I’ve been going through my photos from the last two years, thinking about creating posts for this blog. I discovered a folder with photos of some of the food I created during our first lockdown in the Spring of 2020. It was fun to remember all the cooking and baking, virtual meals with friends, and searching for new recipes. My friend Sue and I even created a facebook group called Shut-In Foodies, which is still going strong!

Eggs, Eggs, Eggs

Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day, and the meal we most often eat out. As I still aspire to have a bed and breakfast some day, I dedicated the lockdown to practicing the perfect preparation of eggs. (At first I thought the lockdown would be all about perfecting sourdough bread, but I kept killing my starter!)

Too Many Baked Treats

Still trying to shed a few of these pounds…

Fresh Ideas For Dinner

I find it too easy to get into a rut with dinner ideas, so it was a great time to experiment and go back to a few favourites that I don’t make often.

Tea for Two

I cannot resist a cuppa and all the delicious possibilities which may accompany a lovely brew. I am still working on my scone techniques (mine never rise very high, no matter how carefully I follow the recipes I try!), but I have mastered making luscious, decadent clotted cream. We had one or two virtual tea parties during lockdown as well!

How can it be almost two years since I have written anything here? Well, the last year I can understand. What was there to write about through a global pandemic that wasn’t the same fear, stress and worry we have all been feeling? The year before that is harder to explain and has a hold on me still. And really, it’s so minor in the big scheme of things. I am healthy, I have a nice home, great family and friends, enough income. Possibly it’s the old stereotype about middle age – What’s left? Will I have enough time? Will there be opportunities to fulfill my dreams? Do I have anything to say and share?

Then I remember the reason I started this blog, as a journal of appreciation and beauty. And there is so much to appreciate, always. Beauty and adventure are my true goals. I have to believe the details will fall into place.

So for now, I leave you with some cherry blossoms which are bursting all around this little city on Canada’s west coast. And as always, thank you for reading!