Tea and Cakes

Is this not the coolest thing ever?

You’re all jealous, I know.

Boiler, Lost Gardens of Heligan

Dovecote, Lost Gardens of Heligan

House at Polridmouth Bay

Polridmouth, or, if like me you’re a fan of Daphne du Maurier, the beach at Manderly.

—- ?Sent using a Sony Ericsson mobile phone

After a seriously hectic week, we flew over to the UK on Friday (that we flew at all instead of making a mammoth journey by train, boat and a cross-country drive is thanks to the miracle of antibiotics), where it’s been a really lovely few days of catching up with almost every single one of my relatives, from the youngest at 13 and 16 months to the eldest at 92. There’s a bit of competition for the eldest, and the most diplomatic thing to do is to agree that my great grandma, my grandma (different sides of the family), and my great aunt are all the same age, because really, there’s only months in it. I will say that my great grandma and great aunt have wicked moves on the dance floor.

There have been family meals, family barbeques, walks on the beach, walks by a river and a castle, plenty of tea, and most importantly, two wonderful people were married.

We’re off now to relax properly in Cornwall for a few days, so we’ll see how the blogging goes.

In the mean time, Chris received the KitKats. You should go watch.

Well, Bobbi pulled out of the KitKat draw - shocking behaviour! Sharing with other people instead. I don’t know.

Anyway, thanks to my slovenly ways being in a rush this morning foresight I still had the bowl with the rest of the names in it.

Are you ready?

The new winner is…

Chris.

Seriously.

After his giving out about not winning before.

Anyway, I reckon they’re going to a good home. Hope you enjoy them Chris!

Using the latest in high tech modern methods, the winner of the KitKat selection is…

Krafty1!

Congratulations! KitKats will be on their way soon.

Today’s featured KitKat is the second of the mini KitKats from La Fuji Mama.

This had me totally stumped. There’s a golden coloured powder on the wrapper - Cinnamon? Ginger?

Again, looking inside didn’t help.

The Taste Test: Hmmm. Tastes like KitKat. In the interests of research and accurate reporting I ate both, but it didn’t help. I just couldn’t figure out the flavor. They were tasty though. Malt perhaps? Could be.

Verdict: 7/10. Tasty, very nice indeed, but I was unable to establish what differentiated this from a regular KitKat. Maybe it was one.

I suppose it’s about time I updated this:

I don’t have to like it, but this is now more accurate:

OK. I haven’t dropped off the planet, just been busy. Not just with reading either. (A review of sorts of the Stephanie Meyer books will come later, when I’ve read the third one - it’s waiting for me, but I’m taking a break to read another book first).

Right now I have a house guest. Or rather, a mouse guest! (sorry, I just couldn’t resist)

Luke is here as part of his world tour, so I’ll be showing him the sights of Dublin over the next week or so, before he has to move on to his next destination.

He’s travelled here all the way from Japan, where La Fuji Mama has been looking after him, and sent him off with lots of delicious and as yet untried KitKat treats.

In honour of Luke and La Fuji Mama, and Luke’s Family, I’m hereby declaring next week the week of the KitKat chez Teaandcakes.

Blimey, last week was busy.

The lovely This is Knit organised a scavenger hunt in honour of world wide knit in public day. We had a week to collect a series of photographs featuring our knitting and the flyer for the competition. Many points to be gained, and we all know what points mean, don’t we? (for those of you not from the UK, the answer is prizes)

I met a lot of the challenges, but I had to go to Bulgaria from very early Thursday morning until very late Saturday night, which meant my time was limited, and I just wasn’t able to complete them all. I had the offer of a radio interview about the event, but it would have been on Friday morning, and there was just no way around it, I was in a different country. 50 potential points lost. I saw a beautiful sunset from the plane last night, but getting my needles through Frankfurt airport was too risky, so I didn’t have my knitting with me. Arg. More points gone.
I had heaps of fun collecting the photos that I did get though, including running about the Phoenix park in the rain getting wet toes when I should have been at home packing.
Thanks a million for organising it Lisa and Jacqui!

Aside from rushing around making a fool of myself with my camera and knitting, I’ve travelled a lot, worked a lot, and said goodbye to a good friend. It’s been an emotional week.