Day Twelve

In spite of the weather

Another grey and rainy day here but my first poppy wasn't going to be deterred by the weather.

Day Ten

Jam Tarts

I can see this is merely the start of finding ways to use strawberry jam.
Today has been pretty rainy and windy from the get go and so something was needed to entertain small people. Jam tarts are easy to make and taste rather yummy too!

Day Eight

A Pause

Today we sampled the pie and ice cream I made yesterday. The pie was deliciously juicy and sweet and went really well with the almost sorbet like ice cream.

I felt very pleased with my efforts, I can assure you! And you can see the remnants on Rosie's chin. I picked this shot of her for today's photo because I love her expression in it. Usually when she sees the camera I get the same overly dramatic and highly cheesy grin that her sister used to do and it was nice to get one of her mid-conversation where you could actually see her lovely blue eyes.

There was glorious sunshine this evening so after gorging ourselves on strawberry related goodies, we went outside so the girls could run off some energy before bed. Rosie rode her tricycle and Evie dashed about madly playing tennis for the most part.

I found a little patch of wildflowers between some hedges which was partly in shade and partly in the sunlight. I thought it looked rather pretty so I got some shots of the flowers before we had to head inside and try to herd the girls towards their beds!

Day Seven

The Day of Jam

So, over the course of today the 10kg of strawberries were turned into jam, ice cream and a pie.

The house smells amazing and the hardest part now is waiting for the pie to cool down enough to taste it!







In other news, the rosebud bloomed today! Hooray!

Day Six

 Fun with friends

Today we had a picnic in the park with a dear friend who now lives in, the very exotic, Abu Dhabi.
Obviously this means we don't get to see each other nearly as often as we'd like but days like today just show that friendship doesn't care about distance and time.

It was hot and sunny - hence my rather sweaty and flushed children - there were ducks and pretty flowers. Who could ask for more?

Day Five

Summer means strawberries

I couldn't resist. One of our local stores was selling crates of strawberries at a ridiculously low price and they looked soooooo good. Don't you think?

So now to find some strawberry recipes to use them up before they turn.

Any and all suggestions welcome!

And, as seems to be a theme at the moment, while I was taking some shots to share I was aware that someone couldn't wait until later in the week to try one. ;o)