Voitures and another Strawberry Delight!!!!

Dear Sébastien,
I know that you love cars, well look at what Daddy saw today..................................

Looks like Brum as come to France for a holiday

Brum lookalikey

Daddys' new recipe Strawberry Millefeuille

My friends Barry and Wendy came for a coffee and were delighted to be guinea pigs for my new recipe.
They found them very yummy and went home very happy!!!!
http://www.yummy.limousinlinks.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109:yummy-strawberry-millefeuille&catid=39:naughty-things&Itemid=62

I put the link just incase somebody wants to try them!!!
This will by last letter for a while because I am coming to see you very soon.
Daddy loves you xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Lilac, Butterfly and the Gecko!!

Dear Sébastien,
Lots of different things to show you today son.  It is a wonderful time of year.
 Springtime is properly here now and beautiful things are appearing.........................

Now is the time that the Lilac trees flower.  They are very beautiful!

We have 3 shades this is the lighter Lilac 

and a purple one

and the white one.

they look lovely in the jug

the butterflies love them

and with all our sunny weather lots of Mr and Mrs Geckos' are sunbathing outside!!!

I hope you liked the pretty photo's son.  Things are definately changing at Chez Mistres now the weather is better.
I will write again soon
Daddy loves you
xxxxx

Yummy Easter Projects

Dear Sébastien,
Hello son, I hope you are enjoying the lovely sunny weather.
I have a couple of things that we can do together on my next visit.
We will make mummy and grandma an outdoor vase so they can cut some flowers and make a pretty arrangement.  Another thing we can do is make a lovely rustic tart together.  I will show you
what I mean...............................

an old empty can cleaned out, painted and tied up with some pretty ribbon

filled with some lovely cut flowers

I cut these from a tree next door,  I do not know what they are but they are very pretty!

Daddys' Rustic Tart

 Yummy Goats Cheese, Bacon, Shallots and Thyme make this tart wonderful

http://www.yummy.limousinlinks.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108:rustic-tart&catid=49:bits-and-bobs&Itemid=75

I have put the recipe link on so we can find it together

                                                                 Daddy loves you xx

                                                                 will write again soon

Brocantes and Flowers

Dear Sébastien,

I have had a good weekend finding little treasures and taking pictures.  I have been to some Brocantes (posh junk shops) and picked up a few bargains.  

I have also made a start on the garden, preparing it ready for planting.  I have done some digging and gave the veg patch some food.  I hope it enjoys it and rewards me with lots of nice veggies!!!!!!!!!

Here are some of my finds and some of the flowers that are doing really well at the moment.......................

lovely vintage ice cream scoop for 1€

6 little le creuset coquettes for 3€

Unusual hanging basket for 2€

Grandma found this little bottle in the garden wall

and this one

This lovely jug was a steal at 5€

pansies in a basket

and in an old milk urn

globeflower liking a bit of rain

beautiful blossom

flowers starting on my strawberry baskets

I made a lovely Strawberry Tart!

the rose outside the front of the house looked like it had jewellery on it this morning

like little diamonds!!!

I hope you liked what I have showed you son

Will write again soon 

love Daddy

xxxxxx

Yummy Tapas Platter

Dear Sébastien,

Last weekend Daddy was playing around in the kitchen, making some yummy new recipes.

I love cooking as you know and love creating new recipes...................It was so sunny last week that I thought it would be great to try some little spanish tapas!

The word "Tapas" originates from the spanish word meaning "to cover".  Legend has it that one day, a long time ago, Alphonso and Diego were sitting in a bar, somewhere in Spain.  Well, this day they were fed up of having flies in their beer.  They asked the barman for a saucer to cover there glasses.  This worked a treat but now they were hungry. Alphonso looked in his bag and found a chunk of bread, a chorizo sausage and some cheese.  He broke some bits off and put them into his saucer.  Diego looked at his friend and thought good idea!  So Diego looked in his bag and found some olives, ham and tomatoes.  He also put some in his saucer.  The two friends enjoyed there beer (without flies in) and nibbled on their "Tapas"!!!!!!

Cheese and Tomatoe Empanadillas

Baked Tomato and Egg

Chorizo marinated in Red Wine & Thyme

Fiery Egg and Serrano Ham Rolls

Yummy Tapas Platter

So that was what I made last weekend son!  It was very yummy!  When you are older, if you would like to make them, I have the recipes tucked away for you at...............................http://www.yummy.limousinlinks.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106:yummy-tapas-platter&catid=49:bits-and-bobs&Itemid=75

Will write again soon son and remember Daddy loves you xxxxxxxx