Sweet Saffron Spice

Just one of the chocolate sculptures on show. I recently visited the Fine Food Show in Melbourne and it was fantastic. The variety of exhibitors this year was really good. I think more emphasis for this show was on products both local, interstate and overseas, […]

My grandson Kelly will be attending the NASA Space Camp in September along with approximately 200 other vision impaired students travelling from all over the world.  This is a very exciting event and a once in a lifetime opportunity for all those involved. Space Camp […]

  I had decided to make another “jar” gift for Easter after the very successful “reindeer nose jar” at Christmas. However the chocolate bunny I chose would not fit inside the jars I had so I needed to go hunting for a wider mouthed jar.  

  This was our almost completed Christmas Dinner Table, we went into the garden and picked some rosemary sprigs and bay leaf branches.  We scattered these in the middle along with a couple of limes and it looked perfect, unfortunately I got so busy cooking […]

I was reading through some Christmas Pinterest posts and saw Reindeer Noses, and I thought what a great idea as a small gift. I went to K Mart and bought the jars for $2 and decided to fill them with Maltesers (everyones favourite) and then […]

How time has flown, it doesn’t seem too long ago it was Christmas.  I have been very quiet with posts lately because of holidays and overseas visitors, but hopefully we should be back on track now. With my birthday just gone we decided to take […]

I always enjoy Christmas and the lead up to the big day but not for running around the shops trying to buy gifts. To me homemade is the way to go, it is so much more personal. I would much prefer my car washed, garden […]

It was a great day for Melbourne riders today to participate in the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. Each rider collected sponsors covering their ride raising much needed funds towards the cure for Prostrate Cancer. My son and grandson were part of the 452 riders taking part […]

Although it is still winter here, and believe me we have had some really cold and windy days, there have been the odd pleasant ones with a blue sky and some sunshine. On a day that was sunny with very little wind we decided to […]