I am preparing myself, no doubt as many of you are, for the POBs....(post-Olympic Blues); I've always loved watching sport, but I think you would need a heart of glass not to have been moved by some of the scenes from this Olympics. So, in order to soften the blow, I am trying to find joy in the little things around the house:
1. Burning my lovely Jo Malone pomegranate noir candle which seems to be lasting forever (a gifted candle, I hasten to add).
2. Making new, simple food and it tasting like one hoped: e.g. Spanish chicken with chorizo and potatoes (from Nigella's website
here); or baked nectarines with brown sugar, smothered with clotted cream ice-cream and broken meringues (honestly, it tasted as good as it sounds!)
3. Catching up on my magazine subscriptions: thank heaven for certain clubcard vouchers.....
4. And finally, I'm very excited to have started reading a new book - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. When I was buying it, I said to the assistant how excited I was as I had been looking to treat myself to it for some time; she said she was just glad someone was buying a book other than a certain "Fifty-something Book"! I started reading it yesterday, and so far, it's as good as I had wished; and I have high hopes it will continue. Take care until we meet again. Em
Those baked nectarines sound delicious. Thank you for your sweet comment on my nesting bowls. :):)
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