We have just had a wonderfully full weekend. We spent Friday night camping near my parent's house. 'Wild' camping but with the luxury of being able to run into the house to brush teeth and so on. This was my niece and nephew's first experience of camping.....little baby L took his mummy off to the house to sleep, maybe next year he'll be big enough to try the tent. We had such a lovely afternoon and evening. All the bigger children, and Katie intermittently, made a den - complete with a hole for the loo! Leaves made a comfy floor and it was just the right size for anyone aged 10 or under. We had a fire to toast marshmallows, and got through quite a few chocolate digestives in turning them into s'mores.
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| Boys and fire |
We did have proper food too.....do you spot the natural gravitation shown by the photos? Boys, playing with sticks and fire and bigger boys holding beers around the fire. Girls sorting out food. I'm sure I could probably try to say something profound but I don't think I will!
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| Girls helping Auntie Karen cook |
Back home on Saturday we had a five year old and 3 year old staying overnight. They are the children of close friends but we were a little nervous because of their age. We needn't have been as everyone had a lot of fun and, eventually, all the small people went to sleep to let me and John relax a little.
Other friends had gifted us huge amounts of plums from their overflowing trees. This year seems to have been such a good one for fruit, certainly around here. We ate as many as we could manage but they were ripening fast so I made a batch of Spicy Plum Chutney and another of Plum Jam.
The jam isn't quite so pretty as the
Strawberry Jam I made earlier in the summer but I am quite fond of the slighty softer colour although I don't know how you would describe it. Any ideas?
*I think I have finished tinkering with the blog for now. Special thanks to
Annie for her very gratefully received tips and help. Amongst other things I had set it too wide for viewing on ipads and other smaller devices. I think it now fits.......but if it doesn't please do tell me!
10 comments:
Sounds like you had a super weekend and the perfect late summer weather for it
That sounds like a perfect way to spend a weekend. That jam looks wonderful... hope it tastes as good as it looks! Julie x
I would say plum jam coloured really... ;o)
Sounds like a fun weekend anyway!
That sounds a wonderful weekend!
Sarah x
Hi Julie - thanks for stopping by my blog.
What a wonderful sounding weekend. You certainly made the most of the gorgeous warm weather we had. That plum jam looks divine. I don't know how you'd describe the colour - it's a sort of deep peachy red - but it's very pretty.
Gillian x
Glad to have been of help Julie :)
I think your scrummy jam is a rusty hued amber :)
Oh I am envious of your camping, we keep meaning to go and pitch at my sister's, other-half's, 'wood' which he has bought and is his pride and joy. I suspect it would be a similar image, boys with sticks/fires, older with beers and girls cooking - ha ha - that observation made me laugh. I'd love to offer advice on blog layout etc but I am totally rubbish at that, it looks great to me. Bethx
How lovely Julie to be camping, its such a lovely time of year at the moment, perfect for nights spent around the fire :) Your children must've loved every minute of it! I feel quite jealous! Love the plum jam too, I bet it will come in handy and lovely to make your own. I'm searching for fabrics online today to start a quilt for my bed, have taken a lot of inspiration from many of your own quilts on here, wish me luck! safxxx
Sound like you all had a wonderful weekend, and the plum jam looks great, like autumn in a jar :) thanks for stopping by my blog.
Clare x
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Hello! Discovered your blog via Haggiz and so glad I did. The North Berwick reference caught my eye and I realised that we're almost neighbours. I've never tried the Rocketeer but love N Berwick so will have to visit. Helen
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