who only by moving can balance

Reading. mauve, Simon Garfield. I am regretfully coming to the conclusion that much as I love the Relevance of the Colours of the Cover, the writing does not grip me enough to keep hold of this once I've finished it.

The Korean Vegan, Joanne Lee Molinaro. Got to the front of the ridiculous hold queue! So far I am Gripped by the family stories but have not added anything to my to-cook list; on the other hand I am still only as far as the chapter on breads.

Playing. Scrabble! Only two games, but I am very glad to have had them.

Cooking. I have made several rounds of leek + carrot soup this week that have been Very Good Thanks (2 x big leek, 800 g--1 kg carrot, 3 medium-large onions, 2 x Knorr veg stock pots, optional celery/parsley/etc). Apparently we want to shift from Mixed Root Veg Soup to Carrot at this point in the year.

I have also done a second round of lentil moussaka according to my mother's Obtained Recipe/instruction, and should actually get the details for same from her.

Also also last night I made yet another round of the courgette fritters that evolved from my first ever smitten kitchen recipe (I think I actually originally acquired a recipe from The Pioneer Woman? and one way or another it was The Pioneer Woman who pointed me at smitten kitchen & I still read the latter but gave up on the former Lo These Many Years Ago? it is all a bit hazy) and we had them with Tomatensalat and it was excellent comfort food. I have apparently never written the fritters up on DW (might have done on LJ, but at this point who knows?) so that can happen... sometime this week coming, probably. tl;dr Comfort Food Yes Splendid.

Eating. We have delightedly been consuming Mooon Milk all week and are a bit sad about coming back upcountry. Herbs from the garden. Pasties and cake from Gear Farm. Takeaway from Jumunjy.

Exploring. Several new-to-me footpaths and bridleways! Poss some photos to follow; I had a good excuse to poke around when I took myself off to Acquire More Milk (see above) while my companions were working.

Making & mending. Some garden infrastructure Constructed! Various other small jobs.

Growing. SO MANY PLANTS MY GOODNESS. Jostaberry and flax and RHUBARB (acquired from the other side of the village) into the ground. Many, many things out of the ground (mostly thistles; some brambles; various form factors of metal). Some herbs transplanted for real; some herbs transferred to a temporary holding pen to bring back upcountry. A few cuttings taken.

Observing. SO MANY FLOWERS. My goodness SO MANY: in Cornwall it is currently Postcard Season i.e. all of the hedges are covered in flowers -- sea pinks and campions and bluebells (???) and more, different campions and SQUILLS and some of the Special Local Violets and--

Birds: lots of Standard Corvids, no Special Corvids, lots of goldfinches, a fair few swallows.

So many snails my word. Like, ridiculous numbers. I might get pictures off A.

Cows! Horses. Horses that were extremely interested in me until they established I did not propose to give them treats.

No badgers and no personal bats, though my mother did see one of the latter. A fox made its way through the garden in broad daylight, which I did not expect out here.

Many flying insects also including an orange-tip butterfly, hurrah, and PROBABLY an oak eggar caterpillar (okay, fine, that wasn't flying yet).

It has been lovely.