:: Enjoying gentle walks
:: Eating good food
My homemade lentil kitchen sink soup does the trick *every time*
:: Sitting under beautiful trees
:: Snuggling with the cat
:: Enjoying cups of tea with vegan carrot cake
:: Listening to good music…
and another
:: Planning what to do with £60 worth of book tokens – could there be a better leaving present than book tokens?
Now I turn to you dearest friends. If you had £60 worth of book tokens, what would you buy?
(On the other front, it is now day 20 and there is no change, Consultant decided today to try 2 new meds plus add in stronger iron supplements, they’ll give it 48 hours before some stronger action is taken aka tests at the hospital. Thank you for your understanding and concern; the good thing is the hives & rash on the hands are gone – now if I could just make this new issue go away! Baby steps, baby steps!)
john seymour’s ‘self sufficiency’ book (it’s one of those books you need just to oggle over. for hours.), vegetable and herb expert (the best basic guide for veg growing), and then random craft books… whatever suited my project of the moment
I don’t buy fiction books, just get them from the library, but non fiction books I can spend lots on!
Ah – if I had a £60 book token I would run around screaming with joy! If I didn’t have it already I would buy ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ by Audrey Niffenegger. It sounds like awful sci-fi but it isn’t – it’s wonderful.
Lentil soup and good looking bread – that’s more like it!
Regarding books, I would take a list of recommendations to the library first to have a look at them, then decide which I would want copies of for myself, and I would probably go for a mix of a novel, a practical, & an nspirational one.
ooh, your daffys are lovely!
I love book tokens- my personal recommendation would be for “The Gentle Art of Domesticity” by Jane Brocket- I love her blog and her books are lovely too.
I always use book tokens for the extra popular library books that have hundreds on the waiting list and hers are (although I just got her new one from the library on Saturday- looking forward to devoting Easter weekend to it!).
Glad to hear about the itch, best of luck in the other matter.
Oh, I love lentil soup that’s one of my faves. So is snuggling with a cat. With 3 I always have one that’s willing to snuggle.
Great pic of the cat!
Hope the new meds help out v soon.
A book on crochet or knitting or crafts in general could be handy.
Lisa
Where is the church FT?
I would possibly get a hefty reference book … say on Art …. or a Ray Mears book … or a comprehensive cookery book which covers all aspects of cooking … my favourite Good Housekeeping one is over 30+ years old and I still use it regularly.
I love your pictures!!
Hope you feel better soon… those women’s issues don’t seem fun at all
right now I would get a big book about knitting – a reference guide. not sure which one though. and probably the rest of keri smith’s books
Still thinking about your allergies when i read this:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/08/oral.allergy.syndrome/index.html
Good luck with your health! Hopefully things will start looking up shortly
You really take some amazing pictures.
Just out of curiosity what type of camera do you use?
I love reading your posts!
-Clayton
Libraries are great for novels, so I agree with the knitting book recommendation. That, and cookbooks! And those beautiful blank journal books that are overpriced!
Go buy the Sookie Stackhouse series
The Time Traveler’s Wife is awesome, I agree!
any of the Harrowsmith country life books……gardening books……magazines, as I am a magazine junkie (see Friday’s post)……any book, I love them.
Gill in Canada
The pictures are beautiful and the soup and bread made me hungry. It sounds like all these lovely things you have there will help lead you to a full recovery. I hope your insurance helped with your expenses. All the best to you.
Jerry
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A Fine Balance is the best book I’ve ever read – not uplifting though, but brilliant. Any of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books? And, I just bought a few of the Tom Wright bible commentaries – I quite like the academic explanation in there (rather than me always trying to figure things out!)
I was sure I’d commented on this the other day but it appears not.
I too recommend The Time Traveller’s Wife but also a quiet leisurely afternoon in a bookshop spent browsing until your discover something new that takes your fancy.
Might also be worth saving some of it for a day when I book you desperately want comes along and it’s not in the budget, or in case you need a last minute gift some someone.
I have to agree with Sarah. I’ve been strongly considering buying John Seymour’s book in Self sufficiency.
If you don’t already have The Joy Of Cooking in hard cover, it’s a wonderful reference.
For pleasure and just a wonderful read, “Eat Pray Love” is an amazing story.
Your pictures are so beautiful. Each time I see the photos of old world buildings & castles my heart aches to travel to England. Being in Canada, I have never seen such old architecture.
I really must get back to taking photos. It’s such a wonderful outlet.
I’m from USA, what’re book tokens?
Hi. Not sure if this is any help to you but when I read it I thought about your allergies. This is a link to a news item about sofas and drycleaning chemicals causing severe allergic reactioons that until now have not had their causes identified. http://www.smh.com.au/national/new-sofas-to-blame-for-rash-of-allergies-20090411-a3e2.html?page=-1 Cherrie in Australia