The end of the May photo a day challenge from Fat Mum Slim.
22. Pink
Pink is this pretty sunhat pin cushion I crocheted for a craft swap at Clare's Craftroom.
23. Technology
When I was a kid, I would play solitaire (with real cards). Julia prefers to play on the DS.
24. Something new
I have just bought a slow cooker and I love using it!
25. Unusual
A crochet dalek I made for a friend.
26. 12 o'clock
Tick tock, tick tock.
27. Something sweet
Marshmallows - yum!
28. The weather today
Glorious!
29. A number
Five. The age of my darling daughter!
30. My personality
Optimistic.
31. Something beautiful
I have had this beautiful doll since I was just a little girl.
Will you be joining me for the June photo a day challenge?
Christine xx
It was almost the perfect Saturday morning, starting with a lovely (and rare) sleep in. Until Julia (Miss 5 and-a-half) confessed to her Dad that she had a bead in her ear. What???
I took her to the doctor and he flushed out two beads. As we were driving home, I jokingly asked her whether she had put anything into her other ear. She said yes, sorry I forgot. So we had to go straight back to the doctor again where he flushed one out of the other ear!!
Then I spent the whole afternoon sewing the offending beads and sequins onto her new calisthenics leotard (although not specifically the ones that had been in her ears).
Beads are no longer my friends.
Christine xx
Joining Sticky Fingers for The Gallery... the theme this week is Sunshine.
Bombala 2008.
Travelling home to Canberra from the south coast, we stopped the car at a park in Bombala for a break. Julia had recently had her 2nd birthday. She had so much fun playing in the sunshine on this old tractor that it was hard to get her back into the car to continue the journey.
Christine xx
I posted this photo on my Facebook page last week after making a batch for Julia's school lunches. There were several requests for the recipe, so here it is. Pikelets are so quick and easy to make!
Apple Pikelets
Makes about 30
2 tsp butter or margarine, melted
1 egg
1/2 cup apple puree
1 cup self-raising flour
1 tbs sugar
2/3 cup milk (plus extra if needed)
Beat egg lightly with butter in a large mixing bowl. Stir in apple puree. Add flour, sugar and milk and stir well to make a thin batter. Heat a non-stick frypan. Drop tablespoons of batter into the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes each side until golden brown and cooked through.
A few tips:
You don't really need the butter in the batter, but I think it gives pikelets a better texture and a bit more flavour.
The pikelets will keep a lovely round shape if you don't make the batter too thick.
I use a Swiss Diamond frypan. I don't have to use any oil or butter in the pan and they colour evenly due to the even heat distribution.
If you have a mushy banana that needs using up, these are great as banana pikelets too. Just mash the banana and use instead of the apple puree.
Enjoy!
Christine xx
My photos from the third week of the May photo a day challenge from Fat Mum Slim.
15. Love
A special note from Julia. "I love you the whole week and I especially love you lots and lots"".
16. What I'm reading
This book is fabulous. If you haven't read The Bloggess, start now. THIS is the funniest blog post I have ever read.
17. Snack
Grapes - something sweet and healthy (for a change).
18. Something I made
Julia designed and I made it... her crazy rainbow beanie for The Mad Hatters morning tea at school this week.
19. A favourite place
Austria... my husband's birthplace and a beautiful country. We would love to revisit some day!
20. Something I can't live without
Organisation. Somewhere to write down all the stuff I have to remember to do and somewhere to put all the notes about things I have to do.
21. Where I stand
Julia recently asked me if two girls could get married. I said yes, of course they can. Maybe by the time she is old enough to find someone special for herself, there will be equal opportunity for all.
Christine xx
Listography is back with a monthly theme. It's such a pleasure to join once again with Kate Takes 5 to share the top 5 things I love about kids.
1. When you forget how to program the dvd recorder, they will always take over and fix it for you.
2. They don't care how you look first thing in the morning and will always give you a huge smoochy kiss to wake you up.
3. They believe everything you say. For some time I had Julia convinced that everyone had a spare head just in case they broke the one they were using, and hers was kept on the top shelf of our wardrobe. Highly amusing.
4. Ice cream is worth more than all the money in their piggy bank and is close to being a tradeable currency in my house.
5. They can be cute and fun sprites or mischievous imps, but they are just so utterly adorable when they are sleeping.
Christine xx
Joining Sticky Fingers for The Gallery ... the theme this week is Picture Postcard. Congratulations Tara on 100 weeks of The Gallery - I am so happy to be a part of this photographic journey of memories!
I like to take photos. I especially like to take digital photos because I can take 5 or 6 shots of the same thing and usually one will turn out OK. But it is still most unusual for me to take a photo that could be considered picture postcard perfect. Amazingly I have managed to fluke a few beauties in my travels and this is one of my favourites.
This photo is taken overlooking St Gilgen at Lake Wolfgang (Wolfgangsee), a lake in the Salzkammergut area of Austria. We visited in 2005. Although the day wasn't sunny and warm, to me this picture captured the iciness of the perpetual snow on the peaks, and beautiful succulent greenness of the landscape.
Christine xx
