The Way of the Wombat

Tomorrow is D-d's birthday. We are going out for a meal and so she won't be home to have cake.

But during conversation on Sunday, when she took me out for lunch, I managed to volunteer to make her one to take to work with her. And then there was this, well it was more a pattern than a recipe, that I wanted to try...

So under the cut is a step by step of cake construction. ( Read more... )

It's a good job I did it last night - my back is playing up this evening and I really wouldn't have had the patience.

Thank you to everyone for the birthday greetings, gifts to my journal, e-cards and hard-copy cards that I received yesterday. I really do love that my birthday gets so much more celebrating since I joined LJ.

S2C bought me the Blu-ray mega extended boxed set of Lord of the Rings - this should keep me occupied for a month or two. D-d gave me a beautiful new jumper and also took me out for afternoon tea to celebrate properly.

And there was a bracelet from my Mum, a very, very, nice silver and grey scarf and some black and silver glass earrings from dougalsservant, and a couple of other bits from a couple of friends.

Afternoon tea was very good - just the two of us as S2C had just had his first shift back at work and was in bed asleep.

Fist came a selection of sandwiches served with crisps and a good, mustardy, potato salad.



And then came scones with jam and cream, mince pies, and Victoria sponge;



I know I look a bit worried in the background there - I always do when someone else has the camera!

So - a day well celebrated.

Just a quick post to say a big thank you for all the birthday greetings, e-cards and the gifts for my user-page for my birthday.

I got a new MP3 player from S2C and I've spent time transferring music files, and some of my pictures, onto it. D-d took me out for lunch to the creperie near her office - and very good their buckwheat galettes are, too. She gave me a new book to write my favourite recipes down in as the current one has got so many things spilt on it over the years that some of the recipes are really unreadable - and so I have spent time writing recipes into it.

For Christmas, of course, S2C gave me a kindle - and I've been busy putting books onto it... and D-d gave me a new sewing basket and I have been busy sorting everything out of my old one and putting things into the new one. We seeing a theme here?

Also I've been up to Mum's to collect the goose for New Year, and done a bit of shopping - and spent hours reading to my great pleasure.

Pity I haven't got far with the essay I'm supposed to be writing, or the portfolio of evidence of learning... ah the joys of continuing education!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO calturner AND zanthinegirl!

Here is a summer pudding for you to share....

I hope that you both have a lovely day and a very, very good year.

A big bouquet to wish a Happy Mothers' Day to everyone on my Friends list that it could possibly apply to - including Dads, step-parents, honorary parents, and so on - consider yourself included - the flowers are for you.

Also Happy Birthday to spikereader - Have a lovely day.

And have an extra share of the bouquet as it is your special day!

These are festive birthday candles for someone who loves Christmas, and has a wonderful collection of Christmas decorations -

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ezagaaikwe

Here's wishing you a wonderful day, and a really good year for you and all the family.

(For some reason this looked perfect on my computer when I first posted it, but didn't on S2C's - so this is a second attempt, in case you all had the same effect that he did, rather than the effect I had!!)

ETA - it still looks fine on mine, and he still cannot read any of the lettering - out of curiousity - can YOU see the greeting, or a load of code? Could you, any of you, let me know?

OK - I have taken the pretty letters away - you'll have to imagine pretty pink greetings dear!

I'm sorry - I couldn't find a weird cowgirl - so here is a weird cow! Hope you are having a good day.