Saturday, May 28, 2011

a confession, an obsession and an introduction...

I have a confession to make; I have been spending far too much time looking at other peoples wonderful blogs to keep mine up to date. For this I am truly sorry. Here are some of those wonderful blogs…Dottie Angel , The Royal Sisters , Attic24 and About Mo and Me.


I have also been immersing myself in crochet. I am loving it. I love the colours, the textures and the many, many things that can be made. The problem is that I start making something then get distracted and move on to something else. At the moment I am making a granny square cushion cover, a scarf and a pair of mary jane slippers.

Aside from my developing obsession with Crochet, I have been very busy with markets and sewing. My trusty sewing machine is permanently on the dining room table surrounded by beautiful vintage fabric, doilies, vintage buttons and denim. A truly inspiring combination. Many bags, purses and brooches have been made and are now being enjoyed by other people.

Well, with all of that out of the system, I thought I might introduce you to some of the little souls that share my abode.
This is Venus. He has been with me since I was in high school. He came to me as a tiny little ball of fur with bright blue eyes. Many mornings I woke up to find he had crawled under the covers of my bed and was stretched out along my side. Very endearing when you are a teenager. I'm not so sure I would like it now.

This is Prince also known as the Little Angel. He is the perfect one. Always wanting to please and wouldn't dream of doing anything naughty. He is a purebred Tri-colour Border Collie. Apparently these tri-colours are not that common so I get questioned about his parentage quite often.

The youngest of the trio is India aka The Naughty One. She is a doberman with a kennel name as long as your arm and german bloodlines that are apparently quite sort after. If there is any sort of mischief to be done, she is the one to do it. She quite often leads The Angel astray and pesters Venus.

I also have a husband but I don't think he would appreciate having his photo here for all the world to see.

Well I must be off to work on some of my unfinished crochet.  



Tuesday, May 3, 2011

A lovely Ordinary Day…

I had a lovely ordinary day yesterday. It was a beautiful clear day here in Ipswich just bursting with possibilities. Should I do my housework and ironing…no, save that for tomorrow, what about a bit of sewing…no, I did some last night. I know, how about some baking, pottering in the garden and birdwatching.

I love these super easy corn muffins. I have to credit my sister-in-law for this recipe. I don’t know where she got it from but it is great. The basic recipe is 1 can of creamed corn, then use that can to measure out 1 can of self raising flour and 1 can of grated cheese. Mix it all together using a wooden spoon then spoon out into a greased muffing tray. The size of your can of creamed corn determines the amount of muffins. A 420g can will make about 12 muffins. I added some onion and ham to my mixture. Very Yummy!



My veggie patch has been much neglected of late but it is still producing food for us to eat. I picked 3 lovely cucumbers and noticed that there are more on the way.
This is a picture of the veggie patch early in summer just bursting with goodness.

For afternoon tea I decided to try a 3 Minute Brownie recipe that I found the other day.  You need:
A mug…into that mug put:
4 tablespoons of self raising flour
4 tablespoons of sugar
2 tablespoons of cocoa powder and mix
Then add
1 egg
3 tablespoons of milk
3 tablespoons of oil
Mix well and microwave for 3 minutes on high.
It will rise up in the mug and may spill a little so put the mug on a plate. Once the microwave has finished let the brownie settle back into the mug and it is ready to eat. I put some Rosella jam on mine and it was yummy.

I finished the day by watching these lovelies at the birdfeeder.
A lovely ordinary day. Now I must go and do the housework, I will reward myself with a spot of shopping after lunch.