I hope you all had a lovely Easter Sunday, with good food, good company, and good chocolate. What did you get up to I would love to know. My day consisted of all of the above and some very lovely spring flowers.
Cooking for a baby shower.
After saying on yesterdays blog that I didn't do sugary colours today I have spent my entire day with just that!We baked for a baby shower to be held on Saturday, I discovered that a lot of icing sugar and butter makes me feel decidedly ill to say the least, however we are pleased with our end results but I don't want to see any more icing sugar this side of Christmas!
What was it?
Some of you by now will know what I like and what my tastes are from previous blogs. I have been bombarded with all things Easter on my travels just lately, which largely seems to have consisted of pale sugary colours, something which for me, no matter how hard I try I just can't do, so when I found this beautiful time warn container I new that I would be able to do my own personal take on Easter.
Easter, Chocolate, Plans, and a bit of a quiz.
The last of Devon for now.
So near but so far! Thank you ladies.
Whilst visiting Lyme Regis last Friday we passed a rather nice place called The Boat House, "do you have a mobile phone" came a pleading voice from an upstairs window, yes we replied, then a rather bizarre 10 mins unfolded. It would seem the lady hanging out of the window and her daughter had locked themselves in their holiday cottage.
Unexpected weekend
Don't you just love it when something unexpected and nice happens, if you are like me you lead a busy life, you work (even if you are at home) life gets a bit sucked down a big hole and you forget to notice the small everyday things that are just as lovely as the big exciting things. You get snitty with your partner because at the end of the day you are tired, (don't you love that word 'snitty") this is what my husband sometimes say's I am, which is not so good!
Anyway to get back to the nice unexpected things, we are off to Odle Farm for a long weekend, not planned at all, we will walk, talk, eat, have nice coffee, take pictures providing I can get the hang of my new camera, visit some galleries in Honiton, drool at the lexington goodies in the Peter Betteridge shop, visit Lyme Regis and the lovely Town Mill Bakery, see our friends at Odle Farm, it's been a long time, watch the shooting stars whilst sitting in the hot tub, and I will not be snitty!
Have a good weekend whatever you do, I will be back on Monday with hopefully some new pictures and places that might tempt you.
A gorgeous Lexington video for you to drool over, enjoy. Especially for my friend Dave B, check out all those cushions!
Enjoy my house Tom and Rosie, you deserve the rest.
http://vimeo.com/37803192
My next kitchen
I would like my next kitchen to look like one of these, what do you think? I do like the first one best though.
Do you think we may have gone Queen mad?
I noticed this article in the Daily Mail today, mmmmmmm not at all sure about it, what do you think?
The 11ft high tub has been created to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee anniversary and takes pride of place next to a similarly sized pot in the image of Prince Philip.
Each terracotta tub weighs more than half a tonne and the pair took a team of sculptors more than two months to make.
The 'Royal bouquet' contains more than 100 different varieties of flowers and cost more than £10,000 to put together.
Flowers featured include orchids, roses, ivy, daisies, fuchsias, gerberas, geraniums, perennials, ferns, conifers and moss.
They might find a permanent home in Buckingham Palace where perhaps the Queen's green-fingered son Prince Charles might offer to water them from time to time. Gardeners need a stepladder to give the colourful contents of the Queen’s pot a Royal trim,
The flowerpots were commissioned by TV shopping channel QVC as it launches its gardening season.
QVC’s head gardener Richard Jackson explained: “We wanted to create something spectacular to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, which would also inspire Brits to think creatively about their own gardens.
On a more positive note I am loving this couple called The Civil Wars, and as luck would have it they are coming to the U.K and will be in Southampton in November, tickets already booked.
http://youtu.be/AxGzWlNZfk4
Losing an hour!
Oh my goodness I'm not sure about losing an hour, liking the extra daylight though, and loving this watch, the face is made from sealing wax, my new favourite thing to use for wrapping presents. Click here to choose your colour way and leave a comment with your colours, I find it very interesting what people choose.
Two things.
Today I had a session at the Osteopath, it hurt lots, I felt sorry for myself so I bought my self some flowers, they don't make my body feel any better but they are nice to look at. I need a job that pays good money, doesn't involve too much physical exertion, but is interesting and arty, suggestions on a postcard please, or even better offers on a postcard please. Secondly I would like to go and eat at this tree house restaurant , Tom they don't have a video so get yourself to New Zealand quick smart! They need you.
Happy Mothers Day
Coffee and cake in The Garage Lounge Southsea (second visit, not so crowded, stunning) was the order of the day, followed by a nice lunch in Belle Isle Southsea, thank you Sam it was lovely.
My mothers day card has inspired me to get on with sorting out my downstairs loo, all to be revealed in a future blog.
Reports back from The Sketch restaurant from Tom my youngest son were very good, well worth a visit if you are in London and like the unusual.
Flu still seems to be lurking in our house, energy is not something we seem to have much of even after three weeks! Annoying, very very annoying.
Progression with new camera is slow, forgive me if some photo's are not quite up to scratch, the hardest thing I find at the moment is looking a bit odd taking pictures of all and sundry in public places, I shall just have to get over it for the sake of some improvement. To get good pictures you really do have to make some very odd positions with your body, crouching on the floor of a coffee shop to get a good picture of a cake doesn't do much for your street cred with your son I've discovered!
One Million Numbered Pebbles
How different is this?
This is how Sketch a restaurant in London is described in a conversation, "I want a room," thought he, " to rest." "Certainly my dear," he was told, "you have a choice of eight." "You lie," said he… on counting he saw only six. "Ah yes, but eight rhymes with cake." "Okay," said he, "what shall I find?" "Well," said the voice, "if you are very hungry and have coins in your pocket, ascend the stairs and you will find a dining hall of such magnificence, it will so take your breath away that your face will be a certain hue.
Nice Weekend
Some people are just very talented.
On one of my birthday presents this week was a handmade birthday tag, thought you might all like to see it. How clever and different is this, I love all the subtle colours and the quirky use of the different papers. Lucy who made it is a very talented young artist who is currently deciding where to study her art next, I'm sure where ever she ends up studying she will be a huge success.
Nice Day
Happy Birthday to me.
How lucky am I , Thank You to Tom and his company London Video Reviews for this very special message.
Arundel, some light up balls, and a nice bit of filming!
Just came back from Arundel in West Sussex, a beautiful sunny day in the end with lots of nice things to see, I've included just a few pictures in this blog for you to look at, I may have been more informative but I don't think my flu has completely gone so pictures will have to do I'm afraid, apart from a quick mention for Pallant an excellent Deli, well worth a visit.
Hankering after a good bakers.
This week I have managed to shake off the flu (mostly), I've been back to work , I've tried to make myself look more back in the land of the living , its been nice to be more back to normal but catching up has been hard, especially without my phone! (Sorry that's the last time I mention the Blackberry) Blogging has taken a bit of a back seat I'm afraid, but whilst I was ill one of the thing's I kept thinking was that I would really love a good local bakery, the nearest one I know of is a lady who has a market stall in Winchester in the high street, or Caracoli in Winchester or Alresford, not exactly local.