There was a request for the recipe for that carrot cake. Here it is (it even comes with an article attached! Scroll down for the recipe). It’s also in Nigel Slater’s book Tender (which is fantastic and well worth the money). I make it with regular flour instead of self-raising because we don’t have that [...]

I’m swamped with work and it’s not making me happy – today I had to miss a birthday party for it. I keep thinking of all the great, fun things I could be doing instead – and hopefully will be doing when I get off work in just a few days. So, here’s a list [...]

Next week my summer begins – no more work until August! I want to spend some of all that lovely free time sewing, and what’s better than using old men’s t-shirts to make cute clothes for your kid?
Oh, and by the way – we didn’t go to Aamanns this time, we found something even better. [...]

SEE
rain, rain, rain
my parents, today
the ocean (more water!)
HEAR
the buzzing of the bumblebees that are nesting in our roof
happy 2-year-old talk
a nightingale!
TOUCH
woolly yarn
boy hair
the big plastic watering can
TASTE
homemade sandwiches with pastrami, mustard and finely sliced cabbage
dark chocolate cake
ice cream
SMELL
the sharp, fresh smell of chilli flowers
lilacs everywhere, fading soon
bread on the toaster
Plans for the weekend: Lunch in [...]

I have chocolate cake. A huge stack of work is waiting for me, but there is flourless chocolate cake on the counter and I was thinking that actually, mint tea would go very nicely with that. The garden is doing more or less all right, but there are so many things that need doing (the [...]