Happy Australia Day, Mr B.
I think you deserve the following T-shirt...
So expect it to arrive by special delivery very soon.
You can have the person wearing it as well, if you like.
So hands off, everyone else! (At least until Bucket says whether he wants him or not.)
Once again, I managed to make a Victoria sandwich without the centres sinking after they came out of the oven.
Yay for me! My baking skills are improving.
Here is the chocolate version I made today, to drop in to the birthday boy tomorrow...
The chocolate buttercream filling should hopefully have hardened slightly by the morning, making it easier to transport.
Still bitterly cold (for this part of Ireland) outside, with the temperature struggling to get above 0°C/32°F.
So I'm in the kitchen starting to prepare the chocolate Victoria sponge sandwich cake for tomorrow's birthday boy.
The met office reckons tomorrow will be a lot milder than the past number of days have been. Hopefully the icy snow will all disappear.
Looking on the bright side...
United are still top of the Premiere League.
And they beat Liverpool in the fourth round of the FA Cup yesterday.
(Just saying...)
I mentioned last night that more of the stones from the gable wall had fallen down yesterday. Here's a photo taken earlier today showing that gable...
Now, when I say they fell, I did give some of them a helping hand (from the other side of the wall, of course).
And you can also see the remains of the bit of snow that fell overnight.
I prepared steamed potatoes, swede, and cabbage, and an oven cooked pork loin with onions. Once again, the vegetables were all home grown.
As Albert would say: it rocked! (I would just say it was delicious)
Thanks, Geron!
I think that's one of the things that the Haiku format is really good for. Taking an idea (or scenario) and distilling it down into three short lines. The mere fact that the writer is restricted to seventeen syllables basically forces that distillation.
Greetings, young Albert!
I'm glad to see someone's happy to see the snow.
Of course, Drew will expect you to be out in it, building his likeness into a snowman...
You're also welcome to the few cm that are promised overnight for here, clo.
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