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Another intermission over here. Thanks so much for coming back... really. I think/hope my bloggers-block is starting to lift, and so have given this space a bit of love and affection in the form of a new banner. One of the reasons things have been quiet over here is that my camera broke last week. So, while it's getting serviced I'll be going though iphoto and posting some old pictures. With any luck my camera won't be away too long - I'm already geting twitchy without it.

So, today's olde photo... I've seen these biscuits also referred to as melting moments, but they'll always be yo-yo's to me. Perhaps it's an Australian thing? Everyone has a version of them. My grandma is famous for these in our family, and I make them to her recipe. It has to be said: they're bloody fantastic!

Yo-Yo Biscuits
10-12oz unsalted butter (depending on how buttery you like these things)
4oz custard powder
4oz icing sugar
12oz plain flour
Cream butter and icing sugar. Sift flour and custard powder well and add to creamed mixture. Roll in small balls, press down with fork and and bake in moderate oven/350 degrees for about 20 minutes. When cold, join together with vanilla butter icing and try not to eat too many in one sitting. It's a physical challenge!

Oh, and some of you asked about the print in the photo of our cabinet in my last post. It's a print of a Matisse sketch, found in a local print shop years ago. For anyone interested, I just did a quick search, and it's also available here.

Ok then, I'll be back. And with sewn goods, I promise. :)

a couple of corners

It's been a while since I posted a corner. We bought this new (old) cabinet last week. The cabinet and I are on a bit of a new furniture honeymoon with each other. I'm loving the cabinet. Our house has barely any storage, so this is a welcome repository for photos, filing, phone books and all that other necessary yet space consuming stuff. I have snaffled the cupboard that used to sit in this spot for my work room (still a work in progress, that one!)

It was hot again today, and the weather is promising to hover around 40 until Monday... urgh. So, in another (airconditioned!) corner of my home this afternoon this was the scene: little hands practising how to click (Tux Paint, thanks to Kiddley, and playground radio, thanks to the ever wonderful abc!)

Trouble and (s)trifle

Another break in proceedings over here. How easy it sometimes is to get out of the habit of posting regularly. I'm sure I'll snap out of it soon. Instead of blogging, I've been going for evening walks (daylight savings, how I love thee!), and going to bed early with a book. Good for fitness, trouble for this wee blog.

I'm still slowly chugging through some wholesale work. Dulcie, Lolly and Meg dolls are part of an order I've been chipping away at for a new Tiny People store (their site seems to be currently out of order), due to open in Kirra Beach, Queensland soon.

Another reason for the blogging deficit - last week my very dear friend S was visiting from Perth. We had a few nights out with her and it was so lovely to just be out (you know, after dark, without a small person in tow), spending time with good friends. Something I should do more often. Friday night we had a small dinner for her here and I took the opportunity to make this delectable black forest trifle. Lordy, what a dessert. We all raised our glasses in thanks to the wonders of the internet, and to Melissa for the recipe (cheers!) It was, as Audrey says, "hooooge" (as in big). Despite our best efforts, we are still working our way through leftovers.