Food photo's....what I've been cooking up in my kitchen



 

These are just a few of the recipes I've been making up in my absence....above is a yummy raspberry coconut slice which I made to take to work for morning tea one week..... hubby has now demanded a new one to be baked just for him LOL as he only had a few pieces before I whisked the rest of to work the next day.



 I also made some yummy smelling bread to go with the home made pea & ham soup I made for dinner, the rest of the soup is now in my freezer ready to be defrosted on a cold winters night for dinner when I'm doing a late shift at work.....I love my freezer!

 

I also managed to purloin some red wine from a lovely co-worker ( thanks Bronwyn ) so I could make this slow cooker red wine and beef casserole with cheese and parsley dumplings.....oh my goodness it was soooo good I've also been asked to make this again by hubby :) May just need to ask Bronwyn if she any leftover red sitting around not being used lol.

 

 also made a decadent chocolate cake for a co-worker who is was celebrating 10 years service at the centre I work at....lets just say I took an empty plate home the following day :) So as you can see I have been keeping myself very busy in my blog absence and I hope to have a few more photo's to show you real soon :)

As promised.....

 

As promised I'm back with an updated photo of my triangles.....the piles are getting bigger!

 



 

 I'm only planning to make this blanket lap size and if it doesn't work out I'll have plenty of triangles to make some beautiful bunting for my sewing room and maybe as a few gifts lol :)

 

I've also been learning how to make these Christmas baubles.....you all know how much I LOVE CHRISTMAS! they're not as hard as I thought they'd be fiddly yes hard no so I have plans to make a few more very soon now that I've bought more pins and foam balls I just have to cut out more fabric and start folding.

 

I've also been trying to get a bit fitter so I've been walking before walk most mornings or in the mornings I don't work depending on how the weather is..... this is one of the view I get to see on my walk before I start work, very peaceful and serene :)

 

This photo was taken on one of my non working days and as you can see it was a bit frosty and chilly but just lovely to get out and walk in....

 



 

Another gorgeous morning and I couldn't resist taking a photo of this beautiful autumn tree with a brilliant blue sky as its backdrop.....one of my walks around my home, a  bit later than I'd normally walk with the sun shining and the briskness of winter on its way.

On one of my earlier walks in the year I passed by this rose bush and couldn't resist taking a photo of this beautiful rose in full bloom, I can't wait till spring to see this bush again...... as you can see I have been keeping myself busy with my crochet and walking but I've also been cooking up a storm which I'll devote a few  pictures of on another post soon :)

What I've been up to while trying to figure out how to use windows 10....

As the title suggests I've been struggling to work out how to use windows 10....that's what happens when you leave your computer unattended for a few weeks ( insert very sad face here! ) I still haven't worked it out and I have now resorted to my little mini laptop and have had to transfer all info over so I can at least do a blog post with photo's as it's still on windows 7.....have I told you how much I HATE WINDOWS TEN!!! Sorry for yelling :( but I'm just a tad upset as windows 10 is absolute crap ( sorry for the language ) the format is hopeless and the design/image is harsh on the eyes and my blog keeps vibrating when I click onto it using windows 10 which makes it hard to stay on that computer long.....anyway enough of my rant lets get onto the fun stuff which is what I've been getting up to in my absence from blog land :)

 

I've been playing with more triangles....this time I'm trying for a blanket ,will show you more progress photo's later....

I made this gorgeous stitchery for a very special friends birthday ( waves to Ondrea ) and realized I hadn't blogged about it very remiss of me .....now to get on to making one for me as I have an extra hat button to use up......

I also made this for another gorgeous friend "Cheryl" I must say I loved how it turned out and sooo glad I decided to do all the satin stitch on her top as it just made it pop :)

I know I've already shown you a photo of this beautiful bag but I couldn't resist adding it again I'm soooo in love with it :)

I also made two baby blankets for twins as per the mum's request in purple, blue, grey and cream using the same pattern but just varying the pattern design to get two totally different looks but with the same colour way..... and I'm happy to say the mum-to-be was very happy with the end result :)





I also participated in a lovely swap and the only requirement was it had to be a softie and since I've had this bunny pattern begging to be made for a little while I decided to make her up.....but wait I forgot to show you her tutu......

 





AAhhhh there she is all done up in her fancy tutu ready for a night out on the town :)

Anyway I will really try not to leave it this long again before I blog again unless in it's wisdom window's 10 decides it's going to force itself onto this mini lap top as well MMm hope not as I've missed blogging and my blog :)