A Day Of Thinking Through The Thrift ....

Hello there.....

its been a sort of 'just everyday' .. sort of day here.

The garden is looking damp and dismal .. the greenery slowly fading away.

 This 'Gardeners Gaiters' ... an ornamental grass .. 

is looking very pretty with its leaves faded .. 
bleached almost ...

 Hubby P spent the most part of the day working in his shed ... 
he is busy cleaning up and restoring vintage tools to their former glory.

We sell a lot of these old tools ... 
they are always good as a present for a Gentleman ... 

And its amazing how it draws the Gents in .. .
just to have a good look and reminisce about their working lives .. the tools they used ....

how they 'don't make um' now as they use to' ... 'its all rubbish ... cheap materials they use' ..etc

I've been painting the bathroom ... 

such a boring job ...!

  don't bathrooms soon get grubby looking .. 

must be all that steam ..!

Anyway boring or not it had to be done ... and it gave me time to think.

I've been sorting through my cupboards ... 

having a bit of a stock take ... 

ready for the cold weather ... and possible snow ..

 power cuts etc ... 

like you do...

I've always kept a good stock of this kind of thing ...

just as my Mum did and my Gran before her ...

 and don't they look pretty in their jars ....!

But thinking about it ... 

if we do have a time of difficulties with weather or power restrictions ... 

these dried goods would be the last thing I would be able to cook .. they need such long and slow .

These days we have the same thing already cooked in tins ...

 and these Value ones are a reasonable price and will sit nicely in the cupboard until needed ..

not as pretty as the dried peas in the kilner jars ...

but a darned sight more useful ...

 bit like me really  .... 

not quite pretty ... but I make one hell of a dinner ..!

So I will cook up the last of these pulses .. 

they will not go to waste ... 

and I will get a few tins in ...

the space in the dried goods cupboard is always useful for extra sugar (buy it when its cheap ready for jam making time).

Talking of dried goods .. 

I found some semolina at the back of the cupboard ...

 its a while since I had any so I made a little in my new double boiler ...

 isn't she sweet..!

Who remembers School Dinners ... ?

Semolina with a big dollop of jam in the middle ...

 and you just had to stir it all up making it all pink before you ate it .!

 And for tea .... Hubby P's all time favourite ...

A steaming plate of Shepherds Pie ....

Hope you are keeping toasty warm ...

Bye for now x