So this is my Easter Round up (sorry, it's a long one!)
We finished school before the holiday with our Easter service in church and lots of Easter activities.
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| The Children and Parents Easter Cake Bake Off |
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| The Easter Bonnet competition |
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| The Egg decorating competition |
Inspired I went home and made Hot Cross Bun Chocolate bars
toast some hot-cross bun cubes in the oven.....
melt some 35% milk chocolate
coat the cubes of the toasted bun in the melted milk chocolate, leave to set.....
melt some 70% dark chocolate with butter and golden syrup......
Mix most of the cubes into all the dark chocolate and put into a tin lined with food wrap and sprinkle the rest of the cubes on top.....
put in the fridge to set.
I ate way too much chocolate over the Easter holiday!
Then I started to prepare for our own Easter Celebration at home
it was time to indulge in my favourite flowers.....
Out came the Easter decorations collected over the years.
A bit more baking......
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| a little Easter gift for my mum |
An Easter afternoon tea for my family on Easter Sunday
While I was busy in the kitchen making cups of tea, my brother hid little Easter treats in the other downstairs rooms....I kept finding them all afternoon....my very own Easter Hunt!
We had to move the Easter tree from the cats who thought it was a new toy!
Then on Easter Monday we woke to this!
It was the perfect excuse to stay in bed and read my book....with Misty!
We had noticed over the past few days a bad smell coming from under the stairs and the cats were unusually attentive to the gap under the door....
We think one of the cats had brought a field mouse in and it had escaped under the door and was living a 5 star life eating the bird seed! So out came the mouse trap and it was caught and released somewhere safe away from the cats......
The next day it was bright enough to plant up three pots in the garden with some spring colour.
And my friend and I met up for a late lunch at our favourite cafe in Uppermill, Saddleworth.
And the sun came out and it was so lovey and warm the day after that......
I took myself off to Bankfield Museum in Halifax
I love this museum so much.
Then on the way home I called in at Sowerby Bridge for a stroll around.
Late lunch and a walk around our garden
I have been a bit behind with my #stitchaweek
and sorry for the late arrival of my Easter post.....part two will be along shortly!
PS sorry I am still getting blocked on some of your blogs....it is not easy to tell which ones as a load of gobble-de-gook comes back to me......I think it has something to do with gmail?
The snow was such a sharp contrast to all the lovely colours in your Easter tea and Spring flowers photos. You were lucky to find those little treats left by your brother before your cats did. We have one of those humane mouse traps but it's a long time since any cats brought mice home though:)
ReplyDeleteAre you blocked from mine? And what do you mean, by blocked? Mean you can not even seeeee them? or can not comment in them?
ReplyDeleteHave you ever thought of more frequent posting, and thus, have less photos, in each post? This many photos.... I doubt if many really look at each... Probably simply scroooool down.
Just a thought....
Such colour and beauty! I must say Lyn that I look at at each and every one of your photos as they are fantastic - a visual treat for the eyes! I have made an Easter tree on the odd occasion and feel inspired to do one again after seeing yours. It really does make a focal point for all the lovely food on show. x
ReplyDeleteIm feeling really hungry after looking at all those fabulous cakes!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post x