I arrived home a week ago and, having not touched the blog once in the entire time I was away, am having some trouble getting back into blogging, mostly because I have so many other things keeping me busy these days. I had an amazing trip, a whirlwind of activity from start to finish, that left me exhausted and, sad to say, sick with a cold. Which I then passed to my mother. Who has now passed it to my father. So while I am happily recovered, I am now responsible for taking care of two people who are sick, two people who are frankly not very good at being so. Between work and cooking for and cleaning up after them, I am definitely lagging behind on my list of things I hoped to accomplish this week, the least of which is blogging – I am only just getting to start on all the laundry I dragged home with me, which I’m rather more concerned about!
But incapcitated parents has also meant free range over the kitchen this weekend, which has been delightful. I’ve been cooking up soups and baking like a crazy person. Saturday morning I was down to the shops at seven to pick up baking supplies for two different types of scones, which I immediately set to making and which we then brought with us when we went to visit my aunt in the late morning. Is there anything more satisfying that a really productive baking session early in the weekend? I went with suitably autumnal flavours too: lemon cranberry (with fresh, local cranberries) and pumpkin. Both were delicious, though I think I prefer the pumpkin ones (I do love anything with cinnamon and raisins).
Aside from baking, I’ve also finally had some time to organize the many, many photos from my trip which means I’ll soon be sharing them here!