RED is so vibrant in the kitchen:

My neighbour brought over some plums from his tree, which was so thoughtful and generous, and I wanted to make jam to say thank you.

There just weren't enough though, and it was really more fiddly than I thought (stone them, peel them, put stones in a muslin pouch, etc). I am not really very patient and wanted to Do It NOW, so stewed the plums, sieved them to remove stones, added a tired apple that was lurking at the bottom of the fruit bowl, some strawberries that Master 5 had forgotten about, and a few handfuls of raspberries from the freezer. A simple crumble topping:

1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons self-raising flour
melted butter to cover it all

and ate it with Hubby's home-made vanilla ice-cream, cream, and custard...

DIVINE