Boys` Day out!!!

 Went together to get some apples from our friendly farmer, Mr B and managed to visit some fun places on their way there.


 ABBC =Apples, Boats, Birds, Countryside

Miners` festival- East Kent

 

 Some fun and pretty things to do and see at a local Miners` Festival

Lil` gems

 Discovered as usual, at car boot sale

 Set of Kilner jars and glass thingies at 20-50p each

( not to mention some pretty cotton runners and doilies at 10p each! )

                                                    Beautiful 1950s planters at £3-5 each

Early harvest

 Not so many this year, but larger ans sweeter than last year`s crop.
I guess we sussed out pruning issue

`Owlette `- by Olive

This little cute owl created by by clever 10 years old ( her own pattern too)

Wolly jobs

 I guess I got carried away a bit :)
 Toddler size hat

Chocolate Almond Pound Cake (Gluten-Free) | Healthy Green Kitchen

Chocolate Almond Pound Cake (Gluten-Free) | Healthy Green Kitchen:

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 I made this many times now and it`s absolutely *perfect*- so easy and yummy.

 My modified version of the recipe is for 2-3 cakes( just about enough for our family plus a few guests )

Recipe for gluten-free chocolate almond pound cake

adapted from the recipe for Pound Cake with Cocoa in Chocolat by Stephan Lagorce.

Makes 1 large or 2 small loaves

ingredients:

*1 cup organic unsalted butter
*1 cup olive oil
*10 eggs, preferably organic and free-range
*3 cups ground almond flour (or use organic all-purpose flour for a gluten-full version)

*1 cup dessicated coconut
*1/2 cup fruit sugar
*1/2 cup pure agave syrup
*4 teaspoons baking powder
*1 cup organic cacao powder

directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

2. Melt the butter in a pan over low heat. Transfer to a small bowl and mix in the olive oil. Use a little of this to grease your baking pan(s).

3. Whisk eggs together with the sugar. Add the agave syrup nd whisk again.

4. In another bowl, sift together ground almond,coconut , baking powder, and cacao powder. Add to the eggs/sugar/agave syrup and combine well with a wooden spoon. Add the melted butter/oil and mix well again.

5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan(s) and bake in the preheated oven for 40-50 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean/dry.

6. Remove from pan(s) and allow to cool on a baker's rack. Dust with organic icing sugar or cover with melted chocolate

sewing day

  My lil` artists never go out without their fav kit. Hence many requests for this handy pencil wrap

Here is one I made earlier :)

Guilty free treats :)

Arch`s satchel- made by request :)

Crochet- and yet more hats

                                                   Latest addi(c)tions  :o)

                                             

                                                        Newborn size pom-pom beanie

Sleeping owl- newborn size

 requested by Junior- bunny beanie :)

                                             Freddy the frog- newborn size

                                                                   

the owl flew all the way to Poland to her new *cute-cute* owner

 made by request ( from my teenage niece)