Coffee today is served with a piece a of Humming Bird cake, made with bananas, raspberries, pineapple and pecans with a light lemon frosting. Grab a seat on one of my newly upholstered chairs and I’ll tell you more…..
The recipe for the cake was taken from the Mountain Café Cookbook (A Kiwi in the Scottish mountains). The café is an amazing foodie haven that sits above the Cairngorm Mountain Sports shop in Aviemore a wee town in the Cairngorms. We normally vow to never go again because if you don’t time it right the wait on the stairs is infuriating…..but a good sign of the quality produce!
With the school holidays in full flow (I didn’t notice the transition), we were due to be in Aviemore this week. So we have brought the café to us. I love it when an establishment shares the wares in a take away book and this one does not disappoint.
Netflix is also getting more use than normal, and now that I’ve run out of Picard on Prime I’ve decided to go through a re-run of Deep Space 9 from the beginning. I never made it through in my youth, I think timing wise back in the day of University ending, new job, moving house and probably the BBC messing about with the schedule. It serves as a back drop to re-upholstering the 12 kitchen chairs we inherited with the house. Amazingly I’ve made more progress in the last few weeks than I have in the last 4 years. My ability to remove staples with a bradawl and a pair of pliers is now legendary.
A few days away from logging into work has also helped with thoughts around trying to be more organised. I’ve re-arranged my desk setup again. The changing light and my eyes warranting a monitor move, which meant a desk move and I’ve gradually been working through the books shelves trying to be disciplined around what I will actually read (ever!) and those books that I might dip into (one day) versus the keepers and the one’s I’ve read and never likely to read again.
A small box for the charity shop (for when it opens again) has been created. I’ve an immediate work through section which started off in my head as 3 books that I will focus on and now contains about 15!
With that said, I’m going to go get another cup of coffee, will stop by the places on the link and then pick up a book…thanks for stopping by and sharing coffee.
The #WeekendCoffeeShare is an informal weekly link-up hosted by Eclectic Alli that serves as weekly heart beat and sort of of a mind-dump. Helps me reflect on my week, with a list of achievements, thoughts and rambles normally whilst drinking a beverage probably listening to music.
It sounds like you are being very productive!
Trying to keep the mind busy….and so easy to go down rabbit holes. Now have a watchlist on You Tube! Not what I need 😊
I was in my last year of college, I think, when the original Star Trek series ran on TV. Watched some of the movies when they came out, but did not see many of the following Trek series. I think that Deep Space 9 is my favorite.
The upholstery brings back fond memories of childhood. My mother loved to redo the upholstery on her livingroom couch and chairs and the chairs in the kitchen. A great skill to have.
Best wishes for your week!
Thanks Liza, I used to watch the original series with my Dad and seems to have stuck with me forever!
You are so productive! That cake sounds amazing, so does the cafe. I’ll have to check it out one day.
With your love of the outdoors,you would love the Cairngorms
Can’t wait to see the finished product! And the cake sounds heavenly!