This short story was based around the prompt "March Hare" More on Mythic March here , here and h ere * “She’s absolutely mad!” Henry spat, slamming his beer down on the bar. “Now, now, you’re new to Meadowsweet, we have a lot of characters around here”, Lem the barman said, wiping up the spilled beer with a dirty looking tea towel. Lem was just how Henry would have imagined a small town bartender to look: big, beefy and balding, with an anchor tattoo on one bulging bicep. The fact that Lem preferred words over violence and had been faithfully married to his husband for twenty-six years broke the stereotype somewhat. “You think she’s a character?” Henry said, “She yelled at me for buying traps just today! Said I was a murderer!” This was only the last in a long line of insults that included treating his yard as if it was her own (“foraging”, she claimed) and laughing at him that time he split his trousers in town. “Ah, everyone is really into conservation around these parts”,...
It all looks delicious! I've never attempted to make shortbread cookies myself, but I should try. Perhaps this Christmas?
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DeleteThese look and sound seriously yummy, Laura! I'm loving the sound of lavender shortbread, so thanks for linking to the recipe. And how cute are those teapot and teacup shaped ones! xxx
ReplyDeleteThank you. The recipe is just for the plain shortbread but you can just add some food grade lavender to the top of the shortbread or into the mix.
DeleteI'm extremely intrigued by the lavender shortbread. I believe I will give the recipe a go. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI haven't baked in years (too dangerous to have in my kitchen - it ends up in my belly!), but ooh, don't those all look so delicious!
ReplyDeleteWow! I've only just had breakfast and i'm starving after looking at these fabulous baking photos! xxx
ReplyDeleteI'll take a lavender shortbread cookie please. But they all look very good!
ReplyDeleteThese look so scrummy. I have to try out that lavender shortbread recipe. I have been on about trying something like that for years!
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