PEAR TREE LOG

pear tree log: I started this blog to keep my younger son, Jonny, in touch with life in Lincolnshire, while he spent a year working in China. That year turned into five! Now he is home and training to become a physics teacher. This is simply a patchwork quilt of some of the things I enjoy - life in rural Lincolnshire, our animals, friends, architecture, books, the gardens, and things of passing interest.



Friday 23 December 2011

Keep Calm, Be KIND

We have just had our evening meal.  I took the opportunity (while cooking) to oven dry a large tray of grated lemon zest to add to the jars of lemon-pepper seasoning which forms part of some gifts...


Well, I would have, George threw it all away when he stacked the dishes in the dishwasher....


A time for loving, a time for giving, a time for forgiving...


The holiday begins!
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13 comments:

  1. Moving with Mitchell23 December 2011 at 19:00

    That's something I would do. I'm always "cleaning up" after Jerry. Sometimes it's not very helpful. Ah, love. Who needs dried out old lemon zest anyway!?!

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  2. John Going Gently23 December 2011 at 19:18

    well said that woman

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  3. Anonymous23 December 2011 at 19:42

    sorry but I had to laugh that's something I would do to my hubby, he's always leaving weird stuff on MY counter tops....not that lemon zest is weird! You'll have to put your reciepe for that on your blog sometime. linda

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  4. Elaine23 December 2011 at 20:20

    Hi Mitch, Well, I needed it - but I need my kitchen helper even more! I love him.

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  5. Elaine23 December 2011 at 20:22

    Hi John, Breathe deeply, move on - that's what my Mother would have said - after she had launched a missile attack!! I'll settle for going out and braving the shops again tomorrow! He meant well.

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  6. Elaine23 December 2011 at 20:25

    Hi Linda, I have been mixing and grinding this stuff for a few days now - peppercorns, chillies, spices, sea salt, etc. We'd even talked about it and how it just needed that final ingredient!! But hey, that is life! An early trip to the shops will sort it out tomorrow!

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  7. Ms Sparrow23 December 2011 at 21:43

    Well, I bet it made the house smell wonderful while it lasted!

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  8. Unknown24 December 2011 at 00:35

    Noooooooooo!!!!! Right. Kick him out!!!

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  9. Elaine24 December 2011 at 05:51

    Ms Sparrow, I really love the smell of lemons - I guess I'm going to get to enjoy that smell yet again today. Lucky me!!

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  10. Elaine24 December 2011 at 05:53

    Dom, When he wakes I'll kick him out. Be careful though, he may well just cut across the field to your place - great food, great company, great house..!x

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  11. The Owl Wood24 December 2011 at 09:10

    Shades of a Grandfather washing up by hand for hours to take the decoration off the family silver...

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  12. Elaine24 December 2011 at 15:40

    Goodness, I had forgotten about that. Poor old Grandad thought it was really dirty ... and poor old mum was upset that a) he thought that she was so sloppy and b) upset that he'd ruined some of her best silver!

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  13. Knatolee24 December 2011 at 19:50

    Oooh dear, sounds exactly like something my Gordon would do! You're a good and patient woman. :)

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