Pumpkin spice bars

Simply delish and use up some of that pumpkin in the freezer.

More tidying

So time for some more tidying today iona a little delicate as is a little poorly today sill managed to clear 2 beds though.

Mini pizzas

So the weather is cold wet and miserable so we followed a recipe in lexies book and made mini pizzas.

Bee keeping meeting

So I eventually get around to going th the newcastle bee keepers association meeting. http://www.bbka.org.uk/local/newcastle/index.shtml .

Very very interesting talk on starting out in bee keeping. Now all I need to work on is a course on bee keeping and somewhere to keep bees.
As I have been told kitchen roof in a no as is my allotment because of the kids.
Any farmers in the sunderland area reading who would let me put a hive or 2 in there fields let me know :-)

Spare arrived for brompton

Spare rod for hub gear arrived yesterday and fitted today hopefully will ride to work ok tomorrow.

Time to tidy

Hoping for good weather this weekend so I can tidy up. Bought new secutairs this weekend review to follow.

Pumpkin scones

So as it was forecast to rain all day agreed with lex to bake pumpkin scones (recipe to follow when I work out how to do pages) smell delicious can't wait till after tea to try them.

Dig dig dig

Lexie digs up her potatoes.

Allotment desk

Take one plank of wood the with of a raised bed and hey presto an allotment desk

Tidy up time

Time to dig and tidy up again man from council has been around apparently. So we all need to tidy up

Ouch

So here I am cycling past debenhams sprinting for the lights then ouch im on the road saying things like oh dear. Looks like my chain jumped off the tensioner and the sudden loss of resistance sent me for a flying lesson. Still only pride and arms and knee grazed. Oh yes and shifter index rod thing broken on brompton
Will post pictures when dressings come off on friday

Cake

So mummy wanted a sponge bob square pants cake for her birthday so here is my lex and ionas attempt so you dear reader decide is it sponge bob or gasped the friendly ghost.

Brompton

Brompton folding bike hidden under a desk at work pictured with the brompton bag which is ok but the new ones are nicer

Pumpkin merangue pies

Took a lot longer than I thought it would but made 48 mini pies. Blind baking little pastry cases in fun

Early morning dig

Mum in bed so let's dig potatoes and pick beans toot and ploot got a laugh when dad slipped over.

Our first pumpkin

Despite the plants not doing to well we have a pumpkin

Sun rise

Baby up early today so ended up going to allotment and watching the sunrise

Mini fairy cakes

We have now turned them into mini fairy cakes

Baking mini cup cakes

Me and lex made mini cupcakes 2p for scale don't they look cute

Tomatoes looking peaky

Tomatoes not doing so well this year no pasta sauce for me

Found school shoes for lex

Found some look pretty to

Digging in the dark

Trying to dig potatoes for soup is fun in the dark

Looking at ladybirds

Looking at ladybirds on the allotment

Making fruit cake

First soak the fruit though no booze this is for a kids party

Lex checks her pumpkins

Not many tomatoes

Tomatoes not doing well this year hope we have a sunny september

The start of a new year