Monday, March 14, 2022

Sunday lunch, pudding and clearing skies.

1. Thick slices of tender pink ham from a gammon joint, rosemary roast potatoes and bright spinach with grana padano.

2. Bettany asks for a small piece of an unfamiliar pudding. When offered seconds, her face lights up.

3. It has been raining steadily all day. But when I glance up just before home time, I can see clear sky on the horizon.

Rising, skiing and winter TV.

1. Watching the thermometer lounging in the marmalade pan creep up to 104C. 2. Fine rain is blowing on a mean wind across the slope, but she...