Valentines Day Blackberry Pies

More blackberries, 4 sheets of Puff Pastry, one egg beaten with a tablespoon of water and castor sugar to sprinkle on top.  Serve with sweetened whipped cream and or ice cream. Yum Yum!

Hip Hipporay!

Finally I have cleaned the gum leaves and gum nuts out of this large concrete dish which features a pair of adorable hippos submerged in water.  It is a time consuming job because there is a layer of small grey pebbles on the bottom of the dish which are easy to loose whilst cleaning.  Asher the cat likes to drink from the dish in preference to his bowl of clean water.  I hope he is appreciating my effort.

The Sorting of Buttons

Slowly my sewing drawer is becoming organised.  I can't help myself, the sorting of buttons into colours is more about  seeing the different colours arranged side by side, pleasing the eye than the convenience of finding a button.  There is no way I will ever use all these button that I inherited from my mother-in-law.
Talking about buttons I have a sister who has a button phobia - she won't buy or wear anything which has buttons.  She would be the last person to ask to sew a button back onto a garment.

When life sends you Blackberries and Plums make............

750g Blackberries
750g Satsuma Plums
1.5kg Sugar
= Blackberry and Plum Jam (thanks Sandy for the plums)

How Cute is This?

Caramello alias Taun Taun found the handle of this cup to be quite tasty!

Just Like a Bought One.......

Aly has started her Certificate in Bakery at Regency Park.  It is amazing how much they have cooked already.  Most of their produce goes to the shop on campus which is probably a good thing for our health.  Occasionally they can bring home an item for sampling - like the marble cake pictured.  Good work Aly - it tastes good too!