Give us this day...

A day of admin, clearing up, and being indoors.
I was hoping to bake a load of bread for tomorrow, when towards the end of the day we get visitors for soup and bread. Trying to hurry sourdough doesn't usually work so in the end I dug out some ancient commercial yeast fromn the back of our fridge and gave that a go. It was slow to take off but in the end it did its stuff. That's the loaf on the right - newly out of the oven. On the left, (and in the plastic bag at the base of the picture) is the sourdough. It will hopefully rise tonight and be ready to bake tomorrow morning.
We had a great time in the UK, visiting family and friends, and seeing a lot of people we love as we raced about the country, two days here, 2 days there!  However, it's really nice to be back in our house, sleeping in our own bed, and baking bread in our own oven!