastic night out to round off our stay.



It's just the cutest, worst-kept secret in Portsmouth; there's a reason why it's always so busy.


I finished off my roll of film using Edward's girlfriend's La Sardina, I've just sent them off and I'm pretty excited to see the results.


This is the 'Lardon' salad, I would have taken a photo of mine, but it was taken away so more bacon could be added to it, and I was too hungry by the time it came back.


Dog-friendly places are always a plus.

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Appreciation for the slanket I got for him.


Showing my new love for all things Passoa ♥

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Getting a free lame hat with my weak-ass drink.


This was pretty gnarly.

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I was actually pretty surprised that it only took us 45 minutes to get back to Newbury, but it was quite good because we really seized the day and had a barbecue in the garden, so tasty. It was actually pretty perfect, we just sat there, enjoying food, listening to The Beatles and chatting. I can honestly say it's the most relaxed I've felt in forever and I hope it's a sign of things to come.

Naturally, we ended the weekend with the Olympic Closing Ceremony, I must admit to showing very little interest in the Olympics due to working and generally not enjoying sport anyway but for parts of it, I was kind of into it.





Our first tomato has come through ♥


Healthy Olympic snacks after our fatty weekend.

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I hope you had a great weekend, and that your Monday wasn't too bad, even with the Olympic-comedown and the drizzle.

Photo An Hour #1: 30/07.

I've been meaning to give this a go for ages, and I actually really enjoyed it, so I might give it another try in the future. I wasn't doing anything that exciting on Monday, except for catching up on personal admin and enjoying my day off relaxing. I quite enjoyed focussing in on smaller details though, it will be really fun to try when I'm really busy. I'm just assuming the rules are to take a photo every hour for 12 hours, I've adjusted them slightly and added two that I hope compliment each other.

I've spent today mucking around with my layout and details, but I won't ramble and will just show you these photographs and let them speak for themselves. I do enjoy a good photo-challenge. ♥

You should check out The Dainty Squid for the best 'Photo An Hour' posts, so inspiring and one of my favourite blogs. ♥

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9am: Sorting out what to wear and doing my hair / Last bowl of Fruit Loops for breakfast.


10am: Letting Little Doll outside / Taking in the laundry.


11am: Editing photographs / Faithful feline companion watches over me intently...


12pm: Spot of blogging.


1pm: Lunchtime, tasty salami and salad wrap / Little Doll lusting after ham.


2pm: Organising my new baskets from TK Maxx and making the space under the TV look tidy.


3pm: Working through my Turkey photo album, and there's still so much more to do!


4pm: My most detested of tasks - sorting out my wardrobe, I don't even know how it gets like this.


5pm: Moon came home and flopped on the couch to regale me with tales of his day at work.


6pm: Cooking time!


7pm: Teatime ♥
Sausages, spinach, potatoes and broad beans, nomz.


8pm: Milk pit-stop to Sainsbury's.


9pm: Settling down for my first ever viewing of 'Armageddon' with a snugmug full of coffee.