The weekend coffee share or the curious case of the cake with no fat

I was browsing Magnus Nilsson’s The Nordic Baking Book the other day, and came across what I thought would be … More

This week’s small pleasures #200

Gosh! The 200th small pleasures post! I feel I should celebrate in some way, or at least mark the occasion, but rather than go over old posts looking for highlights, I am just going to do my usual and do the normal weekly roundup. It is fun to do, and helps you appreciate all the little things that bring us joy.

One of the glories of autumn

Yet a pear may only be at its point of perfection for a day or two, the slide into over-ripeness … More

This week’s small pleasures #135

Here we are again with a round up of this week’s small pleasures.

This week’s small pleasures #133

So…here we are again…Monday evening and a time to look back on the small pleasures of the past week. The … More

A Saturday in Autumn

After a wet and wild night, the weather turned to autumn sunshine, much to Charlie’s delight, as he had been … More

This week’s small pleasures #93

I’m writing this on a wet Monday evening, just the sort of day you want to spend just lying on the sofa with a good book or a film, a pot of tea and some hot, buttered toast. Ahh…we can but dream…