Hard Water
Nature has been playing tricks on us here in Spain. Some days we’ve been fooled into thinking summer has arrived, with clear blue skies and scorching sun. I packed away our winter clothes but soon regretted it.
lemony sponge cake
Mama Ufarte’s Lemon Sponge Cake
Recipe and excerpt from ‘Two Old Fools ~ Olé!’
(Joe and Vicky have become unwilling baby-sitters for their neighbours’ children.)
I heard the activity long before I reached the kitchen. Standing in the doorway, my eyes swept the scene before me. The fairy twins were cross-legged on the floor, Joe squatting with them. Cupboard doors hung open, and most of my saucepans and wooden spoons were already spread all over the tiles. My heart sank. Where was the orderly kitchen I had left just moments before?
