January is done and dusted and I already feel like I need a holiday. Tell me I’m not the only one?
Watching
- Deutschland 83: loving this new series on Channel 4. It’s a tense spy drama set in 1983 about an East German soldier who goes undercover in the West Germany.
- Everest: a film about the survival attempts of two expedition groups on Everest. It’s based on a true story so I did a bit of Googling whilst watching it and discovered there are 200 frozen bodies on the mountain! Bit of a grim thought and not exactly comforting for those attempting to reach the summit.
- About Schmidt
- The birds for the RSPB’s Big Garden Watch. Runs from 30th – 31st January so there’s still time if you want to take part.
Reading
Christmas bought lots of good books my way. First on the reading list was A Year of Living Danishly. I’m a bit of a culture vulture when it comes to anything Nordic; I couldn’t put this book down. Poor Scott has had to put up with my spouting lengthy facts about Denmark every day. He bought me Ernest Journal number 3 for my birthday; a beautiful piece of print work packed with stunning photos. I don’t think I’ll be reading it on the bus, it’s too nice to shove in a bag with my lunch.
Eating
Lots of homemade knekkebrød (Norwegian crisp breads). They are nice for breakfast with mashed banana and a drizzle of honey on top.
On Sundays I’ve been making a big batch of Italian almond cookies with jam to eat as our sweet treats throughout the week. They are dairy free, gluten free and made from a handful of ingredients. In my mind, if there’s no butter you don’t have to feel too guilty about eating them.
Making
I’ve had a good run on knitting projects over the last month. Purl Soho’s Seafaring Scarf was my Christmas project and this week I cast off a Goats of Inversnaid hat and gauntlet set. I’m so pleased with them!
Feeling
Not my age; I turned 31 a couple of weeks ago! The photo below is me on my birthday. I don’t like posting pictures of myself that much but in my old age I thought I might look back on this seemingly sporty photo and reminisce about my youth. If I’ve gone crackers by then I might even remember this as the day we cycled to France!
We hadn’t been out on our bikes for a while so this ride was a hard slog but really good fun. And there was a pub lunch waiting for us at the other end 🙂
The crisp breads look delicious,bayou are very clever. The birthday bike ride looked very muddy and thank you for the pronounceation of Hygge it is like the Quinoa scenario and I was doing it all wrong again ??
Quinoa and also edamame – I kept putting an n in there for some reason!
Looks like a great January. The crisp breads look delicious. Happy birthday for a few weeks ago!