Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Lemon Curd Sun Shining In

There aint no sun in the sky, so I have been looking around me for a little sunshine, and there are yellow things everywhere to brighten my day.


And the yellow thing I have a plenty is Lemons!
and when you have lemons you make lemon curd! 
ohhh I have eggs a plenty too : )  thankyou pretty chickens


so I grate the rind off 8 lemons (snore)


melt butter and sugar together


and scoop most of it out with my finger, who can resist melted butter!


squeeze the 8 lemons


add more sugar to the butter and sugar! eek


and beat 8 eggs together, (we use eggs for learning numbers and colours)


mix the butter mixture with the egg and rind and stir


over a double boiler


for what seems like eternity... but you end up sort of meditating, watching the foam swirl and make pictures, its quite a nice zone out, so dont make this if your in a hurry!
I can see a unicorn, what do you see???


It is finally bottled into sterilised jars, and here is the recipe, I doubled mine..


and got 6 little jars!!!! What?? yes it dosent produce much at all


but ohhh that summer glow, made with winter fruits, trapped in glass, it is worth it. Today I made fairy cakes with lemon insides, they will be scrummy tonight at art class xxx


So while it IS winter, its not that cold here, it rains every day, rain shine rain shine rain shine rain shine, drives you a bit mad really!  because its blahh out we make it all bling inside and something a little summery to do is eat ice cream and jelly...


FOR BREAKFAST!! 
yes I know...
 'Worlds Best Mum'!!!!
sign me up!
 if only my defiant 3 year old knew that!!


She has no idea that this is not normal!
but hey breakfast lunch and tea, no difference with me!

Let the sun shine in!

whats your favorite food your bingeing on at the moment???

mine is chopped up fruit and greek yoghurt, its my Oprah snack time!

Happy Days To You

xxx
Sheree

P.S. welcome to the new people from the Tea Party, I love the way these events bring us together with like minded people
love love love it!
mwahhh

Saturday, June 25, 2011

My Mysterious Mad Tea Party!!

Pssst are you here for the party???
It's time to welcome the guests!


The 150 year old homestead is waiting...it rests..


sitting solid and still in the winter sun, in anticipation of some mysterious fun....


My table is set and all I need are the guests, lets hope they dont just make a mess...


with winter veges from my gardens heart, and chickens eggs, the savoury tarts


we coloured my sushi, ohh the madness begins


all you do is put some food colouring in!  (your rice water)


we have all the pink liquids a girl could need....


and thick chocolate brownies, but you can read....

cupcakes a plenty in every style
from mad to pretty to wicked to wild!

flags a plenty hung in our trees, to blow in the wind, and dance with the bees..

it may be winter but the sun is a glow, the weather was kind, it put on quite a show...

now the guests have arrived, there a five to be seen, they come so dressed up, we all walk in this dream...

so much to adorn our bodies so fine, we dress in our treasures, that we collect over time...

treasures galore, and jewels all on show, the frills and the lace, the way mad parties go...

so pull up your britches and get your boots on, the party is starting with a fun little song..

we crack open the wine, to toast everyone here, some came from so far, some came from so near..

would you like a cup, pink Moscato is served, theres plenty of food, your place was reserved...

have some lemony tart, or other treats to share, eat it all or eat none, no tummy is bare...


did you wear a nice hat, with flowers from the past, who knows what hands antiques have passed..

we also have tea, of the raspberry kind, or cranberry juice, but ohh that wine...

Hmmmmm hang about, whats this that I see, something on the table what could it be??


a little roll tied at the middle, its so exciting a tea party riddle...

there had to be a treasure hunt, you know by now, resist I cant!!

so off they go in the winter breeze, to find the notes but not with ease

they have to think and use their heads, think crypticly with skill instead... 

the clues are hidden everywhere, a wild goose chase, a mad affair...

"Around the rear, the rock heart stands, with years of moss like fairy lands, You'll find me here fired cracks of shell, am I hidden or placed where I fell?"

they lay in waiting in all sorts of ways, its so fun to revisit our childlike ways...

"Go to the sea, where rushing water hits sand, a pohutukawa grows, only one hand to land, who's the tallest, who can see, how high I hang, how you gonna get me?"

we run around in a magical daze, having fun and hunting for something it says....

the very last clue, thats 7 in all, leads you to the treasure or haul...


In a stump there lays a box of old

but what is this inside, what treasures does it hold...


an antique key, so large and worn, its for the house, a new adventures born...

so back we go up the garden path, to peek inside a place of past..

turn the key, to the left, a hundred times is usually best...


in we come, to explore, a historic house my family bore


a time warp we have graced upon, a place where peace and silence shone..
the eerie house with pasts galore still had secrets to explore..   

another note hung pending fun , yes, this hunt was far from done



"Look up ahead, dont fear the keeper, there is a box for the un-scared seeker, made of wood and filled with heart, but can you tell this box apart?"


up the stairs, the girls did climb, wondering what they now could find...


a treasure chest, under piles of dust, inside a box of things once lost...


we gather round, excited still, what is this jar, a time capsule??


as we descend the steepest stairs our hunt is done, our treasures it bares..


it is a capsuel with forms to fill, about our lives / dreams coming still....
.

where we are at and want to be, its all recorded for us to see...

when we return in 10 years time, to dig it up and drink some wine...


will we be where we once thought, will our dreams be what they ought..


a new tea party that will be and all the results, I cant wait to see ..


so we bury our jar, in a special place, one that forever cant be replaced
our lives are held and sent to this earth, to work out which of our dreams will work.
So long time capsule, see you in 10, we will all return, will we be mad then??

Here we played for a special day, an extraordinary day, they all did say.

we are bound by one special action, one great event and one great gift...
*FRIENDSHIP*
xxx

We even had a token baby, Miss Amber Rose and her beautiful mother,
We have had 2 years of 'bohemian earth loving friendship'..


also 33 years of 'bound by our births friendship'...


17 years of 'brought together by the fates friendship....


5 years of 'Creative Pisces Gypsy friendship'...


and 3 years of 'wonderfully playful nutty friendship'..


So I hope you grabbed some wonderful friends and your tea party memories never end...


My beautiful guests recieved these magnetic photos to hang on their fridge doors as memories and a little goddess inspiration..

I have two left over to give away at the end of this tea party soiree
so these will go out to a lucky two of you...


Thankyou so much for joining in my party, I absolutely enjoyed putting this together for my friends and love to bring the playful mystery back into adults lives with treasure hunts.  All my lovely ladies had such a original and memorable day, something which we can treasure forever, until we revisit our capsuel in 10 years time.

Have A Mad Hatter Of  A Time!!!

xxx
Sheree


To find a list of the other 100s of parties involved, visit HERE : )

Thankyou so much to Vanessa Valencia once again for putting on such a fun event.  My world has become so much the richer just by discovering you Vanessa xxx

and to everyone else out there in blogland too.
Your love and encouragment is shaping me into a truely happy person. : )