A Day in Lockdown in Melbourne and making Pea and Ham Soup
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Join me for a day in lockdown here in Melbourne while I cook some Pea and Ham soup and chat about books and my current favourite TV. ✳️ Say Hello on …
The soup look great! And it’s fun to hear your thoughts about “Morden i Sandhamn” I have seen every episode 😄😱
Oh don't know how I missed this one. Here you are again 👏 👏 👏 love pea and ham soup. I have never used a pressure cooker but use my slow cooker loads. Very warm here in England today our summer has been a long time coming.
Thank you, for Ihe book recommendations Going to order through local library. The Great Sophie and Vanishing Heart. Thankfully, our libraries have been open to online order and curbside pick up. I am listening to my first audible, through my.library, Barack Obama,s book, "A Promised Land.'
Our 3rd lockdown in Ontario, Canada will open Stage 1 on Friday. They are hoping to do it in 3 stages making sure the Covid numbers stay down each stage before opening.the next stage. School is online and will stay that way until end of June with hopes it will open fully come September. Sorry to hear your in 4th lockdown. Hopefully, it will be short lived.
I agree, Deirdre, the narrator really makes or breaks an audio book!
Hi Deirdre! Loved your book reviews and tv show suggestions! I have not read a Georgette Heyer in a long time. I read the Toll-Gate but I think I should try the Grand Sophy! I do think those book covers need a redo! Hope you are having a lot of Hygge coziness along with those Sandham episodes!
I have been thinking about a "Instapot", so great to hear your comments. Your soup looked great, definitely Soup weather here at the moment!! Stay safe Deirdre.
Greetings Deidre from Maryland, USA,
It’s summertime here and it’s about 9:00am and I just turned on your Vlog to get motivated. I have a ham bone in the freezer from a leftover ham. So tomorrow maybe I make your soup recipe. I do enjoy your Videos because you and I are in the same stage of life. Our children are grown and we are retired. It’s lovely not to go to work, yet I do miss some social interaction with people. But one must go on and find beauty, serenity and joy however we can. Thank you for sharing
I always enjoy your videos whatever you may be doing. It is like visiting with a friend! So sorry about the lockdown happening for you. It seems never ending. I love soup and always make load to freeze and have as a lunch treat. Taken care until next time.
Yum! Thankyou for showing how you made the soup! Thinking I’ll be making some. I have split peas but really didn’t have any idea how to cook them 😆 Hope your keeping warm during the next cold weather we will be having
Good to see you Deidre! Shame we’ve ended up back in lockdown after doing so well and enjoying freedom for months…..hopefully for not much longer. I’m confident the Vic. authorities are doing a good job to get us out of lockdown ASAP. At least our lovely cool weather suits cosy days at home cooking, reading, drawing etc.. Like you I enjoy so many movies/series from around the globe on SBS on demand. I’d love to be going skiing on the long weekend, but it is what it is. Stay warm and safe.😀💚Deb
I can't wait for Virgin River either! Stay safe! Soup looks yummy!
Hi Deirdre! Lovely to see you again and thanks for a lovely video. Thinking of you all in lockdown and hoping the numbers continue to go down. Two today I think? The weather is turning a bit arctic here today in the Blue Mountains so definitely soup weather. How funny, I cooked pea and ham soup yesterday, granola today and we’re having Chicken Kiev for dinner tonight 😊. And I’m cooking pumpkin soup for my daughter on the weekend. My book reading has been quite poor lately but on the plus side, I’ve picked up my knitting needles again! Didn’t touch my knitting last winter during our COVID lockdown but I’ve got the bug again this year. Take care and fingers crossed that your lockdown finishes very soon!
Hello Deirdre..nice to catch up again, so sorry you are in lockdown once more….it's wet and chilly here as well, but we are cosy by the fire…pea and ham soup sounds lovely, I haven't made it for ages, I usually pop a dash of vinegar in with mine, but next time I'll try some mustard….can't wait for the next series of virgin river, started re watching the last series in readiness…will checkout the Cabot cove comes to Stockholm murders..!! sounds like my thing….stay well and warm…..💕 from Tassie…..
Soup looks lovely Deirdre. Things are opening up here in the UK, we are down to 29 to 25 year olds getting their 1st vaccine .Around 57year olds getting their 2ndvaccine.We wear masks in shops still which I am fine with.Just having some good weather at long last 🌞.Enjoy your tv & Netflix , 🤗x.
I have a feeling you will need to post the recipe for your pea and ham soup! Yummy.
Hi Deidre, just curious what Australia is doing about unemployment. I assume the rate is high as it is in so many places. Does the government send unemployment checks and is it substantial enough to sustain the people that unfortunately have lost their jobs? During the lockdown, I started reading and rereading some of Agatha Christie’s books. Such classics! I couldn’t read my usual psychological thrillers. They became too much for my own psyche. Take care, stay safe. Always great to see your videos. Thanks!
Thanks for the book and series recommendations. No better way to pass the time indoors.
Hello!! I can't wait for bridgerton to come back either, they are amazing on audible if you haven't tried them each child has its own book xx
Love your videos, highlight of my day! I might give the soup a try as I have never cooked ham and pea 🙂
How are immunizations going there? I thought by now you’d all have had your 2 doses or on the way to be having them, 2nd doses are in roll out now in Canada, in British Columbia we are going into restaurants again. Man your country is a lot more tolerant of rules and regulations, if they tried doing that QR code sign in here, or in the US, there’d be heavy push back I’m sure, let’s just calm down and get through this is my feelings. Take care down there ♥️🇨🇦
Your soup looks delicious. A bit too warm here for soup, but will definitely be trying it come this fall. Agree with choosing an audiobook based on the narrator’s voice.
I'm sorry you're under another lockdown. Glad you're making the best of it. Our numbers here in Indiana, USA, have finally been coming down so I've been able to get out and go to some stores in the past month. Your making the ham & pea soup has inspired me to locate my mom's recipe for bean soup. I've never made it but have been craving it recently. My sweet mom has been gone now for almost 11 years; wish I would have thought to watch her make that soup when I had the chance. Enjoy your books and stay safe!