The two Lisas' strike again!!!

Well folks, it has been birthday time again at work...last week we had three birthdays in the office, so Lisa and I had another night of cupcake decorating.  These were inspired by some I saw on Pinterest...we had such fun decorating them.

Lots of baking

The past couple of weeks have seen me doing a bit of baking as we have had several Birthdays at work, as well as one of our Managers about to go on Maternity leave.

Here is what I have been up to....one of my colleagues who also loves to bake...and is also called Lisa....and I joined forces to decorate these cupcakes

It was her Birthday last week and as she is a podiatrist, I created these biscuits....in the shape of feet of course!!!

For our manager's lunch, the other Lisa created these cupcakes.....

and I created these little biscuits...

Inspired

Last weekend I spent a relaxing weekend in Bright at a dear friend's who re-married a couple of years ago after being widowed for many years. We went for a drive to Mount Buffalo National Park, though didn't go to the top as there had been a mud slide the day before. Having come back from Europe a few months ago, it has been very easy to feel that Australia has so little to offer in the way of old buildings, given the young age of our country from when it was settled by the Europeans.  But seeing the beautiful waterfalls, I felt that it was God who inspired those artists to create amazing structures, however back home, God has actually created these natural wonders to inspire us to seek him. I was a wonderful realization and I hope I remember this whenever I feel that our country somehow doesn't measure-up, or if I am inclined to make comparisons between Australia and Europe!

We were also very fortunate not to get flooded in over the weekend as there is very serious flooding around our country at present. The amount of water we saw as we drove home on Sunday was something I have never seen before.

Enjoy these photos.

View of the cottages on the property

The main house where we stayed

The property has 3 cottages which can be booked for a weekend or longer.

A new stuffed toy??

Sorry to be a bore, but I just had to put a photo of my little man with his new friends...found him sitting with some of my stuffed toys...he and his sister are such fun and great company...

Back again

Well, it has been over a month since I have had anything worthwhile to blog about....after Christmas and the New Year, eveything has been sort of busy, but no major events to speak of....However, today I collected my two new little kittens and have spent the day with them settling in to their new home.  Initially, I was a bit worried as the little girl basically cried all the way from Geelong to home....not sure what the problem was....but anyway...they both seem to be settling in and making the place their own....so without further ado, I woud like you to meet Coco and Indi....the girl is Coco because she is chocolate coloured and Indi is short for Indigo because he is a blue boy.....I just hope I don't let this blog become solely about the cats....if there gets to be too many photos of the cats...please let me know!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Wishing all my readers a very Happy 2012...Hoping your year is filled with blessings and great things.

Last Days of December

Well, time sort of ran away from me in the lead up to Christmas and I didn't quite get to finish the DPP photos....but I thought I would show a few of the photos I took prior and after Christmas.

I made 2 of these Christmas Cakes...a Nigella Lawson Chocolate Fruit Cake and the recipe can be found here.....it is truly DELICIOUS!!!

A beautiful pot of basil....so generously given to the leaders of the Girls Groups we lead at Church....and a very generous gift voucher for a favourite nursery and gift shop...Acorn Nursery in Surrey Hills....the girls are such a delight and a blessing and this was such an unexpected gift from the Mums'.

The newest member of my brother's family....little Daisy...she is so cute



and two new members of my family....yes, I am getting 2 Burmese Kittens....and I visited them this week to meet them for the first time....they are so sweet....anly 5 more weeks until they move into my home....

As the Kittens are near Gellong, I decided to make a day trip and head to the Wool Museum in Geelong.  I then went for wander along the waterfront and after visiting the kittens, I decided to head towards Queenscliff and catch the Ferry across Port Phillip Bay to Sorrento...it was the most beautiful summers day....I will show some more photos in the next few days....