james and me after having a paddy jack farmer's lunch sandwich — while were munching we got a smile of solidarity from another sandwich eater — it was that good. I really regret not getting a whole one for myself.

terrible photos of my favourite vegetable stall in the temple bar farmer's market but this is to remind me to get out of bed early on saturday morning to swipe to best stuff! we got sorrel, sweede, black kale, new potatoes, and spicy salad leaves.

all their vegetable produce is from their own farm and they're always really cheerful and ready to laugh — mum if you're reading, i think you'd be really good at this kind of thing!

man: gives us three glasses of milk
sarah (seeing his amusement): "we come from a dairy farm!"

rachel's contribution to movember...

(sorry about the dodgy second picture sarah)

a portrait of sarah today

a shelf full of my teas and jars of herbs (which i drew last year) and part of my wall which i haven't looked at in months. this realisation has given rise to the...

new rule: no casual internet surfing for one month. (does anybody say surfing now?)
i'm going to be like a man shopping for socks.
where are socks
here are socks
price is good
purchase socks
leave

i'm not looking forward to this — all the more reason to do it.

bank holiday monday

Daylight savings time — we hadn't a clue!
and things on strings

sandcastle superheroes
— guess who's older (hint: not the taller one)

i should credit my dad with this photo!

I had a looooooooong lunch with Charlotte (of Charlotte MacDonald Textile Designer fame) at Gruel on Dame Street today.
The food is really tasty and the crockery is beautiful.

Their homemade lemonade is perfect and they pass my "soup test*" — which james, rachel and sarah will testify is pretty tough. (i sound like a horrible food critic but i just know what i like!)

*if you can make a good soup you can't be all bad — it takes a lot of love to make a good one