OneGuyFromBarlick

Spicy Beef Noodles.
Have made the 'spicy beef' sauce this afternoon ( with Chilli and Chinese Five Spice etc) and will just melt the noodles in at the last minute.
Made BBQ Chicken Pizza last night, and gosh it was nice...I would eat that often, but Febby only likes it occasionally.

Could "pulling the wool over someone" refer to biblical times. Was it Cain ( who killed his brother Abel) that skinned an animal and wore it so his blind father would think he was touching his favourite son? Abel had been more hirsute than Cain, hence the animal skin. ( gosh...going back t...

I do like the David Hockney style. I shouldn't look at things like that. It is easy to be influenced. ( I was hoping to work some purple into my mural and it was the first thing I noticed when looking at David's work. Just letting you know that so you don't think I copied!) Thank you for your commen...

Oh my Lord...I have no idea why you suddenly think of knitted female genitalia! Was it the way I painted my valley? Or were my hills reclining in a provocative manner? Or are you just up too early this morning and suffering from sleep deprivation? I do recall a comment made about knitting body parts...

mazpic006.jpg mazpic007.jpg Here are a couple of pics I took after this morning's little painting session. I expect that I am about half way into what I want to achieve...lots of fine detail, highlights and softening to do yet. Stone wall at front will be covered in blackberry and moss. You won't f...

Soon, Nolic.
I have been taking pics along the way.
Might take some toward the end of the week...I have a large area of paddock I want to grass first.
(it is based on a collection of photos I took on a drive around Pendle in 2009)

Hamburger/Meat Pattie maker.

Well I can't complain about today. Cool enough to paint, so I spent two hours doing so. I always feel so relaxed after a painting session, and the mural is so big ( six full length panels) that I get to indulge in all sorts of painting from slapping it on any which way, to fine and fiddly detail. So...

From where I am sitting, I don't have a hope of seeing either the Atlantic or Warsthorne...though I am nearer the sea than Barlick... Lovely day here. Slightly overcast, but warm enough at 23 degrees. A good day for getting lots of little jobs done, both inside and out. Popped in to see Cazza this m...

Using the oven economically today. Had an oversupply of ripe tomatoes, so have a roasting pan going on the top shelf making pizza sauce. Full of tomatoes, chopped capsicums, onions, herbs and Kalamata Olives. Smells divine. I will make a batch of pizzas for the freezer later in the week. Shelf below...

( attempting post for the second time as I was logged out whilst posting before) Abby's harness is much more robust, with another section that goes over the head and down the back of the neck. I see how yours works though. Will take a pic, ( or amusing video) next time we have to don the apparatus. ...

25 degrees is pleasant, Stanley.
40 degrees is not....pool or no pool.
I start to get fed up by about 32 degrees these days.

putting dog harness on goes something like this... I 'arrange' dog harness ( which at best can be described as a series of straps and clasps) on the kitchen bench. Hubby comes along and says it is upside down and rearranges ( now it really IS upside down!) I rearrange to original position, placing d...

Those harnesses are great. I have now bought three of them for ABBY the LABBY. ( pup sized, Labrador sized, then the biggest I could buy as Abby has exceeded all expected Labrador dimensions). I don't recall anything on the packets saying "easy to put on" as we have had some laughs trying ...

DIY Sinus Rinsing Kits?

Snowy pic much appreciated.

Not yet Sue. The hot weather hit, and Christmas, then more hot weather. So BAGPUSS has been put in a shoebox in the cupboard until knitting can recommence. Think I have three paws left to do. I was doing so well and thought it would be finished before Christmas. Never mind. It is impossible to paint...

Results are more accurate if I dont warm the spirit level first, but then, you knew that, didn't you!?

Tie a very long rope around your waist and attach it to the front gate before you head off Panny, so you can be sure of making it home. Hip flask and chocolate stuffed in pockets? Triple knit long johns on?

Wabbit in Wed Wine??
( haven't cooked rabbit for about 20plus years. It seemed a bit hit and miss to me as far as tenderness went. Sometimes I cracked it ( fluke) and sometimes we just chewed quietly and no one said a word....)

We have seen the pictures of the big freeze across parts of Europe. Hard for us to grasp those kind of temperatures. We sit here bare legged, wearing shorts and Tshirts...lazing on the couch...back patio doors open to the garden and the lazy breeze that is wafting through...post dinner glass of wine...

100% aligned here. Pass me the spirit level...( I would put £100 on it!)
Self assessment only of course...no correspondence entered into.

No allotments here.

Red Salmon Cakes, mashed spuds, baby peas and Cauliflower/Broccoli Cheese Bake. ( couldn't eat it all...eyes bigger than my belly as usual )
Washed down with a nice Shiraz.

quite right Bradders...enough about sock tops.
You are always up late. Is this your 'quiet time'? I always imagine you sitting there quietly sipping something before bed.

Watched the videos. Gracie looks like lots of fun. (and one of you lasses is better with the camera than tuther one. Got a bit dizzy, E!) The first pic I saw of Gracie, all I could think of was a bit of steel wool with legs, but she has scrubbed up ok. We still haven't weakened to the point of puppy...