Rain in November 2012

 

 

 

 

 This is our local Park at Danesholm Corby, the rain has been non-stop for days, the ground was already waterlogged and this is just a top-up and is sitting there with nowhere to run to! there is water running in a rivulet along the paths into the road too. I wonder what it will be like when the real bad weather starts??

My girlz

 

Scrummy breakfast Mummy!!!

 

Eloise doing her impression of Munch's 'scream'

 

Lynn, Jaz and Tasha

 

Eloise Age (almost 3) 2. 1/2 .Oct 2012

My Beautiful little grandaughter Eloise, Her and her Mummy visited this weekend 6/10/12 and we had a lovely time. She is talking at an alarming rate now, asking so many questions, wanting to know why this, what's that?, it's so funny listening to her talk now, it's great that we can have proper conversations. She's such a clever little thing too, she knows all her colours, her alphabet, matching pairs, she does this with alarming speed and dexterity, she can spell her name and recite stories. such a little whiz! Love her to bits.

Happy Holidays Sept. 2012

Steve, Heidi, Harvey & Zachary on their holiday, September 2012. There is also one of Me, Steve and Harvey in a tent, at the birthday party of Eloise in September. Her birthday is actually on christmas day, so we had a little celebration early on so she could have a separate birthday. Harvey, here with Zachary is almost 4 and Zachary nearly 2. Eloise is 3 on Christmas day.

My brother

My Aunt & my brother in Australia

Breakfast loaf with blueberries

Blueberry & Lemon Breakfast Loaf



400g ground almonds
50g coconut flour
5 to 10g Splenda type sweetener (to taste)
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
50g mixed seeds (I used Neal's Yard Omega Mix)
50g chopped almonds
10g natural wheat bran (optional)
grated zest of 1 large lemon

110g butter, melted
4 eggs beaten
100ml double cream
juice of 1 large lemon
½ tsp lemon oil (optional)

100g fresh or frozen blueberries (raspberries would be nice too)

Put all the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Whisk all of the wet ingredients (but not the lemon juice) together. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients. When well mixed, stir in the lemon juice and mix again. Gently stir in the berries.

Bake at 160c, Gas 3, 325f for an hour or until a fine skewer comes out clean.

5g carbs per slice.

Breakfast Loaf

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Breakfast Loaf

by SweetHeart » July 9th, 2012, 5:57 pm

Breakfast Loaf

I've been eating low carb apple cake for breakfast. It's great to just grab a slice and butter it. So I thought I'd make one that was a bit heartier, a bit more breakfasty. This one is about 6g carbs per slice and very filling.





One large cooking apple, cored,finely chopped and cooked, or approximately 275ml apple puree
(if you use ready made, check the carb content!)

400g ground almonds
50g coconut flour
5 to 10g Splenda type sweetener (to taste)
1½ tsp cinnamon
1½ tsp mixed spice
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1½ tbsp baking powder
50g mixed seeds (I used Neal's Yard Omega Mix)
50g chopped walnuts

110g butter, melted
3 eggs beaten
45ml double cream
1 tsp vanilla essence/extract

1 large loaf (10 x 4") or square tin, lined.

Mix all of the dry ingredients together. Mix all of the wet ingredients together, add them to the dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in the pureed apple ( I cooked my own, and whizzed with a hand blender to break the skin up. You could cook the apple peeled)

Mix well and turn into the prepared tin. Bake at about Gas 3, 160c, 325f, for about 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out cleanly. Cool on a wire rack.

This can be served warm or cold or toasted, with butter (to lower the GI) and can also be frozen in slices for convenience.

16 slices; 6g carbs per slice.

A day in the life of Miss Jaz

 

 

 

Holiday at Caister June 2012

Amy and Eloise at Caister Norfolk on a long weekend to celebrate her 31st Birthday (Amy) that is!  Eloise on the other hand is a mere 2 and a half years old. and enjoying the sunshine and seaside

Little miss wriggly

Eloise and me on Jublilee Day, we were going to celebrate by attending the street party in town, we had red/white and blue boa for her to wear and a little flower for her hair in the same colour, but true to british weather, it rained, all day long, it was cold and windy too, so we gave it a miss and watched it on TV instead. we were disappointed but we had fun anyway, we had a lovely weekend and little miss non-stop 90mile per hour was as wonderful, funny and adorable as always.

Our walk in the park

Another beautiful day here in Northamptonshire. Our walk in the park today included Jaz's trot along the stream, I'm sure she was loving the cool water on her hot little feet.

Cuckoo Pint

http://www.plantlife.org.uk/wild_plants/plant_species/lords-and-ladies

We, my little dog and I were on our daily walk in the local woodland park, when I came across this plant, I'd never seen it before and was intrigued to know what it was.  I sent a picture of it to the 'Woodland Trust' who kindly sent me a reply really quickly. Apparently it is commonly known as the Cuckoo pint. It also has several other names given to it over the years some of which are mentioned in their website (above link) . It seems to grow in the shade of the bigger trees and in soil rich with leaf mold.

After I gained all this information, on our walk today (a day later) I saw not one but about a dozen of them !!  Obviously I hadn't noticed them before. But I still think they're an unusual plant, and so I am told, they bear bright red/orange berries in the autumn which are poisonous.

See what you can gain from being retired? LOL!! I love it, just walking aimlessly through the woods with the dog, or wandering downtown mooching around the shops buying little bits and pieces, nothing gives me more pleasure.!

A Weekend at Nanny Glitter's House

Me, My granddaughter Eloise and her Mummy Amy, on a visit in April 2012, Eloise loves to paint in my craft room, she was having a blast, was in there for hours, it was as much as we could do to get her out of there. Doggy pee pads are a godsend for a quick clean up and for protecting the worktop.