Crunchy Day

Hello all and for those of you old enough to remember, Friday is 'Crunchy Day' - the end of the week when you can hit a crunchy bar without fear, distress or reprisal.

Suffolk is singing. Full of daffodils and canoodling robins and work work work. Have one mother wobbling around on two sticks up and down stairs and wondering whether I should erect some type of temporary safety net. Shortly to receive elder son (Rory) with pulled knee ligaments and knee the size of a grapefruit for weekend - not ideal timing - he has a scholarship assessment on Sunday for Oundle, part of which is two hours' sports assessment. Hum

We have just finished a packaging assignment which is to appear in Fortnum & Mason (that's the Queen's London grocer for those northernmost Hendersons)! It is the first truly organic flour produced in the UK (ie not any part imported from Canada) and is called Alice & John's Flour . There are four variaties, including a herb flour and a seeded flour (all herbs and seeds UK organic too!) - maybe cousin Bill will want to work his way through some when he next gets fed up with chewing cud? Do buy some - will roll out nationwide during the course of 2007.

Younger son Angus is turning into budding poet - will persuade him to add some of his latest creations to the blog. Has also written a book called 'Ready, Aim, Fire' which is all about shooting. Feel it is a development from his Zen stage when he only sat cross legged, convinced he was Buddha's reincarnation. He is 11 next week.

Better stop rambling. Neil I think this is fantastic that you are spearheading the Henderblog. Love to you all. What is everyone's news? Emma how is the design world? Elaine what is the man situation? How is Kate getting on with Daisy? Jane how is all? And having conquered the bulk of the Munro's, is Dad now planning to join Mr Fiennes up the Eiger face?

Miranda XX