Friday, April 16, 2010

Going Back to Skul


Starting on Monday I will be going to the Silva Bay Shipyard School to take the introductory course. It lasts 2 weeks (8-4:30 everyday). This will really hone (pun intended) my wood work skills. It should be great and if I really get sucked in I will take the marine cabinetry course next year.

This year we have literally hundreds of fairy slipper orchids - wow. They are under the trees in dark shade. As your eyes adjust it looks just like a purple carpet.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Joe Enfield's 100th Birthday March 13th 2010, died March 23rd 2010

As you can see from these photos at the party (this is a link) Joe was really having a good time. I would like to think that he made it to his hundredth by will power and having then said goodbye to everyone he just let go. We spent most of the afternoon and evening of the 15th with him – he really didn’t want us to leave, it was a different person. Much more open and sociable. Tessa and I are so pleased we were able to see him one more time.

Wales March 12th 2010


On the right. the house in Laugharne that we rented 12 years ago for a holiday. The village hasn't change a bit since then. Its where Under Milk Wood was written so that should give you an idea of what its like. Claire looked out of her bedroom window on the first day and exclaimed "there is a castle at the bottom of our garden". Well there is.

Welsh is the predominant language of this area as you can see from the sign. On the road you really have to slow down to read road signs otherwise you only see the Welsh. We had lunch in a pub along the road and Claire described the vegetarian options as the best she had ever had:


Cranberry Walnut Brie presented by Brooks Street Inn B&B

1 round of brie cheese
1 sheet of puff pastry
1 cup dried cranberries (divided)... See More
½ cup chopped walnuts
Egg wash
Raw sugar for garnish
Preheat oven to 400.
Cut puff pastry sheet about 2 inches larger than the brie.
Put ½ of the cranberries in the middle of the pastry and set the brie on top of them.
Put the other ½ of cranberries and the nuts on top of the brie and fold the pastry up
and around, snipping at corners as necessary and using egg wash to stick it together.
Brush egg wash on top of pastry and sprinkle with raw sugar.
Bake until brown and puffy (about 20 minutes). Serve with apple slices.