Lunch with the girls

On Friday, after arriving home from Bowral, I planted lots of lettuce, some celery, mint and more thyme. The garden bed near the front gate is shaping up to be a scented garden, with lemon geranium, cherry pie (heliotrope) and thyme. The aim is for people to be able to brush against the plant when they come in the front gate and release delicious scents.

Today two friends came for lunch. I baked some bread and made vegetable soup with pistou. Kath bought over a lovely raspberry cheesecake and I poached pears in red wine spiced with cinnamon, allspice, cloves and peppercorns. We sliced the pears and ate them with blue cheese. The combination worked really well together.