Busy weekend

Lemon Meringue pie

This is our new chicken Nutmeg

Home made strawberry Jam

Chocolate (Rooster) in his new home with 150 Ladies to keep him company!

This is my boy with his chicken Chocolate which we found out is a Rooster!

Hello all,

Well it's Sunday night again and this weekend was very busy. For the last week or so we have what we think is a rooster noise from one of our chicken as the week went on it got more often thank god it was after 9.00am that it decided to do this as we are not allowed to have a rooster we can have chicken.

So Saturday morning for us was to take chocolate (rooster) to a chicken farm not far from us and this is what we got in return for chocolate (rooster) we welcome Nutmeg into our group of girls (Chickens). Chocolate (rooster) belonged to my youngest son and we bought them up from little chicks so it was really hard for him but we did not have an option. So I have photos of chocolate in his new home with 150 other chicken he will love. So having done that we spent the rest of the morning gardening and them my husband made a lemon meringue pie for desert.

Both my husband and I love to cook so on Saturday he cooked and Sunday morning I made a new batch of strawberry jam. then we went for a drive in the country as we have been teaching our oldest daughter to drive so we thought the country would be a good drive for her.

We didn't seem to stop all weekend.

have a beautiful week Lisa

Beautiful Friends

Good Morning,

I had a very dear friend drop round to visit me yesterday afternoon with a lovely birthday gift this vintage style white frame, I love it. I had just the perfect thing to put inside the frame a couple of weeks back I bought some handmade cards from kathy karas so it is now sitting on my desk where I write everyday. Thank you stephanie for the beautiful gift.

Have a beautiful day Lisa

Have a look what I received in the mail

I thought I would share a photo of my birthday cake it was a baked chocolate cheese cake!

Good Morning,

This post continues on from my birthday I contacted kathy about 3/4 weeks ago about painting a vintage suitcase with some teddy bears. Each year for my birthday for the last 3 years my wonderful husband has bought me a kathy karas painting. This is what I received in the mail this morning. Thankyou Kathy this is just stunning. You need to pop over and visit kathy her blog is http://www.kathykaras.blogspot.com/ she also sells on ebay but you have to be quick. Have a beautiful day all I will leave you with some photos and some more photos from my birthday.

Have a beautiful day Lisa

The Love of cooking

Good Morning all,

The other night I cooked Cauliflower & Leek soup I had all the kids complaining do we really have to eat that! I had never made it before so not knowing what it tasted like I did say to them all have a try and if you don't like it you don't have to eat it!

Well they couldn't get enough of it. It was the easiest soup I had every cooked and tasted beautiful. So I thought I would share the recipe with you (I did forget to take a photo) so I have used one from the Internet.

Cauliflower & Leek soup

You will need

I large Cauliflower

2 x Large Onions/Leeks

200 grams bacon

300 mls Cream

1lt Vegetable stock

Parsley

Thyme

Dice onions/leeks and bacon put into saucepan with olive oil and start the cooking process cut the cauliflower into small pieces add to the onion and bacon add vegetable stock and cream and thyme and cook on slow for about 20 or until cauliflower is all mushy (good cooking term) at this time you can blend or keep it chunky! Pop the parsley in just before serving next time I cook this I will take photo's.

Serve with crusty bread!

Have a beautiful weekend Lisa

Beautiful Images

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Wonderful Day

Roses from my Darling Husband! He is the best Husband in the whole world

Vintage style rosary beads from my beautiful girl She so knows me and what I love.

I have a collect of old bibles so these just work so well together.

and the above presents are from both my amazing boys!
I am so lucky I really have the best family in the world.

Hi all,

I just had to do a quick post to say thankyou to you all for my beautiful messages I have had many phone calls from friends and family.

I woke up to these beautiful gifts from my kids this morning.

I went shopping with my son and daughter she bought morning tea for us we shopped till we droped! then we went into the city to have lunch with my husband and then afternoon tea with the 3 of my kids, we have an amazing dinner planned and baked chocolate cheese cake for desert!
Have a beautiful Evening Lisa

Look what I got in the mail this morning

I have two patterns and this gorgeous doll from Nicole Ellison of Raggedy Old Annies

A New sewing book this is the third one from the Sewing Homestyle by Tone Finnanger.
I would love a couple more.

Good Morning all,

Well it's my birthday tomorrow and I have a couple of presents already my wonderful Husband has been so busy and this is what I opened already I know I should have left them till tomorrow I am really bad at that.

My beautiful kids keep reminding me every day how many sleeps I have to go and this morning they all said Mum only one more sleep to go. I'm glad they are counting, we have this tradition that every birthday they all come and wake me really early and all sit on the bed and we open presents then I normally have breakfast cooked for me. Tomorrow I have planed a day out with two of my 3 kids as one of them has a day off for study and my youngest I home school so it should be a wonderful day and I plan to have lunch with my husband as well.

Have a beautiful day Lisa