Dryathlon day 1: Detox!
Most years I plan to go dry for January! It’s fine for the first few days then I inevitably slip off the waggon and go back to my evil drinking ways… Well this year is going to be different. My son Tom told me about the Cancer Research Dryathlon just before Christmas and threw down…
Farewell 2012!
Things have been a bit quiet here since the onslaught of the festive season. I posted a fair bit on my business site 2up Photography as part of my advent project but in the end that came to a juddering halt on 23rd December. Since then it’s been eating, drinking and general Christmas socialising. …
Advent:23.12 – Limoncello part 2
Well I have failed to post very day for advent this year – this week has been so buy with work and getting ready for Christmas. However I did succeed in getting the Limoncello finished as you will see here……and one or two of you may find a bottle in your Christmas stocking this year!!
Limoncello part 2
Well I have failed to post very day for advent this year – this week has been so buy with work and getting ready for Christmas. However I did succeed in getting the Limoncello finished as you will see here……and one or two of you may find a bottle in your Christmas stocking this year!!
Advent: 20.12 – Heart bokeh
I cut out a circle of black card then cut out a heart shape in the middle. i then placed this on my 50mm 1.8 lens and this is the result. (As if I haven’t anything better to do!)_
Advent: 17.12 – The Nativity restorers
Our once controversial Nativity has been getting a lot of attention. Pictured above are Enid Clarke, Rene Smith and Brian Smith who worked hard to restore it for this year’s Christmas celebrations in the church. While we were setting up the photograph Enid told us how the artists came to stay in Carbrooke in the…
Advent: 16.12 – Spirit of Christmas
Our village event in Carbrooke was a great success. We had ice sculptures, a craft fayre, a story telling santa and to top it all Radio Norfolk arrived on the Village Green as part of treasure quest!
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…
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…
Advent 13:12 – Frost and sun
If yesterday was amazing this morning was sublime!
Advent: 12:12 – Fog and ice
I’m going outside – I may be gone for sometime…. I took a proper camera on today’s walk – the fog and frost were simply amazing! was simply amazing!
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
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…
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.…
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…