It was rainy and cold for our first week at the new farm, but on Tuesday the sun came out! All of a sudden our shoes are dry and the factor 50 is out. Although, today Ollie forgot to do Rosie’s back and she now has weird vest top tan lines, thanks a bunch Ollie.
We have had a very “chill” second week (we keep saying “chilled” which has been met with giggles, as apparently we are not beers). Plenty of bed prepping, planting, harvesting and weeding again. Highlights were picking peas and zuccCOURGETTES for the first time. We are still high up in veggie heaven, enjoying lots of delicious and nutritious dinners with our fellow volunteers (and the deer that drop round to visit).
Rosie’s packing back in February did not take into account a global pandemic, so she ran out of knitting material fairly early on. This week, she has dedicated a few evenings to searching for an online wool source (not as easy as you might think). Fresh supplies arrived on Thursday, along with a lolly-pop! So that’s a relief all round.
For our first weekend off, Ollie made everyone pancakes. He was a bit slow and had to deal with three women mocking him, poor thing. They were worth the wait however. We ate them with rhubarb from the farm and strawberries from down the road. After that, we hung around at the beach, did some yoga, went on a couple of walks, did a bit of reading and tried to learn how to do cryptic crosswords (see below – any help would be much appreciated.) The theme of our free time seems to be laziness, so looks like we’re set for a lovely summer!
We are starting this weekend with another Russian themed dinner. The varenyky last week were delicious, this week it’s borscht! We’re not sure we will enjoy it quite as much, but the chef shouldn’t beet herself up about it.
Roaming Rollie 
If ‘Chilling’ means that you are a beer. Then I have no problem with that. I am going to make like a beer all weekend. Glad you are relaxed, well fed (or well ‘vegged’) and well supplied with wool.
P.s Lucys dont do crosswords. Let alone cryptic ones.
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Lucys could do crosswords, the cryptic ones are quite creative! You would need to learn to spell though… 😉😘
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Don’t know if you want the answers or not so here are some clues
16 across – definition is “prize in county fair”, item in chest denied last is the word play – think human chest
17 down – given the first letter is B given by 16 across, I’d say “envy” is the clue, another word for yield can be “budge” then include the letters e, g and r (head of radicchio = start of radicchio = r).
24 across – separate is the clue, the wordplay gives you the word in two parts, first part “island ultimately is” – ultimately means “end” so end of island + is, then the second part “one of the Greek islands” would be “Crete”
25 down – clue is “those people”, word play gives you “finally went” the last letter of went, not sure about the last bit but probably something similar to “watch out!” Or “hey!” <-
Not sure about 1 down and 10 across yet 😀
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Signed in with my other account, this is Pete Mann!
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Yay! Thanks Pete, your clues are really helpful! For 16, what gives the BON in Ribbon?
Another friend gave us 1 down in the comments and we are still working on 10 across.
We hope everything is well with you? Also we had previously guest constrefadmin was you, based on the profile 😂
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We have got 10 across with the definition ‘problem for a bus driver’. You have to remember it is a canadian paper.
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Loving the beard. Got a touch of Guy Fawkes! I think 1 down is tall
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Glad to be compared to Guy Fawkes! Perfect, I like it – T and all. We have pencilled it in!! How are Nnamdi and Sophie?
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Loving the photos, the beard, the naughty carrots and the peace and quiet that you must be experiencing! Can’t wait until the next episode. I will ask Phil to look at the crossword, as he’s usually good at them. xx
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Also loving Rosie’s wool, and lollipop! I’ve been doing some chrocheting, but also sewing on Phil’s mum’s old sewing machine. #lockdowncrafts!
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I miss my sewing machine! Well, it was Mum’s sewing machine and I think Nana’s before that! I said knitting but I’ve actually switched to crochet for a chance. The green wool on the right is for a cardigan with a leafy pattern. All the different colours are cotton for dish cloths/coasters/doilies etc. I’m going to give the outdoor kitchen a bohemian grandma makeover. 😁
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Bohemian Grandmas are in, don’t you know! I’ve been rocking that look for ages! Not quite a grandma yet though ……
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Hint hint hint
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