Happy Birthday 🎈!

 Today Maxime is four months and grandma baked a small heart fruit cake with Maxime candles that we will lit tonight! His mum will eat it and as she is feeding him he will get some of my Birthday cake in her milk!

We won’t see him for his first year, so this is why I decided to make a Birthday 🎂 cake

This is a fruit cake and I baked another one and I tasted some and it is quite good ( first time I make fruit cake with almond powder inside “Miam!”

I have a LOT to do and I hope I’ll be fit enough.

Grandpa ‘s new car broke down and  it is difficult to have it repaired on time.mine is American and grandad a European one (I will not give the brand but…he is not very pleased we could have had a very serious accident!)

But we will use mine to go on holidays fortunately!

A quick Hello!

At least our first meet! Nearly four months old.

Grandma has prepared everything to welcome the new member of our family!

 Just to say a quick Hello! And a nice 😃 smile!

We are very busy with this little boy and at the same time I am preparing our holidays in Frise North Netherlands. I already booked B&B, hotel in places of interest and even in a cube tiny house in the middle of a field! But Mr L will have a surprise by the choice of the accommodations!

( hotel Weidumerhout in Leeuwarden) I am impatient to try this new accommodation! ( picture from the net)

See you soon, take good care.

Busy holidays.

 Today early this morning I baked Woopies , chocolate chips cookies , peanut butter cookies 🍪 for my son arriving this weekend.I have been preparing everything for Maxime my grandson.

It is very hot again 35 degrees in the shade!

So I cooked and baked this morning. I like to make Houmous to eat very fresh in summer with toasted bread.Apricot pie, rice pudding.

A few surviving flowers! We have a water restriction 

And we will see those who can resist.

I will take a break as I will be with my son in August and take a break in September, I think we will go up north of Netherlands and hope to get a cooler weather!

So I wish you a nice Summer and will say hello

From time to time. 

Enjoy your holidays!

Some things I like

Long time ago, I found this little “Yardley” soap holder

In a garage sale. This reminded me of the Yardley soap I bought during my stays in Great Britain.

I remember their special lavender soap and eau de Cologne.

I love the delicate figurines of mother and daughters

The soap I bought many of them in the Netherlands, but if I remember they are Italians.

 Last Saturday Mr L wanted to by something for me as a present and as I saw this embroidered Dragonfly in the shop the day before, I suggested it would be nice on a jacket or a dress. I already had the bee brooch.

This is a little brooch from USA  it is small but lovely.

(Divine Iguana”)

Dragonflies are so beautiful and rare nowadays 

These brooch are made of embroidery and pearls.

(“Trovelore” brooches)

( I have not good news for my damaged door. Tonight I will contact my consumer association to help me!

I am not optimistic concerning the issue. 

But I already had good help with the association and they have solved some of my problems before)

I am going to contact them tonight!

Preparing the house for our visitors!

Hello friends!

I love hydrangeas’ time!

This one is always blue when the others are turning pink. This part of the garden must be different from the others.

 

Bad news the new door has a big problem and they had to cut a part of it( the top is too tight! ) we are very disappointed after 9 months waiting!

The firm is closing in august for holy days as all is closing in august in France! And they should come I’m September when we’ve planed our vacations…

But a good news is the coming of this little boy who is coming to see grandma beginning of August!

I hope the travel from Dubai will not be too hard for him. Grandma has prepared my bed and everything for my arrival and we will meet soon for the first

Hello everybody!

See you soon!

Never do two things at the same time!

Today we have some « RAIN ! » and… I just cleaned the windows this morning 😆 

Nice for the garden but not for my windows.

I am dusting and rearranging my cookery books

And at the same time I baked some rhubarb tarts… I have put the right heat and time… I was busy with my books and suddenly realised they were too cooked by the smell in the kitchen !

See what’s the result!

It’s eatable but next time now I know the time is too long.

Tonight Mr L is bringing some food from a deli 

A new place. The lady from the deli has lent me this book, but Mr L ordered it in Amazon this morning, my daughter in law being veggie this is the right book to help me.

Edited by «  Hachette cuisine »

This is the picture from the book and it will be my supper. I love « Cobb salad »

I wish you a nice weekend!
 Some of my books!

( marabout)

(Marabout)

( Hachette cuisine)

Babar the elephant 🐘 and Peter the rabbit 🐇

 Do you know Babar?

This is a little elephant having adventures in children’s book.

This Babar was my son’s favourite and he has 33 years.

Two days ago I went to get it in a box for my grandson, I decided to wash it with baby washing liquid and when I got it from the machine all the inside came out!

Last night I repaired it ( for the second time) I did not remember Babar had already been repaired !

Just as a decoration now. The King Babar is now ready!

I did not know what to cook last night, after having eaten plenty of salads during the hot days. I baked a broccoli, goat cheese bacon and onions then we had some of the apricot Charlotte.

I went to visit one of my friend ´s shop and I found this soft toy ( very soft!)

I bought her an issue of «  Nordic Living » and now she is now a reseller and I could get the special garden issue.

In another of my favourite shops I found this Peter rabbit music 🎶 box for Maxime.

This is the growing collection !

Today 21degrees but still hot in the house.

Outside I appreciate the coolness!

Have a good day!