prairie mouse

cover kitty

look who made front cover.........

 

yay! 

 

so nice to be able to bring something out that has been under wraps for so long!

details here

 

on my table

fairy wings

 

and the best sauce ever - molly you were not kidding - i confess to licking the plate clean. we were reading on the guardian that the europeans didn't like cilantro and called it coriander meaning bedbugs because they thought this is what it smelt like. i myself (and of european origins) can never get enough of it so this sauce is my elixir.

 

 
 
 

tapestry

humming carol king. this has been tucked away for a long long time. i think i made this before tommy was born - so thats a least 17 years ago - round it off to twenty. scary. blip. two decades. gone! so yesterday i washed and stretched it ready to begin a new life as a pillow. i won't wait another two decades to do that. in fact i should pledge here, publicly that i will, before the month is out have it done. along with this one now i am on the pledge wagon!

 

fresh supply

we have just been to the farmers market where my precious wax is and procured two more blocks!

 

in the jug is the top off a fennel bulb from the garden that we ate last night. i can't bear to throw it out, it is so wonderfully green, feathery and fragrant. such a lot for such a little bulb!
 

wedded bliss

17 years so i made them a heart......

 

 
 

fall

our seasonal table has taken up residence on a footed platter. i love its changing nature - like the season. it is finally getting nippy down here!

 

hostess gift

yesterday i played ladies with some girlfriends and we spent the afternoon sipping tea. i wanted to take the hostess a gift plus another for a dear friend who was going to be there. 

 

easter is over and it is time to ring the homeschool bell! late on their first day hhhmmmmmm!
 

bun bore

just had to make a mosaic so i could bore you senseless with more - its like the preserving!

and prairie's candle making from yesterday - she melted down old candles. its easter monday here and then after that its school holidays for two weeks though there is such a lot of homework to get through i'm not sure how much of a holiday they will have - or me for that matter! oh well, i don't have to get up and make lunches - thats holiday enough!

 
 

easter

easter time always makes me think of that time when i first discovered this amazing, fabulous, ever giving, ever inspiring crafting community thanks to a friend who badgered me to look at her sisters blog! i took one look and i was hooked, literally ('ghans to prove it!). it was a while until i felt brave enough to get my own but nearly four years later, boy am i glad i did!

good friday began here with hot cross buns made using nigella's recipe from her book feast - i have done this every year since i got the book - this is batch number five and the first batch i made was one of the first photos i posted on flickr - a nervous newbie.

this year i made eight buns from the recipe instead of the recommended 16 and would continue to do that.

 

they were light and fruity and well worth the fluffing around

 

while the buns were proving prairie and i made some beeswax candles. it seemed fitting somehow and the smell was divine. in the jar is the bun glaze.

 

after all eating the buns we cut branches off the old pepper tree (love those curly bits) and decorated the sideboard in the lounge

 

whatever you are doing and wherever you are over this time i hope it is restful and peaceful! xxx