Everyone Wants To Be A Cat

Everyone wants to be a cat ...


I suspect by now you are humming that well know tune from the Atristocats !



Cats do have a luxurious life , they are mini dictators / royalty wrapped up in a fluffy outer coating and I love them and I know many people love cats do.



Cats are therapy on legs , they make us laugh they make us cross , they make us smile and every other emotion you can think of. Hilarity is your cat making a hiss like a phantomine villain or watching them hunt a pile of grass / flower on your lawn.

Funny is the cat who isn't ready for the Monday morning grind and just flops back to bed which usually isn't their own.

I find my cats know when I need them and sometimes when I do they don't want to know but a rustle of the treat packet soon sorts that situation !!

Cats are aloof just like people sometimes think I'm 99 % cat 

Bills Restaurant Nottingham

Bill's Restaurant Nottingham

Last Sunday after my son had been to his Holocaust orientation seminar having been to Aushwitz the other week , we decided to take him out to dinner . A few months previously I had won a voucher for Bills restaurant for £200 which I know is amazing and I was waiting for an opportunity to use it . We've all had a tough time as a family recently and in the past do we really want to put stuff behind us and create forever memories. There are many excellent Bill's restaurants round the country and when we are in London next we will be visiting Bills again.

Starters 

My husband and I had the prawn cocktail which was amazing , I love prawn cocktail ( I have to careful as I've a slight fish intolerance ) but as long I have my antihistamine with me I'm ok. I didn't take a picture of the prawn cocktail as I'm pretty sure you all know what prawn cocktail looks like ! This prawn cocktail was served with 

I did order some amazing cocktails ( mock one of course for J ) the cocktail I had was a rhubarb one and it was amazing.

Rhubarb Cocktail

Main courses 

Confit Duck Pie

A huge Chicken burger

Pecan Pie anyone ?

Nottingham has so much to offer and it's a case of when are we going back again as there is so much to Nottingham luckily we are only half an hour away . Who knows it could be my sons university town in years to come which is approaching more quickly than I'd like.

My Sunday Photo

You can't appreciate nature and the countryside behind a computer or laptop you've got to get out and be interactive! So this morning I had had enough and went out into the wide world like I did before the depression and anxiety had a firmer grip of me . I'll not lie there are times I do struggle and I've had people try and point out if I should be blogging as it might be fuelling my insecurities .

Quite basically knickers to that . If you don't  understand what I do just ask plain and simply just ask .

Any way back to searching out the countryside and seeking the Hawk soar on the breeze ( alas no photos ) but you can imagine if you will . The Hawk was soaring as the peel of the village bells came across in a sound wave .

I'm back in my photography vibe and this week I'll be getting the Nikon out and taking some countryside shot s , I really wish I had worn my wellingtons as I nearly fell into a huge mound of frog spawn .

 

Easy Tomato Pasta Sauce

Pasta sauce is one of those sauces I'd rather not have from a jar and to make my own as its a brilliant emergency rescue tea or tea / dinner anytime . And I am readying my son for university even though he has cookery GCSE grade A 

Ingredients 

2 cans of tinned tomatoes 

or in my case 1 can of tinned tomatoes and a bottle of passata.This will make for a lot of sauce which you can obviously freeze .

1 medium onion thinly sliced 

1 tablespoon of mixed herbs / Italian herbs 

Salt and pepper seasonings 

2 cloves of garlic crushed

150 Ml of vegetable stock 

1 tablespoon of plain flour to thicken 

Couple knobs of butter 

Method 

1. Melt the butter in a pan and soften the sliced onion,  then add the crushed garlic , herbs. Next add the vegetable stock bringing to the boil seasoning with salt and pepper.

2 next add the tomatoes cover and simmer for 20 minutes. You could blend and make smooth if you so wish or leave it rustic which is cookery speak for leave it just as it is ! 

3 Simmer until thick adding in the tablespoon of flour then stir in the rest of the butter .

Use the sauce with spaghetti or smooth out over a pizza base 

Finding Your Spring Style Quirk

Bowl of light, prefect for that Spring style quirk.

With Spring approaching I felt the need to jazz up the front room a little and my budget to be honest isn't huge , there is little hope of DIY Sos coming to my rescue , don't even think of asking 60 minute make over to come over. Today it was the trip to the mighty mega that is Ikea all roads lead to the wardrobe department where Narnia awaits. I have always had a style quirk a homely feel and not a style where I am afraid to use my objects and furnishings around me.

SOLVINDEN covers on Ikea lED lights

I do think you can combine products from two companies , in this instance I 've combined a metal dish from Next which is a poppy flower  design and the lights are from trusty IKEA . The bowl itself was the most expensive purchase as £24.99 and I adore the light reflecting of it and it's definitely a statement piece and is a focal talking point .

The LED lights themselves which as mentioned are from IKEA were £8 and then £4 for the SOLVINDEN covers . Not all the lights are covered as I like to see some twinkly contrast this is my Spring style quirk .