Well, those people were wrong.
We all have our strengths and weaknesses. If the pics you have posted are anything to go by you are a good gardener, I can only grow weeds. If it is you that has cooked the food you have posted then you are one hell of a cook, far better than I am. As for my spelling, I use auto-correct and Grammarly a lot, so I'm not that good there either.
With you posting these pics of gorgeously hunky I'm thinking we need a new emoticon in the reaction bar, one that can emphasise phwoar! maybe it would look something like this 😍 or this 🤩 or even 😜 I'm sure someone could come up with something suitable.
Thanks for the offer Spike, it's appreciated and I may take you up on that in the future, like before I start posting the story.
The guy who is helping, and he is known to you, has read my stories and is on the same wavelength as me with them. It's almost like he knows what I want to write before I do, I won't reveal who it is but if he wants to reveal himself I'm happy for him to do that.
Aloha Albert and to the rest of the gang. Sorry I'm being a bit flakey with responses and commenting, It's just that I've been busy with some writing. I have a great guy who's helping me and he's given me a lot to think about to improve what I'm writing so I've been getting stuck in and doing what needs to be done, and believe it or not, I'm loving it.
The picture you have painted by writing about your experiences is a good positive one. The picture you have left me with is that you are not a quitter. You are a man with a 'can do' attitude and way of life. It speaks volumes for and about you. Don't give up, keep on going, I believe you will achieve your dreams. I wish you good luck in your future.
I watched the first episode. I'll admit there a few good-looking guys on the show, most are as ordinary as anyone in the looks department. But they are so over the top and bitchy they give a false representation of gay men. It is typical sensationalist TV that shows gay men at there sex mad bitchy worst. It's not for me and I will not be watching any more of it. Sorry guys but that's my opinion.
I prefer full chicken and joints of meat cooked on the rotisserie, there's less fat, but more flavour. For other cuts of meat and chicken portions it depends on the recipe.
I had to silence my smoke alarm earlier, I put some bread in the oven and then got so engrossed in writing that I forgot about it. Needless to say it resembled burnt offerings, not bread, lol.
Luckily the second batch came out perfect.
When I've baked similar in the past, I've always blind-baked sweet shortcrust pastry in a muffin tin. By blind baking using baking beans (not to be confused with baked beans) I end up with a small pastry case that I can fill with flavoured gelatin and fruit of my choice then top with whipped cream. I've never had any complaints about them.