1. I set off for work leaving a flat severely deficient in book space, and came home to a new bathroom bookcase built by my friend Pete. He's a joiner, so they will never fall down or crack. I've got to finish painting them, and I can hardly wait to move my books in. No more crushing and cramming. No more stacking. Yay.
2. Hummus with raw carrots.
3. Aniseed sirop.
The thing I like most right now:
ReplyDeleteBurt's Bees beeswax lip balm. It makes my lips tingle and smell like peppermint. I've been addicted to it for over a year, and I don't think I'll ever get over it. Love the stuff.
What's aniseed sirop?
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More book space is one of my biggest dreams...
ReplyDeleteOK, my three beautiful things for today are:
ReplyDelete1. Realising you will always have a bad day at work if you are in a bad mood inside...in other words, you can't escape your own moods. Realising this makes me feel surprisingly free.
2. Phone calls from friends who have been abroad for a while & now are back.
3. Aniseed sirop - i meant to ask you the other evening where you get yours, Clare?
Lou.
Ah, aniseed sirop. In France, they don't have orange squash or high juice. They have sirop. It comes in tins with plastic pouring spouts. It's sugar syrup flavoured with almost anything - the common ones are orange, lemon, grenadine, mint, pineapple.
ReplyDeleteYou can mix it about eight to one with water for a drink, or add it to milk, or add it to coffee in place of sugar - I like orgeat (almond) for this. You can pour it over icecream or puddings (fluffy treacle sponge with lemon sirop, anyone?) Or you can add it to cocktails - grenadine and mint crop up often.
If you go to France, it's in every supermarket. For a while a posh bakery round the corner from me sold it, but then they went bust. I'm nearly out of aniseed, so I'll have to put in an order next time someone I know goes on a booze cruise over the Channel.