August 2011
6 posts
stopped watching the scary film now me and the mini mooshpie are baking a cake instead, she has her own tiny spoon to help too!
nostalgia
i find myself even more now being nostalgic for the places i have been. as mr maskingtape pointed out to me the other day (whilst we and the mini mooshpie were picking blackberries), that nostalgia means home sickness (nóstos, “returning home”, álgos, “pain” or “ache”)…
i have been lucky enough to have been to some pretty special locations. Sometimes...
the science of jelly
Well it was mr dan’s birthday at the weekend and what better way to celebrate than making a good old fashioned raspberry jelly.
I got a nice copper jelly mold at the local car boot a couple of weeks ago and thought this was a good excuse to try it out.
So here are some super pictures of my jelly endeavour…
stage 1, cutting jelly block into cubes and mixing with hot water
stage 2...
an afternoon of housey makeovers for me today… have a look at my doings here, http://t.co/6zukq4u
more projects to come
making good
we got this old cutlery tray from dan’s grandparent’s when they moved to south africa.
it was in the need of a little tlc, so i spent the afternoon removing the old gummed down paper, then sanded and bees waxed it.
we also got some of their old silverware which i also treated to a bit of sprucing up
before
and after
all pretty and waiting to be used for cakes and other tasty...