Hey all, ugh it's hot here and unfortunately not thanks of a hotty, it's all the sun. The car indicated over 30°C earlier! Birds are chirping around, they've been very talkative recently, way more than the previous years.
I hope you're all having a nice day. A special hug for Albert today
The family came for a BBQ. It was really cool as we hadn't seen each other for 10 to 12 months. The weather is enjoyable, full on sun warm but not enough it'd be gross. My strawberry cake came out perfect and delicious (though I should have but it a few minutes in the freezer for the cream). Dang the strawberries were heaven, firm, juicy and so sweet!
I made the strawberry cake for tomorrow lunch. A genoise biscuit, diplomat cream, dices of strawberries and more cream topped by another genoise biscuit. I'll decorate the top biscuit with a Chantilly and more strawberries tomorrow morning.
I've prepped apricots and cherries to make jam tomorrow. I've found them in the "ugly vegetables" aisle when I went grocery shopping. Both at half price so really worth it. They were a bit over ripped but on 1kg of apricots I've took off half one and on the 700g of cherries I've took off maybe about 8 pieces.
Though now my hands and nails are badly stained despite washing them with a brush 5 times.
I had never tried essential oils before I started making my own cosmetics (soaps, shampoo...). I've just put peppermint EO on nasty bug bits on my finger and little toe and instantly the itching stopped. Also now I smell good