This dove is a local. It makes a nest among the branches of the creeper on one of the houses in our street.
The garden looks quite jolly already, with lots of snowdrops and crocuses. The potted lavender is covered with tiny blue blooms too.
On Tuesday we had fun, making Ninja Turtles for Eddie. I mixed the batter with matcha tea for the green colour, and blue and red food dyes for bandanas. Faces were drawn with chocolate icing.
It's been raining quite a lot in the last week, and we cannot go through the fields into town any longer. The fields look like a big lake.
I picked a little posy of crocuses and snowdrops to cheer me up and bring a bit of colour indoors.
My neighbour asked me to help her decorate the cake. It is for a 2-year-old girl who loves ballet. I used some pink and white sugar paste as well as icing pens.
Say it with the flowers on Valentine's day is usually say it with a chocolate cake in our case. My men wouldn't care for flowers, but everyone likes a cake.
Love the sugar paste ballerina and the Ninja Turtle pancakes - they look amazing. Hope you enjoy the break over half term and manage to get a little rest.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I think we all need a rest, and not getting up early in the morning for a week sounds like bliss.
Deletethe valentine cake looks lovely, that is some serious flooding, I hope it hasn't caused too much disruption
ReplyDeleteThank you! The flooding must have affected the houses nearby, but I haven't walked too close. We have to take a different route to school, but the town centre is not flooded, like it was seven years ago, or was it eight? Then it was a big disaster.
DeleteLove those pancakes. So clever. That chocolate cake looks amazing too. Very classy.
ReplyDeleteThank you Emma! The cake was lovely. And the pancakes disappeared fast
Deletelovely dove. We don't have many spring flowers yet. That flooding looks bad
ReplyDeleteMy garden is full of snowdrops and crocuses already, but you're up north, so it's probably colder there
DeleteYum - cake!! So lovely to see all the spring flowers around. I hope you have a peaceful and restful half-term x
ReplyDeleteThank you Leta, I can't believe the break is almost over, and it's back to school on Monday, sigh
DeleteI love those Ninja Turtle pancakes! I didn't even realise that that was field at first as I was scrolling down, that is bad flooding! x
ReplyDeleteThank you Amy! My son is obsessed with ninja turtles.
Deletewhat a pretty ballerina, hope the recipient liked it. Brilliant pancakes, so very different. I agree say it with chocolate cake is better than say it with flowers.
ReplyDeleteHope you have enjoyed your half term.
Thank you Elaine! The little girl loved it, as the neighbour told me later, she even brought me a bottle of red to thank me for helping her, which was lovely.
DeleteWow I love those ninja turtles :) Definitely cake in this house too. Those crocuses are really pretty and adds a little bit of colour. No walking across that field for a while. Hope nearby houses are all ok.
ReplyDeleteThank you, we are cake people! :)
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