Jacey Bedford's Journal

Was out of bed at the crack of sparrowfart to help out at the car boot sale in the village which we run to fundraise for the village hall. Spent all morning standing in the sun making bacon sandwiches for sellers and buyers alike. Then I had to take Mum down to the supermarket - actually two supermarkets as we went to Aldi and then to Morrisons to mop up the rest of the list of things we couldn't get at Aldi.  Unfortunately the sun was baking and all the chocolatey things purchsed in Aldi were in danger of turning into choc-puddles in the car when Mum decided to take her time in Morrisons. My fault - she said - because it had been a month since the last time I'd taken her down. Mea culpa. Anyhow, the shopping survived being baked in the car.

And once we got home my feet were so tired from being on them since 7.00 a.m. that I made a long drink of fizzy elderflower and pomegranate codial and took a book out into the garden and sat in the shade of a Rowan tree to read for an hour. Wonderful. I don't give myself permission to do things like that often enough.

I have friends staying, t_op  and Mylek. Mylek took one look at the slab of salmon I'd hunter-gathered (from Morrisons) for dinner and said, "What are you going to do with that, cos I've got a great recipe." It turned out that he had. Marinade the salmon in a little soy sauce then top it with grated cheese mixed with Hellman's mayonnaise and bake it. We had it with new potatoes and steamed fine beans. Yum! I made a berry fruit salad for dessert (very simply done with strawberries, raspberries and blueberries in red wine with a sprinling of sugar, seved with vanilla ice cream and cream). Lovely!