I’ve been poking Zooomr.com recently – it’s pretty much Flickr, but on steroids in some areas.  Geo-tagging is really nifty – the site uses Google Maps to allow you to find other pictures from other posters who have tagged the photo as being ‘near‘ you.  Near is a relative term I think, as tags for the UK show someone in London (200 miles or so) as being near.

The peas have been producing quite well, despite the onslaught from slugs and snails.  I refuse to use modern chemical methods for getting rid of slugs and snails – they’re quite handy in other parts of my garden.  I just don’t want them near my peas, onions and carrots!

Dinner last night consisted of cold roast beef, fragrant thai rice and fresh peas – very tasty.

The oven is working out quite nicely – this weekend saw two treacle tarts (Gran style, [no lemon and ginger] but with a bit too much syrup unfortunately),  and some homemade bread.  Pity I messed up the yeast amount for the bread – the flavour was a bit off.  Still good bread though.  This weekend might see a Texas Sheet Cake – a recipe I picked up in the US that uses sour cream to make a cake.  It’s a bit odd, but it tastes sooo good.