Photo diary: week 34, project 366

When I think that it was only last week we were walking barefoot on the Cornish beach, listening to the waves and breathing the salty air, I feel nostalgic. I didn't make my weekly photo post last weekend, as my laptop didn't work. Thankfully, it turned out that it was the adaptor, not the laptop itself. Big relief, but it meant I missed my chance to join in the Project 366 linky.
I did write about our Cornish memories if you fancy seeing what we were up to, while staying in Perranuthnoe.

On Sunday I braved visiting Costa for the first time since the lockdown. Oh boy, I missed their latte. It was lovely with a hot buttered teacake.

My younger niece Sonia asked her followers on Insta, what she should draw next. Eddie wondered if she could draw Baby Yoda, and Sonia has kindly obliged him. We were both impressed. She is a talented girl. It was Sonia who has inspired Eddie to start using art markers.

Eddie and I are big fans of Robin Stevens' Murder Most Unladylike series. The latest, and final, book in the series was published earlier this month, and of course, we had to buy it. Now our MMU collection is complete.
We are still reading book no.5 - Murder and Mistletoe. We'll finish it in a couple of days, and then might have a mini-break from the series and read another author.
We loved the MMU bunting in the local Waterstones.

We escaped the heat wave and the thunderstorms, while staying in Cornwall. I asked a couple of friends to look after my tomatoes, knowing that it would be very hot, while we were away. I was also hoping to return to plenty of ripe fruit, but most of the tomatoes are still pretty much green, especially the bigger variety, Ailsa Craig.
Cherry tomatoes are just beginning to get colour. And they are very sweet.

On the way shopping, Eddie and I popped into one of the charity shops, where we have spotted several figurines of Napoleonic times' characters. I actually did buy a figure of Boney, as my father-in-law collects souvenirs of Napoleon. I also snapped a picture of the remaining figures to ask if he fancied any of them.

I like to use "staged" photos for my book reviews, that is, if I have an actual paperback rather than a Mobi. I wrote my book review for Who Killed Patrick? by Syl Waters for today, which is a cozy crime set in Fuerteventura. Crema Catalana features prominently in the mystery. Alas, I couldn't find any crema for the photo shoot, and placed Pastel de Nata around the book.
Does anyone have a full proof recipe for Crema Catalana? I really fancy some after reading the book.

It was so windy yesterday that the lawn under the apple trees is covered with windfalls. I picked a few and decided to bake an apple tart. I pre-baked the shortcrust pastry, then realised I didn't have any apricot jam to spread over, under the layer of apples. I only had a strawberry jam, which is not ideal for this dessert. How about the Biscoff spread? It actually worked quite well, so that was a good discovery.

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