My Favourite Things – Part 2
Misty Mornings. Dark shadows of trees surrounded by swirling mist and a crispness in the air. Our world looks so different and mysterious – I love misty mornings.
These are a Few of My Favourite Things – Part ONE.
The countdown is on to wedding season again – 31 days to go and time to get the camera warmed up again. To do this I’ve set myself a wee project for August, photographing my favourite things. Firstly, it will…
Cake # NINE – Ginger & Chocolate Muffins
Okay…… I must confess. Today’s cake challenge has been slightly downgraded from cake to muffins. I had forty minutes to prepare something for an impromptu morning tea visitor and a last minute pregnancy photo shoot booked for this afternoon. Something…
Burning Down The House
At the weekend our neighbours enlisted the local fire brigades to burn down an old house on their property. A couch was set alight to get things started and the fire took hold of the house in an incredibly short…
Winter Baking Challenge. Cake # Eight – ORANGE CAKE
Due to the abundance of oranges in our house an orange cake seemed like the perfect option this week.Filled with Vitamin C it must be healthy…..right? Or does the sugar and butter cancel that out, I hope not!! RECIPE –…
Cake # SEVEN – Chocolate Cake.
Well my baking challenge is starting to pay off. I have just made my very first chocolate cake that doesn’t have a great sink hole in the middle of it that I have to disguise with extra icing. I am…
Cake # 6 – Hummingbird Cake.
Happy July everyone! Jack Frost has been very busy at our place this week – frozen pipes, no water, and burst pipes to troughs in the paddocks. One problem after another….My husband is the best!! Today, instead of getting frustrated…
Cake # 5 – Coconut & Lime Cake
Well it’s been five weeks since we got back from Thailand and the tan has well and truly faded. Winter has hit us hard this week with a real cold snap and I’m wishing I was back in the sunshine…
Cake # Four – Chilli Chocolate Cake
What kind of cake could warm you up on a cold morning more than a Chilli Chocolate Cake. We bought a Chilli plant last week and it inspired me to search for a cake recipe that used chillis. I’m a…
Phuket – Holiday Perfection.
We counted down to our holiday in Phuket for weeks, okay maybe it was months, but here we are, home again and it’s all just a distant memory. But what a great memory it is to store away. We holidayed…