It turns out that thanks to not being immune to a couple of contagious childhood illnesses, it is illegal for me to work until I am at the end of my twentieth week of pregnancy. So, whilst I am at home for the next couple of weeks, I shall make the most of it […]
Food
Raspberry & Almond Cake
The first inkling I had that I was expecting the Small Girl all those years ago, was when I couldn’t stop eating strawberries, or indeed strawberry flavoured things. A little like the Hungry Caterpillar, I must have worked my through more than a few punnets of the real thing, along with strawberry ice […]
Pomora- Trees That Keep on Giving
Regular readers of both this, and my previous blog, are probably well aware of my love of trees. They are absolutely one of my favourite things in nature, maybe along with stars. It’s hard to choose between the two, but if I really had to, I think trees might still win – stars don’t […]
Spring in Munich and a Boozy Birthday Cake…
We have so many birthdays in our family in February, March and April, that those of us (mostly just me!) with birthdays later in the year, can often feel a little left out in the flurry of cakes, days out, and presents…. Mr R grew another year older and wiser last week too, on a […]
All things Fondue
You can’t go to Switzerland and not have a fondue can you? That’s like going to Paris and not having a croissant or a baguette, or even visiting Germany and not having a single sausage (speaking of Sausages, do pop over to my friend’s new site – A Sausage Has Two, a beautiful place full […]