just keep dancing

 

when everything seems so chaotic

 

and nothing is the same

except for two squares that I didn't want to be the same

 

when the pile of stuff just gets higher

 

and we feel like throwing it to the wind

 

when we feel so very scattered

 

 

just keep dancing

 

 

keep on dancing.

 

I meant joining just keep joining .

it's a date

 

This is my favourite date loaf recipe as it's not too sweet

so it's perfect with a little bit of butter and a cup of tea.

It also makes 2 loaves so I've always got a spare in the freezer.

 

I'm a nice girl so I'll share the recipe with you ~

 

1 cup chopped and pitted dates

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 cup water

60g butter

2 cups sifted S/R flour

1/2 teaspoon sodi bicarb

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1 egg lightly beaten and a tbsp honey.

 

On your stove top (in a saucepan) stir over a low heat dates,

butter , sugar and water and honey.

Stir until sugar has dissolved.

Bring to boil and remove from heat.

Let it cool for 10 minutes or so.

 

Sift the flour and sodi bicarb straight into the saucepan

and mix through . Add beaten egg and walnuts and mix.

 

Pour mix into 2 bar tins.

Cover the tins tightly with 2 layers of foil.

 

Cook at 180c for about 25 minutes.

 

Let cool in tins about 15 minutes before cooling on racks.

 

When totally cool wrap one loaf very quickly and hide it

in the back of the freezer (don't say you weren't warned)

 

Enjoy !

tick tock

 

I have a small obsession with clocks.

 

I have a whole pinterest board dedicated to clocks.

 

I have at least 3 clocks in every room of the house .

 

My husband tolerates my obsession and even turned

up with this daggy creation the other day assuring me

that I could fix it up.

 

I wasted no time turning it into a pretty nice ticker.

 

The paint I used was White Knight ~ Squirts ~ Quick Dry

Gloss Enamel ~ Mint.

you know how it is

 

I first heard about The Umbrella Prints Trimming Competition in March.

 

Wow I thought I'll have a go at that !

 

The idea is you buy a pack of gorgeous trimmings , make something

from them , put them up and wait for thousands of people

to repin them from pinterest as each pin counts as a vote.

 

Sounds so easy doesn't it.......

 

I stuffed around for ages and never got to it but I 

finally glued my trimmings

around little sewing spools a few weeks ago....

.....and then left them.

 

I then decided this morning I'd better do something with them

so I strung the spools onto thread with some lovely wooden beads.

 

Of course no one was home to take a photo for me so

I took one myself and you can see all my junk in the background.

 

 

Tough luck I thought .... I'll just get my entry in anyway.

So then I went to The Umbrella Prints Blog to get the address

to email my details to and discovered

 

entries closed four days ago !

 

This was all totally my own fault but I still had fun anyway.

(and I now have a pretty cool necklace)

 

Visit the pinterest board and pin your favourites and

see the talent that did get their act together in time .