An Update

Hi friends, I haven't posted in awhile and there are a few updates and a short announcement. Today was overcast and it rained a bit late in the day. It is supposed to rain a bit for several days this week. Not much rain but I hope it all adds up to enough to give the garden a good watering. Sunday late evenings after dinner seem to be baking days for me, at least when it isn't hot outside. I made date squares for the very first time as I had a small package of dates I've been wanting to use. I never used to like date squares but these days I don't mind them. I also made a batch of bannock bread to use up some milk which had passed it best by date. I should have warmed the milk a bit first because it made the dough very cold. In the end though it tasted quite fine and took the edge off the hunger I was feeling despite having eaten dinner (marinated chicken, steamed rice and green salad). The photo of the date squares isn't very good but oh my the square I