Eurostar Trip

On Saturday 7th Feb I took my first ever trip on Eurostar from Paris to London, it was great I really enjoyed it. The return trip on 11th Feb was just as good, and the help I got from 3 young men on the Paris metro with my bags renewed my faith in human nature. This was one of my 101 things so thats another tick on my list.

LAMBS

I know she looks like Amy Winehouse but we have named her Tonto.
I am sure there's a teat here somewhere!!!
There it is!!!!
Joseph and his coat of many colours.
Amy look alike Tonto posing for the camera.
Joseph resting, its hard work this being born lark!!

How big the World

I found this map program and decided to use it to show places I have visited, it has made me realise how big the world is and how little of it I have seen, maybe one day I will do a little travelling.
visited 7 states (3.11%)
Create'>http://douweosinga.com/projects/visited?region=world">Create your own visited map of The World or try another Douwe Osinga project

First Snow of the Year!!

First Snow of the Year!!
some pics of the village and surrounding area this morning, I thought I might get my snowman made but there wasn't enough snow, we only had a little sprinkling, some would say we were lucky!!

Kerry braving the cold to change the goats water!!

1st February, Day one of 1001 Day challenge!!

So today I start my 101 things in 1001 day challenge, I hope I can do it, so lets see.
I have sorted out my packets of seeds, and this pic shows the first lot to be planted, I am going to pot them in compost over the next few weeks, to hopefully give me a continuous crop later on in the year.

Melting Moments

This is one of the recipes I will include in my recipe book for Sarah & anyone else who wants it.
I made a batch of these today and Kerry loved them, they are so quick and simple.

Ingredients:

65g (2.5oz) margarine

40g (1.5oz) lard

75g (3oz) caster sugar

1/2 egg

5ml (1tsp) vanilla essence

150g (5oz) Self raising flour

rolled oats, dessicated coconut, glacé cherries.

Method:

1. Heat oven to 180*C, 350*F, gas mark 4.

Grease 2 baking trays.

2. Cream together margarine, sugar & lard. Beat in egg and vanilla essence.

3. Stir in flour and mix well.

4. Roll walnut size pieces of mixture into balls, toss in oats or coconut.

5. Place on baking trays, flatten slightly and place a small piece of cherry on each biscuit.

Bake 10 - 15 mins

This will make about 30 - 40 biscuits.

(I made 32 today).

Dont worry if you dont have everthing you need you can compromise slightly, its good to experiment, today I didnt have lard or egg, so I made up the weight of marg to include weight of lard, and used a couple of drops of milk instead of egg. I also mixed oats into the mixture rather than rolling the biscuits in them, and finally I had no cherries so went without!! Biscuits may not of been true melting moments but they were lovely!! Ask Kerry cos they are all gone!!

RAINBOW OVER PERRIERS EN BEAUFICEL

Today was a miserable grey day, and I was feeling pretty tired with my C.F.S., Kerry was busy outside, late afternoon I noticed the sun had come out, Kerry came in and said come and look, and there was a beautiful rainbow over the village, it made me smile.

Felted Jumper Bag

What do you do when you accidently manage to felt one of your favourite jumpers? (after you have stopped crying)!! You cut it up and make a bag of course!

TAKE ONE FELTED JUMPER

CUT IT INTO 11 PIECESADD LINING AND A BIG BUTTON AND THERE YOU HAVE IT A LOVELY OVER THE SHOULDER BAG