Snowmen, snow dogs, sledging
Chilly chickens
Frozen tractors
Cold, sparkling beauty
Smiling, Each and Every Day
Monday, 21 January 2013
And then Winter came
In all its icy, white glory
Snowmen, snow dogs, sledging
Chilly chickens
Frozen tractors
Cold, sparkling beauty
Snowmen, snow dogs, sledging
Chilly chickens
Frozen tractors
Cold, sparkling beauty
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Pink
The day started with play dough making, simple, easy and fun and something I so often, overlook.
Half a cup of salt
1 cup of flour
1 tbsp cream of tartar
1 tbsp oil
1 cup of boiling ish water
Food colouring
Essential oil
Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl, add the oil, water, food colouring ( always pink here but your choice ;) ) and a couple of drops of an essential oil, for a heavenly smell ( we used lavender )
Stir and stir and stir ( bingo wings be gone )
Add more flour if too sticky.
Then as it starts to come together, get your hands in and knead until soft.
The diggers, police and army were very quick to arrive, must be pink lovers too.
Half a cup of salt
1 cup of flour
1 tbsp cream of tartar
1 tbsp oil
1 cup of boiling ish water
Food colouring
Essential oil
Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl, add the oil, water, food colouring ( always pink here but your choice ;) ) and a couple of drops of an essential oil, for a heavenly smell ( we used lavender )
Stir and stir and stir ( bingo wings be gone )
Add more flour if too sticky.
Then as it starts to come together, get your hands in and knead until soft.
The diggers, police and army were very quick to arrive, must be pink lovers too.
Monday, 7 January 2013
On my plate
What do I put on my plate ?
Is it realistic ?
Too much ?
Too little ?
How much do I allow others to pile on my plate ?
Do I welcome, encourage it ?
I love food and left to my own devices, would always pile my plate high.
Along with rethinking those portions, I am thinking about my life on a plate, lessening some areas and heaping it on in others.
Discovering, rethinking and reeducating myself.
What will tickle your taste buds in 2013 ?
Is it realistic ?
Too much ?
Too little ?
How much do I allow others to pile on my plate ?
Do I welcome, encourage it ?
I love food and left to my own devices, would always pile my plate high.
Along with rethinking those portions, I am thinking about my life on a plate, lessening some areas and heaping it on in others.
Discovering, rethinking and reeducating myself.
What will tickle your taste buds in 2013 ?
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Eat your veggies
New starts
Avoiding the big supermarkets for as long as possible, seeking out the butchers, farm shops more and nipping into the co-op when all else fails.
Doddington Hall today for a little fresh veg top up, the cupboards are still groaning with Christmas cheer, so jacket potatoes, tomatoes and some mushrooms to see us through, the veg box arrived this week too.
So, we're set, inventive use it up meals for January, here we come.
Avoiding the big supermarkets for as long as possible, seeking out the butchers, farm shops more and nipping into the co-op when all else fails.
Doddington Hall today for a little fresh veg top up, the cupboards are still groaning with Christmas cheer, so jacket potatoes, tomatoes and some mushrooms to see us through, the veg box arrived this week too.
So, we're set, inventive use it up meals for January, here we come.
Friday, 4 January 2013
Corners
Sun lit with new energy, fresh space, clearer vision.
I wasn't sorry to take the decorations down, replant the tree in a different patch in the garden, funny how, as soon as the big day is over, it feels cluttered.
Slowly, as I clear, clean, rearrange, welcome the new, wave farewell to the old, the possibilities of 2013 seem bigger, brighter and all mine.
I wasn't sorry to take the decorations down, replant the tree in a different patch in the garden, funny how, as soon as the big day is over, it feels cluttered.
Slowly, as I clear, clean, rearrange, welcome the new, wave farewell to the old, the possibilities of 2013 seem bigger, brighter and all mine.
Thursday, 3 January 2013
Sprouts, how I love thee
Boiled
Raw
Grated, chopped and chomped
Stir fried
With bacon, with chestnuts
Without
On Christmas Day
On New Years Day
On any day
Sprouts, how I love thee
Raw
Grated, chopped and chomped
Stir fried
With bacon, with chestnuts
Without
On Christmas Day
On New Years Day
On any day
Sprouts, how I love thee
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
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