Thursday 29 July 2010
Lazy days
Half way into the holiday in France and we have hit our stride, and are enjoying long lazy days of swimming, eating and generally lounging around. Fantastic.
Monday 26 July 2010
Cevenne sickness
Saturday 24 July 2010
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Tuesday 20 July 2010
Sketching
France
So here we are in France after a lovely visit with Mandy and Graeme in Basel.We has a bit of a drama on the way down with a cracked windscreen but all survived, even the windscreen.
This is me about to have the first swim in the river.
The boys have been building a camp in the stream.
The orchard on the way to the river.
I have often painted this view. I love the palm tree against the house, the mountain and the bluest sky.
And this is the terrace where all our meals occur.
This is me about to have the first swim in the river.
The boys have been building a camp in the stream.
The orchard on the way to the river.
I have often painted this view. I love the palm tree against the house, the mountain and the bluest sky.
And this is the terrace where all our meals occur.
Saturday 17 July 2010
It's Friday so it must be Belgium
Monday 12 July 2010
Fun beside the seaside
Sunday 11 July 2010
London
Friday 9 July 2010
De La Warr Pavillion
Hard to believe its England. These pictures are from Bexhill on Sea at the De La Warr Pavilion which has been restored to all its Modernist glory. It was built in 1935 for the Earl De La Warr and was the first public building in the modernist style. Its now an art gallery and very lovely especially in the summer sun.
Wednesday 7 July 2010
Cherry cake and cousins
We have cousins coming over today and so I thought a nice cherry cake might go down quite well. There hasn't been a lot of drawing going on as you can probably tell.
The cherry cake is one I do a lot. It is dead easy and almost fool proof. My type of cake.
Cherry cake
Ingredients
225g self raising flour
100g ground almonds
275g glace cherries
225g butter softened
225g caster sugar
3 large eggs
few drops vanilla extract
2 tablespoons of milk
It's your basic cream the sugar and butter, add the beaten eggs, then add the flour and ground almonds and lastly the vanilla extract,milk and the cherries. My Granddad was a baker and he said you need to roll the cherries in flour before adding them to the mixture so they don't all sink to the bottom of the cake. That's what I do and it mostly works.
Spoon into a cake tin or loaf tin about a 9 inches is what I used. Bake on a middle shelf at about gas mark 4 or 180 degrees for about an hour or until a skewer comes out clean. I decorated mine with icing made with icing sugar and water and the rest of the very large tub of cherries I bought.Yum!
Saturday 3 July 2010
Mercatoria
The sun continues to shine and so we paid a visit to our favourite pub Tiger Inn in East Dean.
I continue to browse the wonderful shops, this time in an area called Mercatoria. You wouldn't believe it was a run down East Sussex town would you. It looks more Parisian.
I got Jos a t shirt in the same design as the bear is made from.
The view at the top of our road.
I continue to browse the wonderful shops, this time in an area called Mercatoria. You wouldn't believe it was a run down East Sussex town would you. It looks more Parisian.
I got Jos a t shirt in the same design as the bear is made from.
The view at the top of our road.
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