We went for dim sum and were lucky enough to see a lion dance! (I used to squeal “Lion Dance! Lion Dance” when I was little. They were my favourite thing.)
Helen and I had a fun morning at the newly-renovated Gardiner Museum of Ceramics.
I didn’t get quite the rise I would have liked but it has nice ears! #Sourdough
It was a long day of feeding the starter and then making the dough. It’s been shaped, put in its proofing basket, and now it’s going into the fridge for an overnight ferment.
I used to bake a loaf of sourdough every week before I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. All these years, I’ve been keeping my Grandmother’s starter (more on that later) alive but not doing anything with it. I’ve decided to start baking again and just give the bread away.
I read that Merrily We Roll Along closed after 16 shows and 44 previews. It came back to life in revivals and we watched it as a film last night. This documentary is about the making of it.
With its origins in the Celtic fertility festival of Imbolc(giving birth), St Brigid’s Day on February 1 signals the beginning of spring and an end to the darkness of winter, ushering in a new season of hope and growth on the land and the birth of animals on the farm and in the wild.
