The theme for this week's Gallery is GREEN. We went down to Wales for the day on Monday and I did try to take some pics of the rolling green hills in from the window if the car as we were travelling home but needless to say they all came out blurry! However, I had taken this pic of a pretty walled garden, and it's pretty green so I thought this would do lol.. ;) … [Read more...]
Easter Baking
April 26, 2011 by 9 Comments
I made some chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting (recipe from Hummingbird Bakery Book) and added some mini eggs & crumbled flake on top. Yum :) And of course I had to make my fav red velvet cupcakes too. Iced by myself & Bec after a few glasses of Pimm's lol.. There are lots of cupcakes left, which I will regrettably be throwing in the bin today as I am back to trying to eat healthy lol..! … [Read more...]
Happy Easter!
April 23, 2011 by 3 Comments
Happy Easter everyone! Hope you all have a lovely long weekend, whatever you get up to. We are having a BBQ tonight so hopefully the weather will be good...! :) We had a massive thunder & lightening storm last night - did anyone else? I was more scared than the animals lol..! I thought I would share some pics of all our animals enjoying the sunshine: Chester caught relaxing on the sun lounger! Chester & Holly chill out Holly enjoying her bone Pretty Meg Jess enjoying … [Read more...]
Feels Like Home…
April 21, 2011 by 2 Comments
So on Saturday I took a flying visit over to N.Ireland to collect my mum and bring her back on the plane on Sunday (she hates flying). Welcome to Belfast (Hmmm)! We went out for dinner on the Sat night to Coyle's in Bangor. It had just been included in the Michelin restaurant guide but I was really disappointed with my vegetarian option. I have never, ever seen veggie meals in a restaurant using Quorn - but there were 2 dishes on the menu using it here. Random! I ordered the sausage … [Read more...]
Springer Spaniel Walk
April 18, 2011 by 4 Comments
On Saturday we headed to Delamere Forest to meet up with some other sprigner spaniel owners for a nice walk. Unfortunately most of the people who said they would turn up didn't (bah) - but nevertheless we had a good time. There were 6 springers and 1 honoury springer (a jack russell)! They really are such lovely dogs and it was so nice to see a whole lot of them having fun together! :) Here are some pics: … [Read more...]
Red Velvet Cupcakes
April 14, 2011 by 8 Comments
After my first experience of a red velvet cupcake at the famous Hummingbird Bakery in London I have been wanting to try to make them myself. Lucky then that Gary got me a copy of The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook for Christmas! I made the red velvet cupcakes a couple of weeks ago, and boy where they good! Almost as good as the ones from the actual bakery (obviously I'm not as skilled as their bakers!). I was quite concerned about using so much red food colouring, especially when the lady in … [Read more...]
Dreams… & Cake!
April 11, 2011 by 5 Comments
I have always had really vivid dreams. I love going to sleep as, (as well as being tired) I know I can always look forward to some entertainment in my sleep. I sometimes wake myself up by laughing or crying! I just wish I could remember more of my dreams when I wake up in the morning, they seem so real & vivid at the time. Last night (well actually, about 2 hours ago since I'm writing this at 2.49am!) I don't know what I was dreaming about but I half-woke up (you know that lovely semi … [Read more...]
