These are my Hose in Hose Primulas, which are really just starting to go over, but I thought I would post a couple of pics as they are fairly unusual, and very garden worthy. They are called Hose in Hose, because of a mutation which causes the calyx of the flower to form itself into a second set of petals, so that you have one flower appearing to grow out of another. You can see how ancient the
Elizabethan Pork531
Kath's post reminded me of a similar dish my Mum makes for winter parties... it's very tasty, easy to prepare and serves a lot of people.. so ticks all the right boxes. It's a lovely combination of sweet and savoury, and dates back to Tudor[...]
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care...531
...in hopes that La Befana would soon be there! La Befana is celebrated throughout all of Italy - but she lives right here in town - in Urbania! Every 2nd - 6th of January Urbania comes alive with the magic of la befana - the streets are[...]
Prim Stockings531
Is this the busiest Saturday of the year or what? Are you in the kitchen baking cookies? Did you venture out shopping? Bleh! Thank goodness I'm done with that. Maybe you're wrapping presents or planning your Christmas dinner? Whatever is[...]