Briefly.

It’s been a while since I posted, so a very quick update. I made a ginger cake with stem ginger, it’s a nice cake but I put in more stem ginger in the cake mix than last time and I did not cut it so finely , so there were some nice pieces of it that you came across as you ate it which made it very enjoyable.


I did another blood plasma donation after a short break, due to my low iron levels in my blood. However as I am having a blood test for something else, I now am suspended from going until the blood test results and actions are known. It is frustrating but I understand the reasons why.

Last Saturday I met some old work colleagues in the Brewdog place by Waterloo station, said hello to Paddington Bear at his station, and had another look at graffiti alley near Waterloo.


It is our local Horticultural Association’s 70th anniversary and we have had this display made for us. The plan is to have little plants in each pot, but we will have two sets of pots, one in situ on the display, fitting into the ones shown, the other set, horizontal orientated recovering from a week on display. This will also allow us to change the plants over while displaying the older ones.

All the plants I put in place at the allotment are doing well but have needed watering, as it’s so dry. Nothing has been eaten as they are all under the cage. The apple tree, the only tree I know what it is, is finally flowering, the blossom is particularly beautiful. I have planted the potatoes and we are going to use the little plot I had last year. A few more weeds have surfaced including bindweed but it’s fairly easy to keep it clear, for now.



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