50 (things to do) before 50……..
This has been keeping me busy since my uneventful 49th……. and is in no particular order of importance. It’s just a list helping me highlight what I would like to achieve in the coming year, and hopefully to give me some focus in the 308 days to go. Here’s to celebrating it all on the … Continue reading
cheesy roasted root pie
Tonight the flurry of snow started again in Brussels, just as the last of the weekends snowstorm had melted in the garden, we were blessed with more blasting cold air and wintery weather. Luckily I had postponed my planned ‘making of’ this wonderful winter pie until tonight, as the bad weather combined with my under … Continue reading
Happy Banana Bread Day!
I’m just in time with this post to help celebrate National Banana Bread Day.! (yes seriously!!) Tomorrow, 23rd February, in the US and all banana loving corners of the world, Mums will be out there waiting for their bowls of bananas to blacken, ready to bake the latest and most unusual versions. I’ve been converted … Continue reading
Happy 10th Anniversary darling, photo’s that remind me of a wonderful day!
After the big IT update in the house, I have decided to do yet another ‘sort and save’ exercise on my digital photo’s. Of course the computers are I have to admit still not without problems, namely wobbly wifi that is tempermental to say the least, which strikes when I am home alone with a … Continue reading
Gooey Blueberry and Banana Muffins…… mmmm Monday!
I’m super excited to bring you such a yummy muffin recipe on a Monday. I often bookmark stuff to do, drool over or create, on my Springpad and Pinterest accounts. I love Springpad for saving all the recipes or articles I find while trawling the net, and Pinterest for all things visual. But to be … Continue reading
The kids go bananas over……
I swear the kids deliberately leave bananas to over-ripen in the fruit bowl, just so Mum can whip up some muffins with chocolate chips. These are a big hit in the lunchbox (if they last until morning that is!) and caused huge sulks last week, after a super early morning bake, when I took 6 … Continue reading
perfect pumpkin bread…….
Ok time to play catch up. Sorry for the silence over the last two months but life has been swim crazy and those posts have stayed firmly in my head rather than safely ‘wordpressed’ on my laptop. Time to make amends, especially as now the wifi seems stable, D the nocturnal geek has upgraded the … Continue reading
REcircle
REcircle, our creative re-use centre, (based on a decade of dreaming and the long term vision of my good friend Julie-Anne Verbeelen) is about to go live. We’re finally down to the last 6 days of a 21 month countdown, which started with a dinner including 30 inspiring guests, to help and lay down the … Continue reading
Halloween Horror……
… Halloween Horror hits the vD household once more, as Inigo walks off with first prize at the Middle School dress up day………this is how to do Halloween in style! ….
Wild swimming
Wild swimming is a great way to just get outdoors and enjoy the bracing fresh air and cool waters of our coast, rivers, lakes, inlets and pools. I didn’t realise until recently that my morning cravings in Concarneau (to swim to the buoys on the beach in front of our holiday home) was actually a … Continue reading
Life with Lizzi 