Monday, July 8, 2013

Winter


I've had a touch of blogitis, here is a look at what we've been up to.

At school there has been a complete rejuvenation of the extensive vegie patches, with new manure enriched compost and brick steps to stop the children compacting the soil. We planted lots of garlic, peas, spinach, cauliflower, broccoli... each class now has a vegie patch space to care for and a crop rotation system was devised. The place has never looked so organised thanks to some very dedicated volunteers.  A couple of the prep dads put together this wonderful tin man with mint hair, he is the envy of all of the other grades.

  There was a magnificent winter solstice with stories, soup, wood fired pizzas and a huge bonfire. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture in the daylight but a huge tee-pee stood proudly over the fire.  Each stick had been lovingly decorated by the students with bits of old fabric.







 There has been much crafting indoors and some quality time with teddy.  He even joined in on the June birthdays and had a party of his own.




 Our Schleich animal collection is one of the most played with toys in our house, and a peacock proudly joined the gang. 

 There has been lots of colourful soup, pink cauliflower soup, orange pumpkin soup and yellow corn soup have all been on the menu.
 The middle child is now obsessed with Harry Potter, great to see him passionate about books, although its quite obsessive.

The bread-maker has been getting a renewed workout, these cinnamon scrolls were one of our favourite creations.

 Mr Bowerbird had a sticky date pudding cake for his birthday and we had a beautiful day celebrating at a Kyneton winery.

 For my party there were Trentham spuds baked in the Coonara and a mushroom cake decorated with marshmallows and slices of apple. I shared a party with a good friend and was humbled by the generosity of food and gifts people brought along.


For wonderful detailed instructions on how to make this cake see the link above.  The chocolate cake recipe seems very weird but is actually very tasty and generous in size.
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6 comments:

  1. ChrisJuly 9, 2013 at 9:51 AM

    Hasn't it been cold! Your toadstool cake was fantastic - very clever (and delicious!!)

    A happy birthday to the Bowerbird Dad.

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  2. UnknownJuly 9, 2013 at 2:19 PM

    So many wonderful things to explore in this post Kirsty! Love all those artworks...would look so special framed I think! That toadstool cake is wonderful and i think i might borrow that idea for something a little similar for the twins Birthday if that's ok.
    That peacock is gorgeous isn't it and those soups look so yummy and warming!

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  3. UnknownJuly 9, 2013 at 2:21 PM

    Meant to ask how you got the marshmellows to stay on the apples?

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    1. Kirsty @ Bowerbird BlueJuly 10, 2013 at 12:13 AM

      Toothpicks, and I borrowed the idea from someone else adding link now, can highly recommend the chocolate cake recipe too

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    2. Kirsty @ Bowerbird BlueJuly 10, 2013 at 10:24 AM

      http://www.themuckymacbook.com/2012/06/party-marshrooms-how-to.html?showComment=1373415459767#c1601438575642338514

      Blogger being touchy so here's the link

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    3. UnknownJuly 11, 2013 at 9:30 AM

      Thanks so much Kirsty...and if I manage to make one and blog about it (will see what it looks like first hehe)I will be sure to link to you and the other thankyou!

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In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
Margaret Atwood

“She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour:
"Winter is dead.”
― A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young

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