pretty recipes - with rhubarb.

Hi there,
just a quick post that I wanted to share, because after doing a bit of time spent relaxing in my favourite way, {web-surfing and pinning inspirational fab things on my Pinterest boards}, I really want to show some recipes I came across.
 I. am. a. huge. fan. of. rhubarb.
I love that it can be summery & light or wintry & cosy, so where ever you are reading this from, be-it Northern or Southern Hemisphere, I've got you covered!

These are just so pretty too - don't you think?

1. Summery - Rhubarb Muffins from La Tartine Gourmande...

2. Summery - Roasted Rhubarb Sherbet with Poppy Flower Sugar 
                      from Cannelle et Vanille

3. Wintry - Rhubarb Upside down cake  from Cooking for Seven 
                  ~ {served warm with a little ice cream of course!}

4. Wintry - Strawberry Rhubarb Tart from talented artist Stephanie Levy 
                  at Kitchen Sketches.

5. Wintry -  American Spoon's Rhubarb-Hibiscus Tart

I'd love to hear how you get on if you try out any of these recipes. I am hoping to sometime soon!

Or please let me know if you have a tried and tested favourite rhubarb recipe (or just one that looks delicious!! I'll happily take any suggestions! )

Hope it's not as wet, where you are as it is in Sydney right now!

Take care,
Sally x0x

Easter Eggs + Art = Faberge Egg Hunt!

by Julian Brown

Faberge is sponsoring an event around London, for this easter called The Big Egg Hunt   
Over 200 artists were commissioned to make huge, (well 2 1/2 feet IS huge for an egg right?!) extraordinary eggs for the event. 
( I refrained from saying eggs-troadinary, aren't you proud?! Oops, guess I negated that restraint!!)


After the event the eggs are being auctioned off to raise money for two charities.


take a look at some of the fab eggs here:

by Rebecca Sutherland

by Rebecca Campbell

by Caio Locke

by Susan Entwistle

by Shauna Richardson

These one's are very English - I bet the tourists loved these! ...

by Paul Kenton

by Joanna Moore

This oh-so-British design egg by Bejamin Shine was sadly stolen after 4 days of being on show.
{Bad Karma to the giant-arty-egg stealer! Shame on you!!}

Happy Easter!
May you have a choccy-woccy-doo-dah-tastic time!!


love Sally xox

byHazel Nicholls

Happy New Year!

Have a great New Year's Eve and I wish you all the best for the coming year. 
May you have good health, much happiness and fulfil at least one of your dreams!!


Love
Sally xox

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{fireworks over Pittsburgh}

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{Year of the Dragon}

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Christmas Fun!

I hope you had a great Christmas ( if you celebrate it).
We had a great time, on Christmas Eve we met friends in the park during the day then went to a Kids' Carol service at church, where we were shown this brilliant short film of "The Christmas Story" made by members of St Paul's Church, Auckland. You should watch it - it's so sweet and funny too!
That was followed by an evening spent with friends.

Christmas Day:
After very little sleep due to an over-excited Mr 6 waking up at 3am and no-one really managing to get back to sleep... our day went like this:

6am - get up and open Santa gifts....

...Scrambled egg, bacon, toast & fresh orange juice for breakfast with crackers (Bonbons)
then clear up, chill out, shower etc...

Then set off for an hour's drive using my new 'Navman' to help us find our way - to a friend's parents' house.

We spent the day with lovely people eating a yummy roast turkey dinner followed by delicious homemade plum pudding and choc & rapberry pavlova, and watching the kids have rides on a tractor trailer and a pony, and then finally having a good hosing down for some splashy fun!!

We got home and opened a few more pressies before tucking them up in bed :0)

Then Boxing day, the boys went swimming, we all had the rest of our pressies, a yummy buffet lunch &
a roast lamb dinner (somewhat incongruously, but tastily, with Yorkshire puddings, creamed Horseradish  and stuffing!).

There was lots of Skyping too (both days) with our family in the UK.

What did you do? What did you eat for Christmas lunch?

Now ~ a little 'Etsy Finds' ode to Christmas ~
the TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS:

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A Partridge in a Pear Tree

Two Turtle Doves

Three French Hens

Four Calling Birds

Five Gold Rings

Six Geese a Laying

Seven Swans a Swimming

Eight Maids a Milking

Nine Ladies Dancing

Ten Lords Leaping

Eleven Pipers Piping

Twelve Drummers Drumming

Enjoy the rest of the Holiday Season,
love,
Sally xox