No sewing this weekend. We have a hammock! At least we did but it has now been taken down as the summer seems to have disappeared again.
After some much needed domestic activity on Saturday morning I rewarded myself with a very lazy afternoon reading my book.


With that title it is probably more suited to the pile of blankets indoors but it is a great read by one of my favourite authors.
At the risk of sounding like I spend all my time mooching around in charity shops, I found this little gem for £1 last week and inspired by the Great British Bake Off I decided to bake brownies on Sunday morning.
I went for the Black Russian version These are chocolate and walnut brownies with the addition of black pepper, Kahlua and vodka! We served them for pudding with raspberries and creme fraiche enhanced with more Kahlua. Really good! It’s not my recipe so I’m not reproducing it here but a quick search online will turn up several versions if you are tempted to try it.



My mother always has doilies.
The big mistake was indulging in a little more of the vodka itself on Saturday evening than was entirely sensible. Especially when you have to get out of a hammock afterwards!
Whilst not sewing or baking related I just had to include some of these photographs. My parents’ garden is a riot of colour at the moment. Their hydrangeas are glorious.














Mmm the brownies look great! And I love the flower photos, no excuse needed. I’ve been inspired by my parents beautiful hydrangeas to get one planted in for next summer. So pretty!
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Thank you. The brownies were too good and I have eaten too many of them!
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Oh that hammock shot just looks glorious. I have a hammock but nowhere to hang it! Also inspired by your parents’ garden… time to get my green thumb out I think! Lovely pics.
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We only have one suitable tree but thankfully we have lovely neighbours who do have a tree so we used theirs! I hadn’t realised just how relaxing it is to lie in a hammock. I wish my own garden was full of all those flowers.
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Oh Yummee! Love the flower pics too.
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The flowers were looking so spectacular at the weekend I just had to go mad with the camera!
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