Our Vegetable Garden - Update#4 November in pictures

No matter how big our vegetable garden is, it doesn't seem big enough... that or we've overplanted... probably the latter..and the former! Anyhow.  We've had some scorching heat this past week and earlier in the week I was horrified to find a whole swarm of fruitfly helping themselves to our silverbeet, and some on the tomatoes! ...

Sunday Baking Project: Olive, rosemary and gorgonzola loaves

There's no yummier smell than bread baking, and I enjoy it, so I really should do it more often.  Ironically warm days are the best to bake as you get that really good rise when you prove your bread, however it's the warm days you  are quite loathe to turn on the oven. This bread is truly worth making, whatever the weather. This...

Gingerbread House anyone?

I've made a few gingerbread houses in my time, ok, well 2 before, but this weekend I've helped organise and host a community gingerbread house making evening and day.  Last night (Friday) was mainly adults.  A group of ladies who I called the 'hard-core table'.  They came in, started unpacking.  Aprons, lollies, knives,...

Festive Friday - oh dear.

I must admit I love looking (and laughing) at terrible family photos.  Christmas usually brings out the better ones complete with bad jumpers and t-shirts. Get a load of this one!!  Love the shirt, and the glasses... and the blush! The jumpers on this one.. oh and of course the eyes! Ick. This must have been taken at an ugly...

2009: The year of....

Been thinking a bit this week (yes I do think!) well rather reflecting on 2009 now we're nearly at it's end.  And wondering how I'd sum it up.  I've decided I would sum it up by calling it :  Year of the U-turn. You see last year I went back to work.  I love what I do for a job and was very happy to be out of the Stay-at-home-Mum...

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree...

Yes.  We're a bit early.  We've been collecting a few extra decorations over the past month and look, we just couldn't wait! The weather was cool, my Nan was over and it seemed like the right time. So we got the tree out, we organised the decorations.  We decorate in silver, iceblue, red and white. We put Bing, Judy and...