Welcome to this week’s #sundaysevens, as thought up by Nat over at Threads & Bobbins – a weekly blog series featuring seven photographs of your week to show a bit more about the person behind the blog. Why not hop over to see what it’s all about and maybe join in too?
Nine photos this week…..
- Mr H-L decided to make those sloes go even further. We used the same sloes to make sloe gin last year, re-used them to make sloe port this year and here he is using them for the last time to make sloe port cheese, a kind of jam to go with cheese.
It took him ALL DAY.
2. A good friend came round for supper while his wife is away on a nursing elective in Nepal for six weeks. This is my take on the old classic Prawn Cocktail.
3. I gave The Boys a long overdue haircut….
4. ….that’s better!
5. We had a family get together at my sister’s to celebrate my niece’s eighteenth birthday.
6. Her dad made the cake!
7. Baby Lilah all dressed up for this year’s Children In Need. A record breaking £37million raised on Friday night alone!
8. I organise a Christmas Craft Fayre every year in our Village Hall. We raised a more modest £322 for the Hall funds.
9. No.2 Son went off this morning at 8am to help out at the stables. He’s wearing the new jodhpurs and riding boots he had for his birthday last week, although wellies and tracksuit bottoms would probably be more suitable for a day’s mucking out!
How was your week? Has anyone made a square for the ‘Crochet For Calais‘ refugees yet? I’m on my third:)
November 15, 2015 at 10:42 am
Lovely cake, what a super week
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November 17, 2015 at 4:38 pm
Thanks Cathy:)
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November 15, 2015 at 12:21 pm
Looks like a lovely sociable week! I’m very impressed to hear about the men baking and making preserves! Your Christmas fair looked lovely too.
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November 16, 2015 at 9:45 am
They’re a well trained lot, the men in my family – or are we just strong women?? The fair was lovely – small, but very friendly and such a lovely atmosphere. I’ll show the things I bought soon.
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November 15, 2015 at 5:05 pm
You do hair cuts!! Amazing. Did you learn that or is it just your fabric cutting skills applied to something else??
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November 16, 2015 at 9:47 am
A hairdresser ruined my daughter’s hair years ago and I knew I could do a better job, so I’ve done it ever since! That’s why they wear it long, to hide the wonky bits:)
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November 15, 2015 at 9:08 pm
Ooh, yummy cake! The craft fair looks fun…
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November 16, 2015 at 9:49 am
My brother in law is a whizz at making cakes and this one was no exception. Craft fairs are one of life’s great pleasures, don’t you think?
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November 16, 2015 at 1:29 pm
Yes, they really are! It’s so great to see what other people made.
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November 16, 2015 at 8:50 am
Ooh I want some of that ptawwn cocktail 🙂 I cut my girls’ hair too, saves a fortune! You did a great job 😀
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November 16, 2015 at 8:51 am
Ptawwn? Lol prawn…..
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November 16, 2015 at 9:52 am
It may be very Seventies, but I love a good prawn cocktail. The Boys will probably look back at photos in years to come and ask why I didn’t take them to the hairdressers like the other children!
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November 16, 2015 at 2:13 pm
Amazing fundraising for the village hall, well done!
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November 16, 2015 at 2:17 pm
Thank you – it’s always hard work but worth it every time. It marks the beginning of Christmas for me, too, as we play carols and serve mulled wine. Never fails to get me in the festive mood:)
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November 16, 2015 at 7:49 pm
Oh my the boys got a haircut! Number three son still has his curls. That is a good thing 🙂 Love the new riding boots .. they are super nice. You will have to tell me how the sloe cheese tastes. I have never heard of it. Baby Lilah is so precious in her sweet yellow suit. Congrats on the fundraiser. You go girl!!
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November 17, 2015 at 4:41 pm
The Boys’ ‘after’ haircuts are so long that they’re most boys’ ‘before’ photos! Keeping it longer is more forgiving of any mistakes though:) The sloe port cheese is like a sweet-for-savoury jam, really nice and goes well with strong blue cheeses.
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November 17, 2015 at 9:08 am
Another fab week! Your prawn cocktails looking delicious! They’re just like we do them with the big fat king prawns hanging over the side. Where’s the brown bread and butter though? 😀
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November 17, 2015 at 9:15 am
We don’t do carbs as they make us bloated – main course was sea bream and Thai veg without carbs too. Bonus being much lower calories and I’ve got a ball gown to fit into!
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November 17, 2015 at 9:18 am
Can’t wait to see your frock! Worth cutting down on the carbs for, makes a hug difference. 😀
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November 17, 2015 at 7:18 pm
Love the CIN babygro, super cute! Very impressed with your family’s creative efforts all round: from haircuts to cheese jam! Goodness knows how you fitted a craft fair in too…
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November 17, 2015 at 7:22 pm
We’re a resourceful lot and, by the time you’ve organised your fifth annual craft fair, it all just falls into place with very little effort really:)
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November 17, 2015 at 10:11 pm
Well done you on the craft Fair. Lilah is soooo cute. And I’m glad to see I’m not the only one with a husband who wears his glasses in strange places 🙂
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