Thursday, September 30, 2010

we back

made it home - here's a taste of darwin for you.
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more to come

wow it was a hot place to be pregnant.

Monday, September 20, 2010

We're going troppo....

Congrats to Jennie from Posie Patchwork who was my random prize winner for my third blog-iversary!

Taking some time off as we are holidaying in the tropical north for a week. No not palm cove, not cairns, not port o douglas but the real deal DARWIN! WHile we are there, we will be getting down and loud to:



Also sure to be some brekky at Parap and a croc or two for the little one. If anyone caught Poh in Darwin recently, you will be as eager as me to get back there!

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Makin Day Challenge PUMPKIN SCONES!

Oh i have got so very domestic... Scones twice in a week. This time pumpkin scones. Now it is not often I have mashed pumpkin in my fridge, but ....

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A very very wet mixture, but look how they turned out!
First a little stills animation so you can see stepwise:
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And then a very rare 'she's cooking in her dressing gown' shot in a collage.
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Which format do you prefer?

These scones were not so easy to make - did i mention drippingly wet - but the taste was oh so fantastic. And with lemon butter. Ohhhhh.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

animation me daddy...

Played this new trick with some photos seen here prev...

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Friday, September 17, 2010

makin day challenge #4

Date (& Lemon) Scones...

I am not one for making things strictly to a formula/recipe/set of constraints... So I added lemon rind to this recipe:
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Please note there is also the BEST pikelet recipe in the world on the bottom here, this has been in my vocab since I started cookin in the kitchen. Is fab..

The scones were fun to make
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Looked good uncooked, and smelled & tasted so good when they were baked that I neglected to take a 'project completed' photo... Here they are looking anaemic going into the oven
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Allover, I rate them 8/10 on all aspects, Rex would have preferred 'chocolate' flavoured apparently..

I understand where he is coming from, this is my latest obsession... Wanneroo WA strawberries with nutella dabs. Sometimes I am forced to share...
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Don't forget my bday giveaway until Sunday - make a comment and you are IN!

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Creative birthdays & giveaway for blog3bday

Rex's birthday (I'll stop talking about it soon) is done and dusted and was so much fun! Also my third blog-iversary, so there is a tiny giveaway at the bottom of the post...

First a happy and gorgeous shot!

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Then a flood of snaps of birthday capes, animals, cakes and kids.. My creativity was limited this week to baking and caping, please excuse my lack of knitting...

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The capes were inspirationed from here. Easy peasy and apparently very trip-over-y... But super.

Thanks for coming and looking - the blog is also 3, and in apparently bloggy tradition, a giveaway is in order. Since I seem to have only made cakes and capes in the last two weeks, this giveaway is a choice of the following, made by Bellymoo, and marketed here today at Perth Upmarket.
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Leave a comment on the blog and I'll choose someone at random at the end o the week to score a lovely ring!

Here for something that doesn't involve butter icing.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Rex was 3 today - he is a little buzz obsessed... as you can see...

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

my (Ruby's?) creative space circa 1903...

Hello - sorry so long!

Have some offering up for you this week

Firstly, something very special which has come to me via my Grandma Hilda, from her mother (my great-grandma) Ruby Menzies. This little sampler (is this what is called?) was made by her in Grade 5 (10 years old - i think i was mastering french knitting not french knots) in 1903.... It is just lovely, and my M&D had it framed for my birthday... Aren't i the luckiest?
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Ruby lived in Black Mountain (north of Armidale) where I am keeping up the making-day challenge... After using a whole pack of butter on these, I have slowed up! There will be images after the weekend when serious passionfruit cream filled yo-yo's will feature at the farm party. This one by Mrs E.W. Parker whom I have found out from parentals is Mrs ERIC Parker - what about this curiousity of losing your name even in print!
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This week, this one (on the right) turns three. I am finding this quite a challenge to comprehend!
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Pickle (as he is known) isn't too spoilt with 'stuff' but this birthday seems to have whipped up a gravity all of its own, and after wrapping yesterday, this is what was hidden in the secret cupboard! wo
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Have a happy old week and skuut over here for more creativity (that was likely done this week not last century)...