6 June 2013

A slither of slow worms

Hello lovelies!

 The weekend is almost upon us, and I for one can't wait. Tomorrow I've got the afternoon off work to meet up with an ex-colleague and her adorable toddler (/husband-to-be; as he keeps insisting he wants to marry me! At two and a half!), to go and feed the ducks. Which, as I'm sure you'll all agree, is the sort of Very Important Business that should be done on a Friday afternoon.

 Here are some of the things I've been enjoying this week:

Discovering that a glug of my "in-yo'-face-Starbucks" Monin Vanilla Syrup mixed into sweetened soya milk tastes like a glass of melted ice-cream. Goes without saying, I've been buying a lot of soya milk this week. 

In case all the leftover cake and faux-ice-cream milkshakes wasn't bad enough for my Mega Thighs, I have also discovered a new chocolate bar. And it was on offer in Tesco, so I ended up buying approximately three million bars. Oops. Crème brûlée flavour Lindt chocolate tastes is like Cadburys Caramel for grown ups. It is dangerously delicious.  


For those of you without a whole mouth of sweet teeth, or wanting to wear a bikini this summer instead of a beach towel, I would like to introduce you to my new favourite salad. After my awesome watermelon-and-feta experience at Bills a few weeks ago I wanted to recreate something slightly less deep-fried for BBQs at home. This salad is actually a simplified version of a Nigella recipe, without the parsley or olives; because they are the food of Satan. 

I was planning to cut the lawn when I got home to try and burn off some of the 3 kilos of cheese I've devoured this week. In both senses, actually; as I've also watched some rather appalling chick-flicks too *shakes head sadly and judges Jennifer Aniston*. That may sound harsh but have you seen Rumour Has It? If not, don't watch it. It's awful. 

 Anyway... when I spotted a few of these little guys wriggling in the grass I realised I couldn't cut it after all, and would have to sit inside with cake and magazines instead. What a shame.... I tried to get a good photo of one of them, but they were determined to stay in the shade.


The collective noun reference above is because when my latest copy of Homemaker magazine arrived yesterday I was seriously excited to discover the "free pretty prints" magazine thingy that comes with it contained a selection of utterly stunning Collective Noun prints from the incredible Woop Studios. All for FREE!! 
This is one of my favourites, because the silhouette is of
Brighton's old burnt-down pier. 
I've actually had a few of Woop Studio's prints on my One Day wishlist for a while, but as even the smallest, unframed print cost £80 I could always think of more important things to spend my money on. Now I get to go shopping tomorrow specifically for frames to display them all in, before deciding which side of each page to put on show first :) Hurrah!

You can find this one and many more on the Woop Studios website

 Have you found anything new and shiny recently? Or rediscovered an old love?

 Katie xxx
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15 comments:

  1. Emma Kate at Paint and Style6 June 2013 at 21:03

    You have snakes in your garden? That's mad! Have they escaped from one of your neighbours? Newts are as exciting as it gets round here. And lots of dead things thanks to the boys. xxx

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    1. Emma Kate at Paint and Style6 June 2013 at 21:06

      Doh! Just seen the title now! I can't see any legs in your pic, don't they have legs? Hey, perhaps they are escaped snakes after all!

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    2. Hook, Line and Sink Her6 June 2013 at 21:09

      I think slow worms are technically legless lizards- so they can't do any harm like some snakes can :) They're wild animals but just happen to slither through our garden from time to time, probably due to the big overgrown field on the other side of our road.

      We do seem to have some pretty incredible wildlife round here; newts in our pond, hummingbird bees (you can easily spot them because they have noses like Gonzo from the Muppets!) and I recently saw a badger on my way home from a night out. He was so sweet - although I kept my distance because I know badgers are actually really viscous! xxx

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    3. Emma Kate at Paint and Style6 June 2013 at 21:09

      I really am thick tonight. I just googled them and they don't have legs. Well, you learn something new every day. I've never actually met a slow worm. Does it show?

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    4. Hook, Line and Sink Her6 June 2013 at 21:11

      Haha :) I used to think they had legs too- I thought we had lizards in the garden too, but I think they were just adventurous newts climbing some of our flowerbed walls. Would you like me to post you a slow worm so you can get to know one? :p xxx

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  2. Louise6 June 2013 at 21:25

    How brilliant to have slow worms in the garden :) I love those posters too!

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    1. Hook, Line and Sink Her7 June 2013 at 16:26

      They're beautiful aren't they? I love having so much nature on our doorstep - although not so fussed about the poisonous spiders that are apparently living on the wall by our back door. Eeep! xxx

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  3. Unknown6 June 2013 at 23:22

    Olives are the Devil's work - you speak the truth!! In oil form I'm all for them but as a whole one they are indeed evil!!

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    1. Hook, Line and Sink Her7 June 2013 at 16:27

      I'm completely with you; I don't even count olive oil as olives- it's delicious and they are disgusting. I just don't understand how they come from the same thing?! xx

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    2. Kezzie10 June 2013 at 22:00

      That's what I used to think about olives but now I adore them!!!! Love the slow worm- makes me think of 'The mountain of adventure'!x

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  4. Jen6 June 2013 at 23:53

    First of all, I'm eating cake while reading your blog which I think is fitting. And Crème brûlée flavoured Lindt?!?! Sounds amazing!!!

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    1. Hook, Line and Sink Her7 June 2013 at 16:25

      Teehee - maybe I should start writing DON'T READ THIS UNLESS YOU'RE EATING CAKE at the top of all my posts? :p It is amazing! Let me know if you can't get it out there- I can always post you some :) xx

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  5. Anonymous7 June 2013 at 15:24

    Completely freaked out by the snakes in your garden! Yikes! xx

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    1. Hook, Line and Sink Her7 June 2013 at 16:24

      Don't panic! :) They're totally harmless and really weeny- not much bigger than a worm. Although I was very concious when taking the photos to make sure that neither of them were able to slither up my dress! xx

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  6. Vix9 June 2013 at 17:32

    I had watermelon and feta salad in India this year and had completely forgotten about it, thanks for the reminder, I know what's on the menu this week! xxx

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