Saturday 8 February 2014

Storms Ahead Again

Thankyou for visiting me. Oh dear another severe weather warning. I have stocked my fridge with 2 cooked chickens ( not one of my girls I must add) homemade vegetable soup made with my soup maker which is brilliant and a real star gadget in my kitchen. Made 2 loaves of bread, lemon curd made with a goose egg, summer damson cordial for a warm up drink, lots of stewed apples and pies, have plenty of extra milk and ham. Cooked loads of new potatoes and made shepherds pie and extra mash. Hopefully this will be enough to get us through up to 5 days without any power (for the third time this winter)  stranded by fallen trees and flooding. I'm not being pessimistic I was a girl guide and am prepared this time. Living out of town, in a very rural location being all electric and surrounded by rivers has now told me not to take chances. Luckily our house stands high up which it good as we are surrounded by babbling brooks. My little hens  are all tucked up and cosy, the geese and ducks love the water and the sheep are close to the house so we can keep an eye on them. The Farm cats are supposed to stay outside but to my better nature are spoilt rotten lying on the spare bed. I am very worried about my little rescued kitten Sooty, I haven't seen him for over a week now and although he disappears from time to time he doesn't stay away for this long usually. He has a special blanket that he sucks everyday due to being separated from his mother so early in life. I have rung the nearest Vets but they haven't had any cats brought in hurt or abandoned. I do worry the worst this time.
Torches are charged, extra blankets and candles in place, chain-saw ready for action, washing up to date.  At the moment the sun is shining brightly but the wind is trying very hard to blow it away with gust outbursts. I am not being fooled by the sunshine again, it could possibly be very frighteningly different very soon. Take care and hope you have a happy safe weekend.

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  1. You sound prepared as best you can be. I hope the best for Sooty.

    May you be safe and cozy in your home.

    FlowerLady

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    1. Thankyou for passing by and your warm comments. It was good to hear from you. Have a nice week.

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  2. What is summer damnson cordial? Sounds delicious!

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    1. It is a lovely refreshing drink that is easy to make - you can have it hot or cold. I will do a post with all the details soon.Glad you popped by and have a good week.

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  3. What foreshight you are showing. We have power outages here as well, but not as often or with as wild weather as yours. Nothing better than chicken for substance and a sip or two of plum cordial will be a wonderful nightcap. Hope the kitty turns up , one of ours was missing a week, and finally I was on a walk and heard it mewing , stuck in someone's basement! So Sooty might be alright yet.
    I'm most envious of your lemon curd with goose egg! I have some in the cupboard but its in a jar........and I didn't make it. It must smell wonderful in your kitchen.
    Take care and let us know how it goes........
    Best
    Julie

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    1. Many thanks for visiting me. The weather here has been very gusty with only two short power cuts dare I say it so far. More bad weather has been forecast for later in the week. The goose egg lemon curd is a very easy recipe to make and I will post details on how to make it soon.
      Have a good week.

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  4. Hey Sarah, you certainly are well prepared. Sounds like quite an adventure to me, but I'm sure after the first time without power, you'd certainly be over the 'adventure'
    I hope Sooty turns up safe and sound, you cats certainly sound like they are much loved.
    Wish I could send you some of our warmth and sunshine in exchange for rain.

    Take care,

    Claire :)

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    1. Nice to hear from you. Yes it is an adventure to begin with but after a few hours you realize how much we rely and need power. Have a good week.

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  5. Well thank goodness we did not get it too bad this time. However we are suppose to get the tail of the storm, later tonight. Right now the road in our development is like a pool of water and slushy snow. It will be interesting to see how my husband and son get home tonight if it freezes. Don't know about you, but I have fantasies about Spring. Enough winter storms already.
    So glad to see you here blogging, so many deserted blogs these days. Thanks for letting me visit.
    Susan
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    1. I quite agree roll on Spring. Thankyou for visiting me in the Orchard. Hope the storm misses you tonight and it doesn't get too cold. Take care.

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  6. Hi Sarah - thanks so much for joining Dartmoor Ramblings. Looks like we've been doing this for a similar time. We're very glad we're up on high ground too!

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    1. Hi From watching the news you've had it pretty bad. Glad you're high up and hopefully not got the worry of flooding. Thankyou for visiting me. Take care.

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It would lovely to receive your comments, hear about what you do and where you live. Thank you for visiting me here in the Orchard, I will reply as soon as I can. Do visit again. Many happy times.
Sarah xx