Comfort food

I love breakfast and find that at this time of year as it starts to get colder my options turn to lovely big bowls of porridge but sadly others in the house don't feel the same way, their comfort food needs to be crunchy and full of sugar. I decided this year to make my own granola as the stuff in the shops is so manufactured and full of rubbish. I have made a batch from one of my favourite cookery writers, Jill Dupleix, and the other one from Gordon Ramsay. What about you? what is your comfort food for winter breakfasts?

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Liberate your art

A few weeks ago I sent off five of my postcards to participate in the 2012 liberate your art postcard swap and for the last couple of weeks I have been receiving the most amazing pieces of artwork back. Kat Sloma has done an amazing job of linking 193 artists from 11 countries together and I am so glad I participated, wow people are so talented! It is also fantastic to receive something in the mail and to take time to look and read. I highly recommend taking part next year and do have a look at the amazing video Kat made by clicking on the link below.

The amazing piece of art in the top left hand corner is by Lorinda, I wish I could paint, her website is wonderful, full of her great artwork.
I keep staring at this fantastic photograph of ice cream, I even want the dish it is in! Christina Martin is my new favourite photographer, so talented, her words on the card were "on our own we glitter..together we shine" so cool don't you think?
On the right we have yet more amazing artwork from Dolly Johnson another seriously talented artist, this is one amazing stamped collage made from vintage ephemera.
Don't you just love that dog! Darlene sent me this photograph of her dog Precious, such great photographs on her blog.
The amazing Kat not only organised the swap but also had time to send everyone one of her beautiful photographs too, such a perfect composition, makes you want to climb up those steps.
Last but not least Christine sent another piece of art from her postcard collection, so very cool don't you think?
Here's to liberate your art 2013, see you there.

Summer holidays

Last week we spent the most wonderful week in the South of France, we took a villa for eight of us which included two twenty one year olds and four eighteen year olds. It was a lovely week full of so much laughter, sunshine and 'banter', it felt like everyone was on the start of their new adventures, Alice and her boyfriend are in the last year of University and Harry and his friends are just about to start. I took so many pictures, they all loved playing up to the camera!

Last days of summer

Just holding on to those last few days...