Today I watched the Pope’s funeral on television and made my cheese and wild garlic scones. The funeral was quite moving and there were lots of foreign politicians and royalty there. The mourners in St. Peter’s Square broke into applause as the pallbearers carried the pope's coffin outside. The pope made his final journey in a converted pope mobile (the glass topped vehicle that popes use to visit the crowds) through the streets of Rome to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. In a break with tradition Pope Francis had chosen to be buried there instead of in the Vatican because it was his favourite church in Rome.
My scones were a triumph. I chopped up the wild garlic leaves finely and the scones looked great - and tasted even better! James arrived home from his Bothy trip mid afternoon and enjoyed two scones before having a shower and a nap. He had a fantastic time with Mark and Cornel but he was very tired after all that hill-walking! Later we watched a Clint Eastwood from 1992 called The Unforgiven. It got the Oscar for best film that year but I thought it was just like all the other Clint Eastwood westerns; a retired gunfighter is reluctantly pressed into service one more time, after much bloodshed he wins his fight against the evil townspeople and mooches out of town exhausted and dispirited.
My scones were a triumph. I chopped up the wild garlic leaves finely and the scones looked great - and tasted even better! James arrived home from his Bothy trip mid afternoon and enjoyed two scones before having a shower and a nap. He had a fantastic time with Mark and Cornel but he was very tired after all that hill-walking! Later we watched a Clint Eastwood from 1992 called The Unforgiven. It got the Oscar for best film that year but I thought it was just like all the other Clint Eastwood westerns; a retired gunfighter is reluctantly pressed into service one more time, after much bloodshed he wins his fight against the evil townspeople and mooches out of town exhausted and dispirited.
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