tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90215731198933362072024-03-04T20:51:20.731-08:00caravanartistcaravanartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530560802227864069noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021573119893336207.post-66828291480854903902011-04-08T14:54:00.000-07:002011-04-08T14:54:31.494-07:00pupdate....................<div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh dear, I just couldn't resist that! </span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several friends have asked for a puppy report, and I have to say he's certainly thriving. He is just over four months old now, and weighs about 38lb and I think he's going to be bigger than his father. We're doing some basic training and he's getting the hang of "lie down" and "that'll do" which are both important sheep dog commands. He walks well on the lead and was very easy to house train, so all in all we're pleased with progress so far. Although he doesn't have a particularly "beardie" appearance at the moment, he has a couple of very "beardie" characteristics such as barking at nothing in particular and letting his tongue fall out of his mouth! All very amusing! He also has a very sweet, affectionate nature and LOVES his food.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>caravanartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530560802227864069noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021573119893336207.post-17526306678020216672011-03-29T07:34:00.000-07:002011-03-29T07:34:24.812-07:00spring is springing...............................<div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the last few days I've been amazed at how quickly the trees have started to come to life with all sorts of beautiful little buds and tiny, fresh, new leaves. The sun has been shining and it's been quite mild although there is still snow on the higher hills and we've had a few frosty nights. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>caravanartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530560802227864069noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021573119893336207.post-7483737802967656622011-03-19T06:30:00.000-07:002011-03-19T06:31:32.310-07:00in the frame......................<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here we are over half way through March already! Where has the month gone? </span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I've been so busy over the last few weeks that the poor old blog has been rather neglected but now, armed with a huge mug of hot chocolate and accompanied by one of my Spotify playlists I'll try to catch up.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I've been preparing a selection of my artwork for exhibition in a new tearoom which my sister is managing for an educational trust based on a nature reserve near Forfar. They haven't opened to the public yet, but she wanted the artwork in place this week as she was cooking lunch for the trustees and wanted the place to look "finished" so I had a deadline to work to which was probably quite a good thing as I'm inclined to procrastinate!</span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I do all my own framing and use a mixture of new and recycled frames which I usually paint to complement my work.</span></em> <em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up until recently I have used either Farrow & Ball paints or artist's acrylics but I have just discovered the delights of Annie Sloan's wonderful paint. Those of you who follow Vintage Squirrel's blog (vintagesquirrelkatie.blogspot.com) will have seen some of the gorgeous projects Katie has carried out using Annie Sloan paint and her sister in law Cait (decoratescotland.blogspot.com) is an Annie Sloan stockist who also does unbelievably magical things with paint - do visit her blog!</span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I bought sample pots of a few colours</span></em> <em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and some of the soft wax recommended for use with the paint and set to work on some yellow varnished pine frames which I'd found in a charity shop. One of the lovely aspects of this paint is that you don't need to do a lot of initial preparation. It has a lovely thick, chalky consistency and is very easily applied. Cait advises two coats of paint, then wax followed by sandpapering before finishing with more wax and that certainly worked well on my frames.</span></em><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">This morning I decided to bake some bread and cakes for the freezer as we're down to our last loaf. The dogs had been racing around the garden for ages and were ready for a sleep in front of the woodburning stove. The big dogs were comfortably ensconced on the sofa............. </span></em> </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made two lots of soda bread. One batch included pumpkin seeds, linseed and sunflower seeds while the other batch was made with a mixture of oatmeal and flour to which I also added some malt. I made two date and walnut loaves as I had dates that were almost out of date! Then I made some fruit loaves which always freeze very well. These loaves are usually made with sultanas and mixed peel but I had some dried apricots which were also almost out of date so I chopped them up and added them to the mixture. It's a very flexible recipe and sometimes I incorporate some chopped stem ginger or the grated rind of an orange or lemon.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I have also been making the 2011 supply of marmalade and it's lovely to have lots of jars stored away in the jam cupboard</span></em> <em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">again. When we ran out of marmalade last December, I made some Mamade marmalade which was good, but there's nothing quite like sharp, tangy, marmalade made from fresh, seasonal, Seville oranges. The wonderful, orange aroma permeated the whole house for days - a real January smell!</span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I also mean to make some lime marmalade for special treats, and Katie (Vintage Squirrel) very kindly wrote out Diana Henry's recipe which she swears by. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is the time of year when I really appreciate having a deep freeze. We grow a lot of soft fruit but when it's ready in the summer, I'm often too busy to make jams and jellies, but at this time of year when life is a bit quieter, I usually get a chance to catch up with these jobs. I will make a supply of redurrant jelly which is one of the most useful jellies you can have. We use it in all sorts of gravies and sauces and it's especially good with pheasant and partridge. We also have a lot of frozen blackcurrants and I've just noticed that we're completely out of blackcurrant jam, so that's also on the list. Then of course there are odd punnets of rasps, Worcester berries, gooseberries and brambles so I usually make a "mixed fruit" jam which is always fun as it's never the same twice and it's a great way of using up a variety of small quantities. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlWHDFf_j03XQGAlmoqYnCeikQ1OPgqzImm-oNmuERAuGoohW6ckmn7og__4Q7-q91OJbgwgKPjG_6AeH0X7nSuLv2SBW1cCtG0bOZMW08Mi6pkE66NEq7oMV3uKjHBMcMvH-mqszSsY/s1600/IMG_3357crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlWHDFf_j03XQGAlmoqYnCeikQ1OPgqzImm-oNmuERAuGoohW6ckmn7og__4Q7-q91OJbgwgKPjG_6AeH0X7nSuLv2SBW1cCtG0bOZMW08Mi6pkE66NEq7oMV3uKjHBMcMvH-mqszSsY/s400/IMG_3357crop.jpg" width="87" /></a><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">We're still working through our store of apples. There are always a few which are starting to deteriorate but at this time of year the birds love them and the other day I strung some together and hung them from a tree and in no time at all the bullfinches and yellowhammers had found them and were pecking away while clinging precariously to the swinging garland!</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">When we had our little farm shop, we were always looking for new ways to use up fruit and veg that were getting a bit wrinkly or that just hadn't sold and that's when we bought a juicer. It's a Magimix le duo and it's a truly wonderful machine. Our favourite winter juice is carrot, apple and ginger which is unbelievably delicious. The carrot and apple can be a bit bland, but the addition of some root ginger totally transforms it into something very special. Other combinations which have worked well are beetroot / apple / lemon, apple / celery / cucumber and in the summer, all sorts of soft fruits with cucumber or celery. The most unlikely sounding combinations often turn out to be the most delicious and it's easy to experiment with small quantities. Some people are put off buying a juicer because they think it'll be a palaver to clean it, but I have to say that our model is easily cleaned provided you do it straight away while the components are still wet. The rule in our house is that no juice may be drunk until the juicer parts are washed, dried and reassembled! </span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Another reason for blog-neglect is the arrival of our new puppy. He has been here for almost two weeks now and is settling in well. He's a very endearing little chap and very entertaining although our other two dogs ( his father and his aunt! ) are still getting used to his exuberant antics. They are both almost nine years old and probably a bit set in their ways so this bouncy little intruder has rather disrupted their peaceful little world.</span></em> <em><span style="font-family: Arial;">A friend in the village has his litter sister and the two puppies spent most of yesterday morning chasing each other around the garden in the snow until they were completely exhausted.</span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While in the village I delivered a few Christmas cards then set off for home by a different route which was just as pretty. I came along this road............................</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></em></div><br />
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<div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>caravanartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530560802227864069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021573119893336207.post-15215101260034553622010-12-18T11:04:00.000-08:002010-12-18T11:04:33.695-08:00a magnificent creature....................<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is how he was described over the telephone and he is certainly magnificent! He is our Hebridean tup who arrived yesterday and he's already happily "socialising" with the ladies. He is a wonderful, primitive looking character and his neck must be incredibly strong to hold up a head</span></em> <em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">adorned with two such magnificent pairs of horns. We have decided to call him Hector the Hero after the beautiful Scott Skinner slow air and he does have a heroic look about him! Of course </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I was desperate to take photographs of him but it started to snow quite heavily just as I reached the field but I managed to get a few shots before it became a complete white-out.</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the end of last week a steady thaw had set in and has continued ever since resulting in treacherously slippery conditions. Fortunately, the first snow fell on unfrozen ground so much of the melting snow is soaking into the fields which cuts down the flood risk. It's amazing how quickly the snow disappears! I took the dogs out this afternoon as the sun was going down and managed to get some photographs of one of the most beautiful sunsets we've had this winter. It started off like this........................... </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then it turned to this................................</span></em></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">There are no longer cattle in the lower fields so we headed down there for a walk today. Although the snow is about 10" - 1' deep you can walk on it without sinking right in. There are a couple of inches of fine powdery snow on the surface but underneath it's quite firm. Trails of deer and rabbit tracks criss cross the snow and the dogs added their own unique tracks as they rushed around pursuing exciting smells along the fencelines. </span></em> <em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bottom south west corner of the farm gets very little sun at this time of year and I took lots of photographs of the icy trees and frozen grasses. It's quite a stark, black and white landscape when the sun goes down and I think this picture looks particularly cold!</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>caravanartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530560802227864069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021573119893336207.post-2386403202484906982010-12-02T05:57:00.000-08:002010-12-03T15:11:18.976-08:00a new use for potato peelings?<div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The hot topic of conversation this morning as the usual waifs and strays gathered round our kitchen table to put the world to rights was the avoidance of chimney fires, especially with woodburning stoves. Not that any of us have had a recent chimney fire (touch wood), and I can hear you all saying "sweep your chimney regularly etc etc etc", but if you're a woodburning stove owner you'll know that it's like having another member of the family with all the associated quirks, foibles and tantrums. We have had a couple of chimney fires in the past which were quite frightening and on one occasion we called the fire brigade in the end as we couldn't stop the burning in the T-piece pipe at the back of the stove and it was glowing red hot! Now, as well as cleaning the chimney regularly, we dismantle the chimney at the back of the stove and scrape it out thoroughly. We only burn hard wood, but we still get that sticky, treacle toffee-like</span></em> <em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">substance forming and it's not easy to remove. We even took a hoe to the blacksmith to have it re-shaped into a made to measure, curved, scraping tool! </span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">The exciting news from the front this morning is that burning potato peelings can combat the formation of this black stuff and reduce the likelihood of fires caused by it igniting. Much discussion followed and we decided that the peelings should be dried first rather than dump a heap of damp matter on the fire. They could be laid out on a tray on the stovetop overnight and added to the fire in the morning. I consulted various books including the wonderful Cooley's Encyclopaedia of Practical Receipts (published in 1880) but could find no reference to such a practice. However, I remember my mother recommending boiling up potato skins to remove the black deposits from a burnt saucepan. I have done this once or twice and it seemed to work but I have no intention of deliberately burning a pan just to try this out again! </span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I can only assume that some compound in the potato must react with the carbon or whatever has stuck to the chimney (or saucepan) and break it down or perhaps it's just an old wife's tale. Anyway, from now on potato peelings will be dried and added to the stove - just in case!</span></em></div>caravanartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530560802227864069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021573119893336207.post-68949099840681597112010-12-01T15:26:00.000-08:002010-12-02T10:15:44.977-08:00and snow it continues both day-ay and night........................<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPt96N0mDTo0tw2tWOlBIgU4QH6_zhiaZakJ4RUfv1gXphVXFYNCdEKU9bjGZZEYSjpVnzIun6jqo-sT0Qg3d_nVg_brOq5sCN1TDpw0WErjSxpvlvtzEm4vKNHrHT0otHRb3y7-khoO4/s1600/IMG_2600crop+copy.jpg2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="93" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPt96N0mDTo0tw2tWOlBIgU4QH6_zhiaZakJ4RUfv1gXphVXFYNCdEKU9bjGZZEYSjpVnzIun6jqo-sT0Qg3d_nVg_brOq5sCN1TDpw0WErjSxpvlvtzEm4vKNHrHT0otHRb3y7-khoO4/s400/IMG_2600crop+copy.jpg2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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