Still trundling

Thank you to all those of you who commented on yesterday's post. I suffer from overthinking things sometimes, so I really appreciated your positive encouragement!
I did get some bits done yesterday - two loads of washing dried on the line, the roof of the coop painted with some bitumen paint I had in the shed, my book finished and a nice stroll along the canal with a friend and two of her boys. I also cooked a rather nice tea (if I say so myself!) - of course it was the recipe which was nice rather than my specific cooking of it!!

Potato, pea and parsnip curry from Waitrose recipes. It has a bit of a kick to it, but it's VERY tasty. I would certainly recommend it :)

The paint on the roof of the coop had begun to chip, so I sanded it down and repainted with some gloopy bitumen paint. It's like painting with treacle!

However, it gives a waterproof, glossy finish and looks much smarter.

This was the craft project I mentioned a few days ago. I made this for my sister's Birthday. 

 The next one I make will have to use coloured buttons as I'm running out of white ones now, unless I cut off all of Mr D's shirt buttons!! 

Curry night last Friday. I had been going to make pakoras, but decided to make onion bhajis instead. It's exactly the same really except there are no peas or sweetcorn in them!! The Aloo Gobi was good too. I use gram (chickpea) flour for the bhajis and they are very easy to make. 

Gosh there seem to be a lot of foods pictures today! These are Saturday night's sweetcorn and chick pea burgers, served with a smoky tomato relish and home made chips. The burgers and relish were a Tesco recipe. I think you can google it, but if not let me know and I'll post it. It made 10 burgers, so my eldest and I had the others for lunch on the Monday with some salad. They are such a doddle to make, especially if you use a food processor and they

freeze really well. I imagine they would cook well on the barbecue too, although I've not tried it. 

Today, I'm off to do the food shop,then out to visit a friend for a cuppa and our weekly catch up. I may do the ironing and I need to finish the album for my Mum as Mr D and I are going down there this weekend. I wrote to all my Mums friends having trawled through her address book (which was totally chaotic) to let them know what had happened to her in case they were worried at not hearing from her. At Christmas, I know she had got completely confused about who to write cards to and had sent several to people who had died! So I had typed up a letter and popped it in the post to about a dozen of her closest friends. I have been very moved by the fact that I have had two phone calls, an email and three letters back from them. People are lovely, aren't they? 

Have a lovely day everyone and thank you once again for your support and encouragement :)