Category Archives: Cats

random things

By Alice | Published: November 8, 2010

I’ve been using my new Tea Lovers Eco Cup, I might take off the teapot which is for your tea bag string as I usually use leaf tea.
A lost glove.
The kitties really enjoy boxes :)

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Halloween weekend

By Alice | Published: November 1, 2010


The last two I did are now gone so I fancied doing another one, this time I carved a fish into the pumpkin.


I got the idea to do a fish from this fan.


Here it is lit up.


The view from the window in the morning, the leaves are amazing at the moment.


Cats really know how to relax don’t they!


Some friends came around on Saturday which gives a good reason to bake. The Moomin cutters I got in Japan. The hippo I found at a charity sale, I think it might have once been part of a Zoo set.


The recipe I tried out was Nigel Slater’s Brown Sugar Spice Biscuits, the recipe is at the end of this article. I like my gingerbread a little more fiery so I would increase the amount of ginger next time and perhaps roll them thinner. The cardamom in his recipe is a nice touch though.


I like a weekend that has room for these sort of random things alongside all the bustle :)

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for a rainy day

By Alice | Published: October 8, 2010

Cake! I made an apple cake from Nigel Slater’s Tender II, the recipe is at the end of this article, it’s great. As we had no particular need for a whole cake I froze most of the pieces, each wrapped in baking paper. Ideal for a rainy day…

With the cats I feel I must feature them both equally but Ira must have been off on some important kitty business so Beep will have to represent.

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Sunday

By Alice | Published: August 16, 2010

It would seem my Sunday pictures were mainly green and black.

1. Apple bounty
2. A friend was clearing out their old toys from their mum’s house. So much 80′s stuff! Including Fungus the Bogeyman.
3. Friend’s guitar

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this day

By Alice | Published: August 13, 2010

1. 6am Had fallen asleep watching the meteors and so we woke up with the window open and a great view of the morning sky.
2. On the way to work.
3. This is one of my favourite daily views.
4. Morning sun.
5. After work threading watercolour hearts onto gold thread.
6. Argh! My assistant wants to eat them.
7. What to do with them?
8. Here?
9. Here?
10. We are working our way through all series of Northern Exposure.

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