Domestic day

Mr C went to the fruit farm to pick 2 big baskets of rasps to freeze. They are the most tart, delicious ones we’ve had, despite the lack of rain.

I baked - Ella wasn’t born when her Auntie Vicky died, but asks a lot about her. She suggested we have a cake tomorrow, as it would have been her 47th birthday. She said the four children can blow out the candles. Two of us think it is nice idea, the other two think it weird. Wish us luck. No doubt there will be tears.

The Blip is a monster watermelon- I saw a recipe in Feast in the Guardian for a salad which incorporated it with lettuce, cucumber, radish, tomatoes, spring onions and a roasted spicy tray of chorizo slices and chick peas. In a fancy dressing. My bit will have Feta instead of the sausage.