Autumn Colour
The clocks have gone back to 'old time' to herald the beginning of winter, I'm not sure how many countries actually do this. I always liked the idea of long evenings by the fire , curtains closed and I could knit in front of the TV, the eyesight does not lend itself to much knitting anymore but I still enjoy the cosy glow of the fire. The children look forward to Halloween, how many of you know that it is a very old pagan festival which had its origins in Ireland long,long ago?!You can read about it here The unexpected delivery of a bag of crab apples led me to doing something I had never attempted before, making crab apple jelly ! I had read some recipes over the years but the mention of jelly bags, muslin and jam thermometers always put me off. I Googled and came with simple recipes on the BBC Good Food website. I used a white pillow case suspended from the ironing board (opened) .The fruit when cooled a little was put into the pillowcase, tied a...