Monday 11 November 2013

(belated) Happy Birthday Peter!

You know the friend who's been working on model Tiree houses?

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He turned mumblemumble years old on Monday and had a birthday party on Sunday.

On Friday I took round our biggest cake tin and the hand mixer.  17 eggs and 1.5hours' cooking later we had a huuuuge cake!

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We used two mixing bowls as I wasn't sure on their capacity.  Started with an 8 egg mix, that wasn't enough, weighed the remaining marge and went up to 17 eggs.

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I also used bicarb instead of baking powder to make the cake rise and was warned it was going to taste disgusting.  Nope!  Most delicious.

The party went great.

The cake had been decorated and was candled:
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Guests were given gold plates with expensive napkins!
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One guest really liked those:
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Snackerels were provided:
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I was asked to light the candles and Jo, being the strong man, was asked to bring the cake through...

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It really was as hot as he makes it look!

With one puff the birthday boy blew out all the candles!



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Oh yes... erm...we might have set the smoke alarm off in the kitchen lighting all those candles.

A happy afternoon had by all and lots of cake to enjoy.

TTFN





Tuesday 5 November 2013

Community Bonfire Night


I didn't go to this last year, instead I enjoyed the display from home (all the visuals, not so much bang).  This time though it was moved a day forward due to weather so it was on before tapestry group.  I did take some photos of early fireworks and the fire as I walked down but a combination of poor timing, passing cars, and shaky tripod made those a bit too poor.

I did take video of some of the display, but do turn your volume down!  I wasn't very far from the display and these were loud (funnily enough, what with it being explosives!)

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I also engaged the camera's fireworks mode.  This is basically a mode that holds the shutter open for 4 seconds and captures all that light it gets during that time.  So, instead of what the eye sees, you get a combination.  It made for some pretty photos, quite a few of which look like palm fronds and flowers:  Apologies for the odd one with a strange black shape infront; I was behind a fence and the post was sometimes in the way.

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The bonfire was lovely too:

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Once the display was over I headed on to tapestry.  I think it was a successful night, even with the short notice day move.  Now, back to knitting!

TTFN