Yes, we’ve cleared the board of the autumn display and put up some more Christmas decorations. We’ve signed a few Christmas cards the group are sending to other groups they belong to, hat making is under way and we all sniffed the Christmas cake this afternoon – it’s smelling good.
We put the Christmas tree up again. It looks like they had a private party at the weekend and knocked it over. No harm done but annoying all the same, particularly as they left a messy table and a strange smell in the air.
You may note that the tree is decorated with the remains of the saltdough animals we have been using for school visits – waste not, want not.
Apart from that I attended to the bird feeders, as noted in the previous post, wrote a post on kalettes for the other blog, put a goat back in the barn and lurked outside getting cold as I waited to photograph more birds. I came close to photographing a male bullfinch, but it was too quick for me. Apart from that there was little excitement until the table collapsed, flinging tea and telephones to the floor.
As we tried to clear the mess from the floor we were accompanied by wailing about phones. My reply (“That’s why we tell you not to bring phones and electrical equipment to the farm.”) didn’t go down too well. On the other hand, when you’re up to your ankles in tea and glitter you don’t want to know about phones, or hear the eternal “It wasn’t my fault.”.
Initially we were left with a mass of glitter in the joints between the floorboards but we managed to clear it out eventually. Well, Julia did. I lost interest and carried on writing about kalettes.
Great things kalettes, a proper old-fashioned cross between Brussels sprouts and kale (that is important as these days people tend to think any cross is a Frankenstein genetic modification job). It doesn’t need peeling,cooks quickly, tastes mild, is crammed full of goodness and looks decorative on the plate.
Kalettes – new superfood or Emperor’s new greens?
The goldfinch was more accommodating – good one
We are getting 10-12 goldfinches at a time so it’s easier to get one in focus! 😉
Amused by the windy comments above! Anything related to sprouts is sure to have those results 😀
I’m going to be more cautious in future tests. 🙂
Hehe!
I’ve had those kalettes, by another name. They were delicious and oh my the gas they gave me ensures I will not eat them again, unless in small quantities in pasta…
Yes, I sauteed some tonight and am unfortunately in a position to confirm your findings. When boiled they don’t seem to have the same effect.
They work as part of a pasta dish, but not as a vegetable side–unless mixed. Sorry for your discomfort!!
I’ll bear that in mind. To be honest, Julia is suffering more than I am. 🙁
Ugh. It’ll be over in the morning!
Julia says she’s glad to hear it!
It wasn’t right for that party to leave all the clean-up for you to do.
To be fair, they did do most of it, they just couldn’t be bothered to finish it off.