Let’s Bake A Cake!!

Let’s Bake A Cake!!

Recently I learnt to cover cakes using fondant icing. I made a fruit cake to take along to the course and over two nights went …

 

Strawberry cupcakes

Strawberry cupcakes

Any one for a cupcake? Strawberry icing and strawberry jam filling

 

Nano Origami

Nano Origami

I love these. The details in something so tiny are amazing. Nano origami by Anja Markiewicz. via Ignant.

 

Saturday Morning Sky

Saturday Morning Sky

 

Evening view from Waterloo Bridge

Evening view from Waterloo Bridge

 

Houxo Que

Houxo Que

http://www.flickr.com/photos/day_and_night/ Absolutely loving the work of this Japanese graffiti artist, Houxo Que!!!

 

Origami Paper Doll

Origami Paper Doll

This afternoon’s project has been a little paper doll. She’s a little out of proportion but for a first attempt, with no instructions, I think …

 

Kingfisher Park

Kingfisher Park

 

Bridgnorth and Chelmarsh Reservoir

Bridgnorth and Chelmarsh Reservoir

 

Tonight’s sunset

Tonight’s sunset

 

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer (1908-2004)

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer (1908-2004)

  The secret is to take your time. You mustn’t go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.

 

Evening walk

Evening walk

 

Echelsfield Rd

Echelsfield Rd

 

Chinese proverb

Chinese proverb

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow

 

A little web, one foggy morn’

A little web, one foggy morn’

 

Margot Fonteyn

Margot Fonteyn

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one’s work seriously and taking one’s self seriously. The first …

 

Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon

If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it’s as though I’ve neglected something essential to my existence, as though I …

 

Cupcakes part 2

Cupcakes part 2

Making the icing Butter, milk, vanilla and icing sugar Lots of icing sugar! Add the colour Pipe the icing And top with sprinkles Voila! All boxed up  :) K xxx

 

Cupcakes part 1

Cupcakes part 1

Today I made cupcakes! The ingredients Step 1: Cream the butter and the sugar Butter and sugar creamed… Step 2: Add the eggs Step 3: Add milk and flour Step 4: …

 

Playing around

Playing around

 

Tonight’s tipple

Tonight’s tipple

 

Dallying with ducks

Dallying with ducks

 

The blue light in February

The blue light in February

A photo taken on my way home from work

 

Twitter Updates

Twitter Updates

OMG!!! Aperture 3!!!!!!! Yayyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!! xDDDDD # Beautiful and enchanting: 'CALYPSO' by Michelle84 – http://ow.ly/ZUVf (via @CGHUB) # Already having the worst day in a long long time …

 

Gingerbread house

Gingerbread house

So all my baking purchases have yeilded a result, and I must say that I’m quite happy with myself. One brightly coloured gingerbread house . …

 

Cupcake tins

Cupcake tins

So now I have a whole heap of stuff I’m probably not going to use again until next Christmas – rolling pin, baking trays, cooling …

 

From my new phone

From my new phone

So, after years of watching those around me enjoying the benefits, and of being the oldest sibling, one of three, who should be the …

 

Tonights playlist

Tonights playlist

Felt like a few soulful tunes tonight so went for a little motown http://open.spotify.com/user/kayre2/playlist/3NOlR9iR6thsuix0KewJmh ‘Bernadette’ keeps reminding me of ‘Roses’ by Outkast. Go figure. K xxx