Snowdrops


 It’s a soup day, butter bean and chicken with paprika .
After three consecutive twelve hour shifts, I had a lie in with a book this morning, then walked the dogs, shopped and photographed the churchyard snowdrops before the cold ushered me back to the cottage in order to light the fire.

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  1. Definitely a fireside soup day! I was sure it was cold enough for the ground to be frozen on a beautiful, but often very muddy local walk...amazingly, not... Is there room to build a porch with loo and dog shower on the side of my house?!

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    1. I know a lady who had a second hand shower installed at an elevated level in her garage for her muddy spaniel x

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    2. A dog shower. Now there's a good idea. It might almost persuade me to get a dog. I love dogs but I hate their mess. Now a simple shower with heater that could be connected to an outside hose... have I just invented something that would sell? I bet they exist already.

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    3. I’ve saving for a new bathroom
      No bath but a walk in shower

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    4. I am not advertising but I know of another dog walker who has a pump ??daddy filled earlier with warm water that can be used in situ at the car x

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  2. Relax in your cosy cottage with a belly full of warming soup and sleepy dogs at your feet. Bliss! xx

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    1. They both are curled up on the trendy blue couch

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  3. Yorkshire Liz5:14 pm

    I do like the thought of those wonderful homemade soups of yours. Very warming on such a cold winter's day.Sharp winds here in Yorkshire that burn the ears and make the dogs step out very briskly on their walks. Stay warm, stay safe, everyone!

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    1. Left chunky ...only half liquidise .....makes it all the better

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  4. And dare we ask what book it was that kept you such good company this morning?

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    1. It was SURVIVING TENKO by Penny Starns

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  5. Sounds like a very restorative day. Much needed!

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  6. Snowdrops...the harbinger of spring for me

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  7. Snowdrops and home made soup here too. Enjoy!

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  8. I made gumbo last night and we will have it again tonight. Perfect for our frigid temps here! Too early for snowdrops - deep snow covering my yard! Stay cozy!

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  9. I will happily pick up doggy poo of unknown origin but heave at human-You are Saints xx

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    1. Soz-previous post(my apologies) x

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    2. Lol whatever floats your boats

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    3. Anonymous11:39 pm

      Someone in my neighborhood coined the phrase "karma pick ups" to describe picking up dog poop in addition to that of your own dog. Pick up extra poop, have good karma all day. Carol in Philadelphia

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    4. Carol-Last week a lovely lady had noticed and thanked me-I am flis the poo fairy x

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  10. I've made the most delicious cream of cauiflower soup with spicysausage chunks... I'm not sure how I got the texture of it so smooth!

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  11. Thank you for the snowdrops, John!
    lizzy xx

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  12. I have 17" of real snow on the ground, john. somewhere underneath all of that are snowdrops waiting to grow and bloom.

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  13. Oh those hardy Snow Drops! Gotta love them!
    It'll be a while before we see ours......probably late April early May.

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  14. That photo would make me think it's spring. The soup sounds delicious.

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  15. Lovely snowdrops

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  16. Barbara Anne8:51 pm

    The soup sounds lovely as does that well deserved lie-in!
    Oh, what beautiful snowdrops! Ta!
    Hope that tombstone doesn't fall over any time soon. Do these tilted tombstones ever get straightened up?
    Do you now have some days off as you should?

    Hugs!

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    1. No the gravestones are mostly from the 1700 and 1800 s

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  17. Much better than yesterday. Love the snowdrops, wish we had them here.

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  18. countrygal9:01 pm

    The spring has nearly arrived. The daffodils will be here shortly; nature is waking and a new year begins.

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  19. Chunky soup is perfect on a frigid day. Beautiful snowdrops. Amazing how Spring bulbs flower despite the cold/snow.

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    1. Cheerful flowers have lifted the mood x

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  20. I made cannelleni bean, tomato, and spinach soup today - lovely, and keeps out the winter chill. Hope you enjoyed your soup. Snowdrops - a sign of life for the coming year. A daffodil is in flower next to the stone wall of my house.

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    1. Can you give me the recipe .. I’m collecting a book

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    2. Recipe.
      Ingredients:
      1 tbsp olive or rapeseed oil
      1 small onion
      2-3 garlic cloves chopped
      1 chilli
      1 tin chopped tomatoes
      1 tin cannellini beans
      1 pint veg stock
      1 tsp mixed herbs
      1/2 tbsp marmite
      Handful of spinach.

      Method:
      Heat oil and saute onion, garlic and chilli until onion translucent.
      Add tomatoes, beans, stock, herbs and marmite.
      Bring to boil and simmer covered for 10 minutes.
      Add spinach and cook for a further 5 minutes.
      Serve with a grated cheese - Parmesan or Grana Padano (optional)

      Tasty!




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    3. I’m making this tomorrow , the marmite is intriguing

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    4. You won't taste the marmite - but it adds a savoury note to the soup.

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    5. Is it really half a tablespoon of Marmite?

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    6. Yes, but you can just add a teaspoon if you want (or none at all). You can't taste any marmite in the soup, it merely adds to the depth and savouriness of the stock. Hope that helps!

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  21. Venison and white bean chili here today for us. Yesterday's sourdough to go with and probably a nice little salad from garden greens. Oh, how I love our salad season!

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  22. Enjoy your days off, sounds wonderful. The flowers are so pretty, I notice the moss is starting to send up sprouts this morning, but more snow forecast for the next few days.

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  23. I too like the idea of that cannelini bean soup

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  24. Thunderstorm very early this morning. Heavy rain. A gloomy, oppressive day.

    Love,
    Janie

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  25. Anonymous2:36 am

    You have the best blog! I love seeing another part of the world, different customs, pups. I know how you feel after 3 12 hour shift. "Like pulled through a knothole backwards". Get some rest, pot of soup sounds delish or beans. Toot toot!

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  26. I love thunderstorms, Janie! I cannot wait for spring, and to have them here!

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  27. Your soups always sound wonderful as do many of your readers judging by the titles, A lovely way to spend the day a good book by the fire sounds perfect. It's cold here the weather bureau keeps promising snow but nothing yet.

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  28. The Snowdrops are beautiful this year, ours have multiplied to a lovely level. I will be digging up a couple of clumps to move with me. Oh and our daffs are out in the woodland too ... Spring is on the horizon 😃

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  29. Is that a coffin lid sticking and out of the ground? And which poor souls occupy the two hovels beyond the churchyard?

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  31. Around here, if a gravestone leaned even half as badly as that, they would kick it to the ground as a safety hazard. It has completely changed the appearance of a lot of churchyards.

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  32. It is heartening to see the snowdrops..even up here they are blooming well.
    A touch of paprika with butter beans sounds good..colour for the eyes as well as spice for the palate

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