(whisper) b a g g y ..........

Oh right!!

Thank you jingle . I may have lived in Scotland for what seems an eternity, but I am as Home Counties as they come!! I may stick with it a bit longer - although to anyone I may know who joins GN it's a bit of a giveaway, so I shall have to be careful what I reveal

I like your name Gally. Sounds Scottish.

I wanted to cut back our lavender, but the bees are still buzzing in it, so will have to wait. They luuuurve the nasturtiums too, so that will have to wait a bit longer too.
p.s. I use oats in crumble sometimes - I also use brown sugar and a little cinnamon.
Still pondering my new identity

Oh yes, we've had a fire in the evenings for weeks. But they're using the bedroom chimney whose fireplace is blocked off. They probably like having a fire "next door" because it will warm the stones around their hive too, but not too much.

Have you had a fire yet? That'll surprise 'em.

Wonder what will happen. Will they go upwards - or down! They're gonna be pretty miffed!

Casting, that should be. Nasturtiums.

The bees are still active in there y'know..... at least, there's the occasional buzz during the day. Maybe it's just when they all turn over or half of them do and the other half say stop snoring you lot!

Why do think I get so angry when people start throwing nasturtiums?

Bagitha. How could anyone worry about you and the environment?

You cherish bees in your chimney breast, gaze lovingly at the redpolls in your garden, and live off the fruits of the fields.

Haaaa!

Just made some of my famous (yes it is!) flapjack. I added a couple of handfuls of blackberries that DD picked in the garden. I let the brambles grow in the hedge — helps keep the cows out — but I discourage them elsewhere. They're very persistent though. Just as well the fruit is nice. I'm taking a batch to the Quiet Corner, which is very quiet these days.

I will make another one now, adding oats.

I laugh in the face of fatness.

My husband has porridge every morning for breakfast - and oats go into just about anything he can get away with, but always into the crumble topping. It's just delicious.

Nice isn't it, chrissy? It was my Scottish mother-in-law who first gave me that idea.

I used to put muesli in my topping, nice and crunchy and a bit of dried fruit too.

Do any of you ever put porridge oats in your crumble toppings?

Ah, someone said something at last. It was beginning to echo around here.

Hello Cari. Yes, it is a good idea.

There must be a solution??

And I've just sliced my thumb doing the same to a squash! Ouch.

Thank you josie - and of course Bagitha and jinglej. I am still debating my new monika and once I have decided will be in touch with GN.
Just attacking a huge pumpkin for soup - red raw hands and blisters appearing - but it will be worth it in the end

Eh, Jose - you still there? I made my crumble with self-raising flour yesterday. It was lovely and light! Clever old Cari/Carie.

Well, that's your third incarnation, Bagitha. What next?

I know I could have just deleted them, but I needed to throw something, so to speak, and anyway, as I said, I always liked 'bagitha'.