Thursday, September 17, 2009

My slackness...

I have been so slack in posting lately - mainly because I don't think anyone reads this thing ... partly because I've been busy living life ... partly because I've been busy reading other people's blogs ...especially this one that I LURVE!!! called Pioneer Woman - I think I actually drool when I read her cooking blog ... as well as laugh at her witty asides ... makes me want to move to a country town in America ... and cook, raise a family ... basically become a Suzy Homemaker as they say. I'd have to have some side job to keep me sane though ... I'm thinking about starting a home business baking and decorating cakes. For the last few years I've made my neice's birthday cakes. This year they got a gorgeous chocolate cake covered in sea-green icing with a (plasticine) mermaid. They were going to get a mermaid made in icing but .... let's just say my experimentation went a little awry - the icing wouldn't peel off the baking paper... it just crumbled to icing dust ... :( note to self - next time make it bigger and thicker! And don't wait until midnight the night before to ice the cake!



I almost forgot to get a picture!

So to make up for no pictures or blog in ages ... I've got heaps ... mostly of the garden and its progress (or lack thereof). Today is a pretty hot day so some of the vegies look a bit wilted.

The beautiful gardenia that I bought to grow


The young mango tree that was here when we moved in
Yummy sweet strawberries

An abysmal failure ... the avocado tree I let die (besides... I can't wait 10 yrs for avo's!)

The tomato seedling I'm keeping alive while trying to decide where to plant it