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Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts

Thursday, February 21, 2013

~Valentines's Day......JoJo style~


With Valentine's Day happening last week JoJo was all excited to celebrate!
Above is a pic of part of a window display that she saw and of course she just HAD to go in...


and she came out with this cute little bucket of Silver Hearts...


As part of her shopping programme she chose this bunch of orange flowers....


and made this card for me...


So I thought I had better do something too and decided to make a Chocolate and Apple Gluten Free Cake
Recipe from Not Quite Nigella
I've made this cake before and it is an absolute winner....
Thank you so much Lorraine!!!


Lorraine's version...



and my version...




a bit of ice cream and some blueberries on top and it's all ready......
lovely and moist and keeps well too!!!


Mr Armchair came home with this lovely box for me


full of delicious chocolates from Koko Black


and one with gold leaf on too....the red one was just so smoooooth and delicious!!!


A lovely Valentine's evening for us and thank you JoJo for bringing fun into all occasions for us...
I just love her enthusiasm for every occasion......no matter how small or insignificant it might seem she just brings a sense of joy to it all!!!


Monday, February 14, 2011

Progress...A Gardener's Journal...and a Valentine's Dinner!!!

Yay...doing a Happy Dance here on this Valentine's Day!!!
I have finally finished stitching Block A together with the other gals over at Stitch-a-long!!!




Now I just have to sort out through these fabrics and start cutting...

Fabrics again with Anni's book!!!
Thanks so much Chookyblue for all the encouragement in completing this block...and all the other gals at Stitch-a-long...
 You're all a great bunch!!!

Now it's off to make a Valentine's Dinner for Mr Armchair...and of course JoJo...everything here is done for 3!!!

Menu from Nigella Lawson's Nigella Express...

Avocado Crayfish (we're having Prawns) Cocktail
Duck Breasts with Pomegranate and Mint
Flourless Chocolate Brownies with Hot Chocolate Sauce
AND Double Cream!!!

Now I'm getting hungry...
Happy Valentine's Day!!!


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Hello, my name is Dzintra Ingrid ... have been known as Ingrid and since our Sea Change I have started to use Dzintra ... pronounced without the D ... (but still known as Ingrid, I know, it's confusing ...)

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