Advent: 15.12 – Home make cakes and stand!

Not only did I make the cup cakes but I also made the cake stands too! I’ve had a box of vintage crockery stashed under the stairs since last year’s cup cake candle project. Geoff has been keen to get shot of them so was only to willing to do the drilling part of the…

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Advent: 14.12 – Time for some cake!

  This sticky and slightly boozy cake is a healthy alternative to Christmas cake.  Its cooking will fill your kitchen with a gorgeous spicy festive smell. What’s more, as it’s full of fruit and vegetables, you can easily count it as part of your five a day! You’ll need: 175g dark brown soft sugar 2…

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Advent:11th December

This morning was very cold, very slippery but glorious. The air was very still so the sounds of the pheasants and the rooks seemed to be coming from all around. Incidentally is there a name for the noise a pheasant makes? Answers on a Christmas card please! I

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Advent: 11th December – Morning walk

I mentioned yesterday that I now also have a personal Blog called The Pixel Chef.  Since I launched it back in the spring I have used it to post pictures (usually taken on my mobile phone) from my early morning walks. I go for about half an hour most weekday mornings – it’s a great…

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Advent: 10th December – Limoncello

Every year at Christmas I always come up with one scheme or another to make something a bit different to eat or drink. Last year it was raspberry gin and pickled pears. This year I stumbled across the recipe for Limoncello via the Domestic Sluttery Blog and though that I would give it a go.…

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Advent: 9th December – Christmas Bokeh

As if I haven’t got enough to do already I’ve made a bit of a rod for my own back by adding my Advent posts to both our business and this my personal Blog. So far I have just posted the the same thing on each Blog. but today Ithough I’d do something a bit…

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Advent: 10th December Limoncello

Every year at Christmas I always come up with one scheme or another to make something a bit different to eat or drink.  Last year it was raspberry gin and pickled pears.  This year I stumbled across the recipe for Limoncello via the Domestic Sluttery Blog and though that I would give it a go. …

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Advent: 9th December Christmas tree festival

  A lovely display of trees again this year – 37 trees and 37 charities. This years theme was to think outside the box and there certainly were some lovely and unusual entries. The festival closes at 4.00pm today so you still have time to get to All saints church in Shipdham if you are…

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Advent: 8th December – An unexpected sunset

Today I was going to be Blogging about the Shipdham Christmas Tree Festival which kicked off this whole advent blog idea last year. Driving across to Shipdham the sky was amazing. For a change I had a decent camera with me so I seized the moment. I have loads of photos of the Christmas trees…

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