It turns out I have some time after all...
... John has gone out on a NaNoWriMo social (go on, go and congratulate him – he’s done it – 50,000 words done this month – and he’s included my challenges – to include both fishfingers and an overhead projector 
) I could spend this evening getting some marking done, but instead I’ll give you some pretty pictures to look at.
Last weekend I didn’t forget Saturday Sky, but we were away for our nephews’ Christening (Jenson and Trey, the twins – can’t believe they’re already one!) We took the train up to Crewe where John’s father picked us up, then John drove his mother’s car up to the service itself (we couldn’t all fit into his father’s car). Elizabeth has SatNav – which is great, apart from the fact that the nice lady obviously doesn’t know her way around Cleveleys. She got us off the main road and just dumped us about a mile from the church. (“You have now reached your destination” – er, no!) Even worse, she’d dumped us off the edge of the road map we had! Fortunately we’ve got lost round there before, so we vaguely recognised where we were…
To get back to Saturday Sky – here it is, taken with my phone camera from the back of a moving car – I’m fairly impressed with myself:
And because it was so pretty, here is last Wednesday morning’s sky too:
And for what it’s worth, my sushi-making skills have improved – this was my first attempt, my latest attempt is somewhat more competent:
The ingredients are getting a little less authentic though – sausage sushi anyone? And to go with your prawn and avocado, what about a little lime zest?
And you remember I declared that this was going to be the year of strictly no Christmas knitting? Well, what is a knitter to do when she is asked to knit a pair of long warm socks for her father-in-law? She buys a few balls of Twilley Freedom Spirit and dusts off the pattern for the socks of doom, that’s what she does!
four comments:
Congrats on John’s NaNoWriMo! I have been threatening to do that every year and even did a bunch of background work for it last year. But alas, it never happened. I’m very impressed.Nice sushi rolls! I love ‘em with lots of wasabi, but my husband says if he wanted to eat seaweed, he’d just go pull some off the bottom of a pond. Caveman.
jessie () (link) - 30 November '06 - 11:54
Pretty.Oh, pretty.
More pretty!
The sushi looks wonderful, I’ve never tried that, is it fun or frustrating? I’ve always sworn I would not bake Christmas presents. This year, there has been requests from the teachers to bake for them!
Grrr.
Louise () - 30 November '06 - 13:24
Your sushi sounds very tasty, traditional or no!Chris () (link) - 30 November '06 - 21:54
Is sushi really fiddly? I’ve always thought it looks like it is, but have never tried…Daisy () (link) - 30 November '06 - 22:12
