I know I've been a bit quiet this week - well I've not had much to report. The weather has been ghastly but I have taken a few snaps of various things and have been rummaging away in my photo folder today trying to delete the naff snaps and play with the decent ones.
First up, it's Father's Day and I baked a batch of coffee and walnut cupcakes to take round:
They're from the Baking Magic book and will hopefully be the perfect post-Sunday-roast treat.
Although he professes to having no "favourite" cake, coffee and walnut is apparently on my dad's top ten list... although he seems to have liked all the cupcakes supplied to date! This recipe used glacé icing instead of buttercream so will see how that works overall as I've not made glacé since I was little.
In the garden it's been really easy to miss the changes in my roses (which I totally love).
Here's one of the Evelyn rosebuds opening one night, by the next evening they looked like this:
Indoors my mini peppers have finally started to turn red:
Wednesday night we were meant to be out and about for photography class shooting at the beach.
Well, 3 of us were there before the weather turned and it was called off and we had to return back to the classroom.
Managed to get some post-fish and chips shots though while the clouds rolled in:
The surf was up and a lot of folks were out enjoying the waves.
This is my favourite shot of the pier, it's so atmospheric and I love the little raindrops in the corner too.
And there are some of those mad surfers, although to be fair they were dressed for the weather better than us!
Anyway, I'd best get the cupcakes boxed up and be on my way. ;o)
Which pier is that Nat? It looks like a nice spot.
Posted by: Bev | Sunday, 19 June 2011 at 06:08 PM
It's Saltburn - used to go there by train ever summer as a kid, lovely place during the Victorian festival in particular, but they've got a fab chippy at the pier and a great view to enjoy it. hehe
Posted by: Natty | Sunday, 19 June 2011 at 09:07 PM