Freebie of The Week

How about this for strange!

This weeks internet freebie is Blooming Tea!! Its tea that blooms and then you drink it! It kind of hard to explain - just go take a look!

http://www.fullbloomtea.com/

And get your free sample of blooming tea here:

http://www.fullbloomtea.com/freesample.html

This morning I spotted a great sunrise!! As I headed to the bathroom I wondered why the house was all lit up in red, and on peeking out our little storage room window I saw why..

So I go raking through the house in search of my camera so I can share this great view with you guys too! Our cats couldn't work out why I would spend all this time looking for a black box to point out the window but I won't go down the stairs, into the kitchen, disturb the other cat, go to the cupboard get a tin and FEED THEM!!! But such is life little kittens, you can wait a bit longer..

Just a note to say..

Hi,

I spotted some great Autumnal/Halloween craft projects and thought that I would share them with you!! My mum is having, hopefully, a fireworks party this November, a big one. She used to host them reqularly and they were a lot of fun!!

I am going to make something for it so I shall keep you posted!! I was thinking toffee apples but figured that they may be somewhat lost on the guests coming to this party, not many children but I figured maybe do an adult version of them... dessert with a toffee apple background!! Might practice this weekend, i'll let you know how it goes and get the recipe up for you lot as soon as I know it works!!

ooooo.... I could make a gigantuplex pumpkin.....

Shepherd's Pie

Ingredients 455g lean steak mince Beef Stock Cube 1 Large onion, chopped 2 Carrots, diced 4 medium potatoes, chopped

Method

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 oC
   
2. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan, add the chopped onion and cook until soft.
3. Add the mince and cook until brown.
4. Add the carrots and 200ml of beef stock, bring to the boil and reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
5. Peel and roughly chop the potatoes. Cook in boiling water until soft. Drain and mash with a little milk and a knob of butter.
6. Transfer the mince into a shallow oven proof dish. Spoon the mash potato on top and cook for 30 minutes.
   

The Clock Continues..

Just a brief clock update! I think I have done all the straight stick-y pieces for the clock case which means I will be able to start sticking it together tonight! I haven't included a picture of the pieces, if you really want to know look at the pictures below and pretend there are about 25 of them!!

So far I am finding it relatively easy, although I think that this is probably going to be the easiest part. I am still keen to see if it works. I have discovered that paperclips are an invaluable tool in the process as the pieces have a tendancy to ping apart as the glue dries!! Apparently I am going to have to use paperclips in the actual design at some point, that aught to be interesting.. I believe that they are used as axels in the design, which I guess makes sense. I am looking forward to see the mechanism itself, as it is all being done by weights which means the internal designs must be very accurate. I have no previous knowledge of how a weight powered clock works so this is all new to me...