Author: clyde
Happy and introverted, I thought I'd share my particular perspective with you lot, and you can share with me what strikes your fancies.
Nature’s Own Basins
Propitiously, I watered the ducks today and found this beautiful creation by Mother Nature … okay, it might have had a bit of help from me and my kettle. I heat up water for the animals when it’s chill and … Continue reading Nature’s Own Basins
Happy Hogmanay Tarts
Happy Hogmanay to everyone! (If you’re wondering what Hogmanay is, click here). It is customary to have a variety of foods and bevvies over year end in Scotland; usually the wonderful dish is steak and kidney pie. In my family, … Continue reading Happy Hogmanay Tarts
Organic Peach Tarts
Armed with a pantry full of peach preserves, one always has a brilliant dessert ready to hand! Here’s my recipe for Organic, gluten-free peach tarts, delicious, sugar free and a perfect sunshiney dessert for wintertime. Ingredients1 cup organic buckwheat flour1 … Continue reading Organic Peach Tarts
Prezzie Time
My friend, Ruth Old, lived for many years in Bakersfield, California. Bakersfield is, in addition to being known for its country music scene, a singular location for alpine wildflowers. Particularly, the California Poppy figures greatly on the hillsides around Bakersfield. Now in Enderby, Ruth needed a place to keep some of her small items- so I made this box for her. Featuring a close up of the luminous California Poppy, the picture is made with watercolors. The pine box is painted with acrylics, and lined with satin. A nice little reminder of California for my friend! Continue reading Prezzie Time
Freezing Eggs
This is a brilliant little tip-n’-trick to help you keep all those extra eggs you have (or preserve a stockpile of store-bought eggs for adversities) – freezing eggs! How do we peel of the shell once they’re frozen, you ask? 🙂 I’ll show you! Step 1: Get a muffin tin. (See where I’m going with this?) Step 2: Crack eggs into your muffin tin cups. Step 3: Freeze the muffin tin in the freezer. Make sure it’s level, or you’ll have nothing but frozen yolks and a messy icebox. Step 4: Make certain your eggs are completely frozen. Eggs thaw … Continue reading Freezing Eggs
Brilliant Foraged Salad
Take a couple of homegrown duck eggs, hard boil them (add some radish greens if you like or kale to the water to blanch them), pick some lovely dandelion greens, plantain leaves, some garden chard, spinach and broccoli greenleaves, add … Continue reading Brilliant Foraged Salad
Radishes!!!
Less than 23 days for these beauties from #McKenzieSeeds. A heritage veriety, Cheery Belle I believe, these are crisp, huge and spicy! Also, I love to give the greens a quick boil and eat them like spinach. Continue reading Radishes!!!
Target Practice, eh?
Okay, so I don’t usually go in for completely unpractical things, my mind preferring to find utility (ideally, multiplicity of utilities!) in any energy I expend. Having said that… – exploding targets!? Thanks to #TheKingofRandom and #UrbanSurvivalSite for this post. Bwahahahahaha! This will be tried. Oh, yes… It WILL be tried. Continue reading Target Practice, eh?
Pre-Tartan Day Celebrations!
I received a lovely pre-Tartan Day gift from Linda Butler Petersen today, a Royal Stewart tartan pillow!! Thank you, Linda, for the Bonny prezzie! Incidentally, April 6 is Tartan Day, where traditionally all those who have a clan tartan wear … Continue reading Pre-Tartan Day Celebrations!
Firth of Clyde 