Showing posts with label quince. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quince. Show all posts

Friday, 9 March 2012

Its Delightful, Its Delicious, Its Delovely

The theme for today's post is inspired by Woody Allen's movie 'Midnight in Paris'. A delightful and magical tale where present day characters step back in time to 1920s Paris. Cole Porter and his music feature (along with many prominent artists and authors) which prompted me to go out and get some of his music. Its catchy, and ever since I have been humming his songs.

Its delightful ......

In desperate need of a coffee and cake fix - Mum and I escaped to Benedict House for a slice of quince and almond tart and passionfruit cheese cake in the delightful outside courtyard which had a very Provence feel about it.

Its delicious ......


I finished making the ginger beer that I started last week. Its hard to tell in this photo, but it had bubbles and everything. And it tasted just like the real thing. This kept us going all weekend whilst we renovated a little cottage.

Its delovely ......

Some of you know about my house addiction. These are some before and after photos of my latest house project. Its old (of course) and cute, although it needed a little TLC.

Before: the hall. 
 Everything needed a serious clean from smoke stains on the walls and ceiling. Gross!


Before: the bedroom 
The renovation team (aka Mum and my sister Sim) hard at work.



 
Because I am the tallest I get all the fun jobs, like cleaning and painting the ceilings!
Before: the lounge room

After: the bedroom. No more blue walls


After: the hall way. 
 The pine paneling was painted which made such a difference and made the house feel much 'lighter'.
After: the Kitchen. 
After: the lounge room. Freshly painted everything!
This is the view from the kitchen window. Cute!

Thursday, 24 March 2011

My first house warming presents

Whilst wandering past the shop front of a local antiques dealer this delightful light blue set of kitchen scales caught my eye.

Perfect for jam making AND the perfect colour for my kitchen I couldn't resist and bought them using a house warming cash gift.

They are pictured here helping with their first recipe - quince jam. The fruit was also gifted to me following my reputation as a jam maker :)

Yummmm

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