Brunch with T at Roots & Seeds. Joined by K, M and Lowenna, for Fife Pride. On the High St, the Saturday market was blowing away as the winds got up and we had to emergency hold down some awnings just as the parade was coming round the corner. Excellent energy all day. I bumped into most people I know at some point. Hung out at the queercaldy maker fare in Century. Home for beach walkies, tea, and dozing.
A moody dawn to end the week.
Nasturtiums are opening gloriously, including the "black" one from D. It's a gorgeous deep red.
Tomatoes in the polytunnel are getting out of hand. Squash are becoming rather large. Bottled a ton of rhubarb.
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Various, Dysart and Kirkcaldy.
Courgette and rose cake at the Community Kitchen. Courgette choc chip, and rhubarb flapjack, at home.
Homemade gluten-free, vegan dog treats for Maximus. Containing peanut butter, gram flour, rice flour, coconut flour, coconut oil, cinnamon. Chomp chomp.
Max injured his foot, probably on some glass. So his camping trip was cancelled, and he spent the weekend convalescing with me instead. We kept walkies to a minimum, and lounged around a lot, which is Max's least favourite activity. He was very sweet and loving once he got used to the idea though, especially when I was re-bandaging his foot.
He got really good at sitting quietly on the beach with me at dawn, and not trying to dash into the sea, managing to constrain himself to gazing intensely and longingly at it instead.
Went to work in the garden with Max. He wanted to sit on me practically the whole time while I was shelling broad beans. Such a cutie.
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Flowers, opening! And look at that cute little self-seeded poppy.
Forager's pie (wild mushrooms and lentils) and rhubarb and custard to share with L upstairs.
Courgette cupcakes with rose glaze, at the Community Kitchen.
To Manchester for co-op coworking again, this time with our new operations team. A productive two days. Ate lots of good things (Frankie's toasties, Kim's Kitchen, Fred's Ale House, Desert Island Dumplings).
Courgette cupcakes with chocolate fudge piped frosting for little E's birthday party.
Finished making some new friends on the train (for E and E).
Extremely windy outing to the beach at Longniddry, for chips huddled behind the shelter of the car. With K, M, R and Lowenna. The company was nice, but the weather is, obviously and always, better in Fife.
Some sun, some rain, some excellent skies.
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Jammy double biscuits with rose frosting at the Community Kitchen.
A trip to the local chanterelle woods, where lots of patches were ready (including some new to us) and lots more still to come. Also loads of russulas, but very chewed up by slugs and time. A few brown birch and red cracked boletes, but only a couple worth taking home.
Mornings on the beach. A couple of trips to town. Walkies with Max.
Potatoes soon! Jalapeno flowers. Harvesting gooseberries and blackcurrants.
Chanterelle pizza, courgette pakora, chanterelle and courgette stew..
I put some pictures on the walls that have been sitting around for ages, which made me feel very accomplished.
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A day in Porty for R's first day at the co-op, featuring pizza on the beach. Then finally reunited with Tara, for a week of Taradventures.
Tara and I had a lazy morning, lunch at Curran Geal, then missed the bus to Cramond. So we walked all the way from Bruntsfield to Cramond Island, via the causeway. It was great! We did not get trapped by the sea. I only had to fight Tara to stop her from eating disgusting things several times. There were also lots of revolting things to roll in.
We walked to Silverknowes, then caught a bus back into town. Met K at Holy Cow for dinner, then walked home.
The day after a long walk, Tara wasn't up for going anywhere. Which was fortunate, as I had meetings all day. We did manage to get to the Meadows Tap in the evening though.
Tara and I took the tram to Newhaven, and Tara made some new friends. We all went for a walk around Newhaven, then to Leith Market. It was periodically raining torrentially, but we managed to stop in Face Plant Food for a mac n cheese sandwich.
I dropped our new friends at various different points around Edinburgh, then found myself in the neighbourhood for Prewired, where I knew a small make-a-thon was ongoing, so I dropped in to say hi. I subsequently got roped in as a judge for the next day.
Tara and I took one of our new friends up Arthur's Seat. We had lunch in BBL, then I went to Prewired to judge the make-a-thon. Tara helped.
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