Looking for your best tea biscuit/scone recipe........

that DOESN'T use Self Raising flour.  Why, well I along with the bridegrooms mother are doing the catering for the Bridal Shower and one thing I thought I might do is tea biscuits/scones with butter and raspberry or black currant jam.  I have yet to find a recipe that works well using all purpose/plain flour.  So please feel free to share your recipes so I can try them to see what works for me.

Look at this silly goose, it's sitting in the middle of our driveway:

Not sure where it came from, but it's not very old.


Our shower head needed a good clean, so I saw this suggestion online.  Put some white vinegar in a sandwich bag and put it around the shower head and affix to the shower head using an elastic band.  Worked a charm without having to use chemicals.  I left it on for around eight hours.

For those of us in Canada bit of a shock to hear about Jack Layton's passing.  Thought his final letter was very well done, you can read it here.  Rest in peace Mr. Layton.

Poor old lawn tractor is not well again........

the main belt is slipping, so it is not happy about moving period, so now have to find a belt.  Called Sears parts and spoke to a lovely lady in the Phillipines (I think that is where the call centre is) and was told the part is on a two week back order.  So I'll pop up to Barrie to the parts place and see if they have one on Wednesday.  I have to work today, so can't go today.

I finished up the last of the wedding jam on Monday, and even made a start on my own jam.  We finally got rain on Monday as we were desperate for rain.

Though I would gladly give any rain we got to those poor people in Somalia, it's awful what they are going through over there.

The news seem to be full of bad news at the moment.  What happened in Norway is just terrible and not just for the people who died, but for the people who witnessed it.

In Canada in the news featured Jack Layton stepping down while he fights a second bout of cancer.  Poor man does not look well at all, sending prayers his way for a quick recovery.

Then of course the death of Amy Winehouse, what a shock that was.  However, you just knew something like this was going to happen with the lifestyle she chose to live.  Her voice and music though was a gift to us all and I am sure she will be missed.  Lets hope she will be at peace finally.

Here is one of my favourite songs by Amy: