A few days out

I haven't posted for a while because of phone & internet problems, having a few problems trying to do this post too. The photos won't centre & the text seems to have a mind of it's own! Anyway we're on holiday this week so I thought I ought to post the backlog of what we've been up to recently.

L had the class giraffe, Geoffrey come to stay for a week so we took him to the woods for a picnic.

and looked for dragonflies.

We went to Lost Fest, which is a yearly event held at Lostwithiel. Lots of music, dancing and stalls, these ladies were L's favourite we had to drag her away in the end.

We spent a sunny day over at Padstow, where we walked over to the beach at Hawkers cove.

L went to meet her elder sister's
boss, Paul Ainsworth at No 6. I think she's his number 1 fan so much so that she's hoping to get a job there too, although she doesn't understand why she has to wait until she's older as she can cook already!

Over at Padstow again, we went to the Royal British Legion's summer fete held in the grounds of Prideaux Place, a beautiful house looking out over Padstow.

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The Eden Project have a circus event, The Labyrinth, taking place over the Summer holidays. To promote this the No Fit State Circus had a parade through St Austell. It Looks like it'll be a fantastic show but at £30 for adults & £17.50 for children I don't think we'll be going!

Sargies Cornish Kitchen

Recently Beth from Jam and clotted cream put a shout out for Cornish bloggers to review some food items for Sargies Cornish kitchen, I didn't need asking twice :)

Sargies produce a small but impressive range of hot puddings, seasonal desserts and hand piped meringues, all made using free range eggs, with no added preservatives or colourings.

I received a sticky toffee pudding, a jar of luxury lemon curd and 6 free range Cornish meringues

Firstly we tried the sticky toffee pudding, apologies for the photo quality it was a grotty day. The pudding looked and smelt good but was a little too sweet for us. To be fair though I'm sure that if I had some clotted cream with it it would've taken some of the sweetness away.

Next up was the meringues these were perfect, so much so that my daughter who doesn't usually eat meringues loved them. I made a blueberry & strawberry version of Eton mess, the bowls were virtually licked clean. This was requested again a week later so I made it using supermarket meringues, the pieces of meringue were left uneaten by my children, not nice at all.

The lemon curd was delicious I made a lemon curd and passion fruit fool from a Good Housekeeping cookbook the recipe called for flaked almond topping but I crumbled the last of Sargies meringues over the fool, which finished it off perfectly!

The rest of the jar was used making lemon meringue cupcakes, also delicious but I overwhipped my egg whites & ruined the topping hence no photo :s

You can buy Sargies products in many outlets in Cornwall including Asda & some Morrisons you can find the full list here.

Exciting times.

It's all been go, go, go around here this past fortnight. First I was asked if I would be willing to sell some of my handmade things at Carruan farm & restaurant Polzeath. This is situated on the hill going down into Polzeath and has recently been taken over by Jackie. There's a shop and a

cosy restaurant selling reasonably priced homemade food. Outside there's more seating and a children's play area.

I made a new batch of feather filled cushions and took some pieces from my stock.

And the other exciting news! My 17 yr old was interviewed and subsequently offered a place to study English & creative writing at Falmouth University. 800 applicants for 90 places, this was her first choice & she desperately wanted to go there so smiley faces all round!

Then on Friday my 21 yr old applied for a job as commis chef with Paul Ainsworth at No 6 in Padstow. She was asked to go for a trial last night and he offered her the position of trainee pastry chef starting next week. We're delighted for her & she's very fortunate to have this chance to work at one of the best restaurants in Cornwall. Happy Days :)

What a fab wedding that was!

What can I say ......... the dress & veil were stunning, elegant and perfect for Catherine.

I loved the Lily of the valley bouquet and the bridesmaids dresses too, a perfect day!

Photos Daily Mail online.

As our village had no celebrations we had our own. We hung out the bunting, had the TV on all day and had a buffet lunch.

With a few Union Jacks scattered around.

This was my ultra slim 21 yr old's brunch!

Spring in Cornwall

A friend of ours has 4 Jacob sheep ewes & they all had triplets, 1 died but the others are thriving. This one was only a few hours old when we met her.

A thrush munching on a snail.

A walk through the woods & meadow, where everything is springing into life.

A fern about to unfurl.

A Beech nut growing through the dead leaves.

Violets.

Primroses.

Bluebells.

Trees coming to life.

I disturbed this little fella from his sleep in my garden.

Swans & Canadian geese enjoying the sunshine.

Maude & Delilah trying to hide from the sun & cooling down with a dust bath.

L's Easter bonnet & Spring picture made for the school Easter fayre.

Hope you are all enjoying the Spring sunshine & have a happy Easter.