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a half eaten dish of fish pie on a table with blue and white plates, a lit candle, daffodils and a glass of red wine

a glass of cranachan with candles and red wine in the background

haddock and mussel fish pie made by Farrer; cranachan by me for a sort of early Burns night situation #cookjan

(not pictured: yuzu oyster mushrooms with rice, broccoli + nana-iro tōgarashi, and belly pork + bean stew, also made by farrer #cookjan)

the bean stew in a blue and white patterned dish

the pie in a tart tin on a table with a glass of red wine and a lit candle

the baked mackerel on a blue and white plate on a table, with a lit candle, a plate of lemon wedges and a guinness glass of daffodils

i have lapsed on #cookjan due to deadlines but: a beany green stew with leftover lamb made by Farrer; swedish apple oat pie; baked mackerel with a paprika lemon crumb, new potatoes + cavolo nero.

the pasta dish described in a bowl with cherry tomatoes and grated parmesan, on a placemat, with a glass of red wine, a fork on a green napkin, and bowls of salad, candles and salt and pepper shakers in the background

the lamb dish with sides described, on a table with glasses of red wine and water, a candlestick, and a guinness glass filled with daffodil buds

have been very luckily cooked for recently - delicious pasta with pesto made from last year’s wild garlic at a friend’s house last night, and i came home from work tonight to roast lamb shoulder, tartiflette and dressed rocket leaves from the garden made by Farrer 🤍 #cookjan #otherpeoplecookforme

a bowl of the described meal, on a sunny wooden kitchen countertop with a cup of tea

a luxurious porridge for a beautiful, cold morning. topped with cinnamon, cardamom, banana, dates, blueberries, peanut butter and seeds. using the cold weather as an excuse for lots of leftover festive cream in here #cookjan

a plate of the described meal on a table with a glass of orange juice and a candle

gonna make this my #cookjan thread. Farrer made thyme and za’aatar roasted beetroot, carrot and feta with hot smoked salmon, fresh mint, and garlic cavolo nero. (his cooking will probably mostly feature here lol)

Trying to approach 2025 the way St. Margaret is approaching Beelzebub

“2025 is the year of no fear!” says the Lemon Pig

a recreation of the breakfast ordered by Daniel Day Lewis’ character in Phantom Thread

watching the breakfast scene while eating

made the Phantom Thread breakfast again, but for dinner this time

me holding a brussel sprout stalk

my hand holding up a brussel sprout stalk

sprouts from the garden! raggedy but delicious

tea towels featuring “Kemps nine daies vvonder’ and a 17th century illustration of the wicker man on a table with candles. arranged on top is an Iceni coin ring on a sealed box, a copy of The Dead of Winter: the Demons, Witches and Ghosts of Christmas by Sarah Clegg, a map of Folk Horror and a mug decorated with morris dancers

the folklore related presents i received today 🎄

sister winter is here again with another solstice🕯️ we’ve made it to the longest night and the light is coming! 🌞

i hope you’re having a lovely long night despite the darkness of the year. here are some old film photos of a winter several years ago. merry midwinter everyone ❄️

can’t think of anything funny to post. i may have to be one of those ernest accounts who only posts mary oliver quotes and pictures of the sky.

a cropped photo of a peach and blue hazy winter sunset with some chimney pots, a church spire and the bare branches of a winter tree in the foreground

winter sunsets 🩵

🥲

Spotify Wrapped screenshot: my top song was Mary Ellen Carter by Stan Rogers. It says I was in the top 0.005% listeners globally.

Lyrics which read: “Rise again, rise again! Though your heart, it be broken, or life about to end No matter what you’ve lost, be it a home, a love, a friend Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again!

sometimes you have to identify with a sunken ship, from a 70s ballad by a canadian folk singer who died tragically young, in order to get through the day

an embroidery hoop with an embroidered medieval picture of an anchoress looking out of a church window

a close up of the embroidery

embroidered a medieval anchoress for my friend’s 30th birthday (she already has a tattoo of this same image!)

an embroidery hoop with an embroidered medieval picture of an anchoress looking out of a church window

a close up of the embroidery

embroidered a medieval anchoress for my friend’s 30th birthday (she already has a tattoo of this same image!)

i’ve been getting immunotherapy treatment since september for my allergies and today was the last 💉 of the year. tree pollen, your days are numbered 😤

an arrangement of foliage, baby’s breath and lit candles in a church window

a wedding congregation in a small, ancient church with whitewashed walls.

a wedding venue laid out for dinner with fairy lights draped across the whole ceiling

a pub with off-white walls and dark brown antique furniture laid out for sunday lunch, with dried hops hanging from the ceiling

was lucky enough to attend a gorgeous wedding in the cotswolds this weekend 🤍storm bert was howling outside the windows, but indoors was warm and aglow 🕯️

a hand stroking a big beautiful cat with white legs and tummy and tabby brown tail, back and head

a forest in autumn sunlight

this :) is the life :)

As someone who employed freelancers (and didn't always get it right) and am now a freelancer, here are some things I think make for good practice when paying freelancers.

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Deep cupboard in wall from which the ghost always comes

melting snow on bramble leaves

melting snow on green trees lining a path with autumnal fallen leaves, with a bridge and some people and dogs in the distance

oh the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing

that would be sooooo good! i designed a speculative morris dancing, Wicker Man Twelfth Night at uni (yellow stockings cross gartered etc!)

:o

YES i think ive seen this before, it’s incredible!!

i wish i’d seen the NTS Wicker Man musical, feels like a very important crossover of interests

hi Ned!

a beeswax candle in the shape of the Wicker Man

its possibly the best film ever made! i haven’t, sounds great, thank you! and yes Past Lives is on my list, will get round to it someday :)

here’s my Wicker Man candle which i don’t think i can ever burn