2. Something Green

1. Self Portrait

It’s not too late to join! You can catch up or you can just start where we are up to. Today is Day 3 “a bad habit”. Yesterday was “something green” ( my photo is coming!). Don’t forget to pop over to the flickr group to see what others are doing and to share your photos. If you have posted them on your blog then please feel free to leave a link in the comments as I would love to check them out.

Knit, knit, knit…

Although tall has been quiet on the blogging front I have been continuing my crafting, mostly in the form of knitting. I have a pile of finished garments that I need to take photos of but I thought I would share the few I already have photos of! I have even knit a few for me! All my Rav friends would have seen these before but there might be a few readers who haven’t!

Pattern – Young Einstein and Elliot’s Beanie

Yarn – Celia’s Basket Comfort 8

 

Pattern – Milo with heart cable

Yarn – Bendigo Woollen Mills Highlands

 

Pattern – Elizabeth Tunic

Yarn – Handspun

Pattern – Milo

Yarn – Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury

 

I have decided that is enough for one post! Maybe some more tomorrow! Maybe I will even get around to taking photos of the others!

November Photography Challenge

One of my good friends and I decided we wanted to challenge ourselves with our photography. We are both self taught and really have MUCH more to learn and thought a challenge would be a good way to learn a little more!

So anyone care to join us?

I will start a Flickr Group to post our photos in and I will post my photos here on my blog too. I am excited to see how I can challenge myself and what I can learn!

I want a Tea Dress

Have you seen these gorgeous dresses! They are made with vintage fabrics in a ‘50s style. I think I NEED once for this summer. I will knit a cardigan for those cooler days and I will wear it all summer!

The shop is on holiday at the moment but I am all signed up to get a notification when they re-open!

What’s for dinner? {Carrot Soup}

Do you love cooking or is it just another job that must be done? I think for me it is both. I love to cook when I have the time but it is not so enjoyable when Miss 4yo wants help with her game and wants it NOW, Miss 3yo wants another apple and wants it peeled and then it isn’t peeled the ‘right’ way and then we have a tantrum to deal with and Miss 1yo just wants to be held. Yep, this is what seems to happen whenever I start to prepare our dinner!
Today though I started when Miss 1yo was sleeping and it worked really well. I really must be more organised and do this more often!
With no plans I opened the fridge to see what we had…carrots, lots of carrots. So what do you make when you have carrots and not much else? Carrot Soup!
I do have my soup recipe that can be adjusted to whatever I have in the fridge but I decided to be adventurous and make something different.
After a little search I found this recipe and I have adjusted it a little to suit.
So here is my version of the above recipe
Carrot Soup
Serves 6
2 ProPoints per serve
Ingredients

• 1.5kg carrots, peeled
• 2 onions, quartered
• 6 cloves or garlic
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 2 tsp butter
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 3 tbs white wine
• 4 sprigs of thyme
• 6 cups Chicken or Vegetable Stock

Method
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius

Chop carrots into chunks

Place in a casserole dish (with a lid) along with the onions, garlic, olive oil, butter, cumin and white wine. I dotted my butter over the top so as it melted it would cover all the carrots more evenly.

Take photo of super cute 3 year old helper at her request

Cover and place in preheated oven for 1hr or until carrots are tender
Add stock and blend
Season to taste

ISO – Oliver & S Puppet Show Pattern

Oh I wish I had purchased this pattern when I could. I have seen so many gorgeous pairs of shorts and tunics made with this pattern and the pattern is now out of print. 

 

Source: pineneedles.net via Meika on Pinterest

Source: flickr.com via Meika on Pinterest

Source: fromthepinkhouse.blogspot.com via Meika on Pinterest

Does anyone have a copy that they are willing to part with or know someone who does? Or perhaps your local fabric store has one last copy. If anyone has a copy that they could post me I would love you forever! Ok, probably a bit of an exaggeration but I would be so so happy to have a copy to use this summer. I would of course pay for the pattern and all postage costs from anywhere around the world. I would be grateful for either size range but I think the 2T-5 would get more use in this house.

Thanks in advance xxx