Monday, 19 November 2012
Vanocni jarmark
V patek jsem byla s pritelkynemi z siciho krouzku prodavat nase vyrobky na vanocnim jarmarku. Vim, ze jsem si tu ztezovala, ze netvorim.. ale omluvou mi budiz to, ze krabice byla jeste plna vyrobku od leta :-)a v nedeli jsem mela par hodin vyclenenych k siti. Usila jsem medveda Borise a dalsi morskou vilu. Tot vse. Od leta jedine, co jsem udelala.. Ale trh se nam povedl a mame dalsi clenky do krouzku!
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Co je u nas noveho?
Bohuzel mi nezbyva vubec zadny cas se venovat blogu. Zacala jsem znovu pracovat, novy semestr ve skole a k tomu obe deti zacaly nove skoly. Tvoreni slo uplne stranou... ale jinak to nejde. Zatim.
Tak se s vami alespon podelim o par fotografii. Eliska oslavila desate narozeniny a na Martina jsem se vydali do Londyna na ceskou ambasadu. Po hodne dlouhe dobe jsem se setkala s kamaradkami z ceske skoly. Bylo to moc pekne dopoledne a pak jsme se presunuli do kina v Hammersmithu, v Londyne na ceskou pohadku. V tomto kine se porada cesky filmovy festival kazdym rokem. Uz tam chodim 15!!! let. Chodli jsme tam s manzelem na rande... jo, kde jsou ty casy :-)
Tak se s vami alespon podelim o par fotografii. Eliska oslavila desate narozeniny a na Martina jsem se vydali do Londyna na ceskou ambasadu. Po hodne dlouhe dobe jsem se setkala s kamaradkami z ceske skoly. Bylo to moc pekne dopoledne a pak jsme se presunuli do kina v Hammersmithu, v Londyne na ceskou pohadku. V tomto kine se porada cesky filmovy festival kazdym rokem. Uz tam chodim 15!!! let. Chodli jsme tam s manzelem na rande... jo, kde jsou ty casy :-)
Monday, 1 October 2012
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Zacala skola/ School has started
Tak mam obe deti ve skole. Eliska postoupila na druhy stupen a tedy do nove skoly a Alfie do pripravky. Takze nejsou spolu, ale myslim, ze Alfiemu to jen prospeje!
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Morske vily/ Mermaids
I found the pattern in my new book and couldn't wait to make them. And there a lot more new exciting ideas. It will keep me going for a while :-)
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Rozmarne leto/ 'Summer'
Letos se tu o lete snad ani neda mluvit. Prakticky neprestalo prset od Velikonoc, kdy byl vyhlasen zakaz zalevani zahrad hadicema, protoze byl kriticky nedostatek vody. Tak ted mame nadrze aspon plne :-D Eliska uz sla dnes do skoly, poprve jela sama skolnim autobusem a Alfie mi tu hodinu brecel, ze si nema s kym hrat... no a ve ctvrtek mu to zacina take, uz jde do pripravky. Deti tu zacinaji skolni dochazku ve skolnim roce, kdy jim bude 5. Nastesti je Alfie zarijovy, tak bude nejstarsi. Prazdniny byly letos krasne, kratke a hodne mokre! Zustali jsme doma a v Norfolku a Devonu. Podarilo se nam dokonce i parkrat vykoupat v mori, kdyz bylo par dni hezky!
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Ponco/ Poncho
Uz je hotove dele, jen jsem nejak nestihala vyfotit. Padlo mi do oka u Radule a nedalo mi spat :-) Parada hotova za par veceru u televize.
Friday, 13 July 2012
Cupcakes
I have been making these for a while for various school fetes and cakes sales. They are simple and always sell fast!
Makes 12:
- preheat oven to 180C/ Gas 4
- 115g softened butter
- 115g caster sugar
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- 115g self-raising flour (or 85g self-raising flour and 25g cocoa powder)
- 1 tbsp milk
Beat together flour and butter - gradually add the eggs - add flour - and then the milk. Mix well together and divide into 12 paper cases. Bake for around 15-20 minutes.
The part I like the best is the decorating
- 85g softened butter
- 175g icing sugar
- 1 tbsp milk
- 2-3 drops of vanilla essence
- various seasonal decorations
Mix well and put into a piping bag and have fun!
Makes 12:
- preheat oven to 180C/ Gas 4
- 115g softened butter
- 115g caster sugar
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- 115g self-raising flour (or 85g self-raising flour and 25g cocoa powder)
- 1 tbsp milk
Beat together flour and butter - gradually add the eggs - add flour - and then the milk. Mix well together and divide into 12 paper cases. Bake for around 15-20 minutes.
The part I like the best is the decorating
- 85g softened butter
- 175g icing sugar
- 1 tbsp milk
- 2-3 drops of vanilla essence
- various seasonal decorations
Mix well and put into a piping bag and have fun!
Uz nejakou chvili vyrabim tyto dortiky do skoly na ruzne charitativni prodeje nebo na vybirani penez na ruzne skolni akce - nedavno to bylo na venkovni nabytek do 1. tridy. Po zacatecni porazce, jsem se vzmuzila a pustila se do boje s ostatnima maminkama a ted uz se moje dortiky prodavaji jako jedny z prvnich :-D Ja nejsem soutezivy typ, ale tohle me nejak vzalo :-D
Takze, tady je zakladni recept:
- 115g mekkeho masla
- 115g piskoveho cukru
- 2 vajicka
- 115g hladke mouky (nebo 85g mouky a 25g kakaa - pokud chcete tmave)
- 1 prasek do peciva
- 1 lzici mleka
Troubu predem vyhrejeme na 180C/ plyn c. 4
Cukr a maslo utreme a postupne pridame vajicka. Pak mouku, pr do p a mleko. Vse dukladne promichame a rozdelime do 12 papirovych kosicku. Peceme 15-20 minut.
Nechame vychladnout a mezi tim si udelame polevu:
- 85g mekkeho masla
- 175g mouckoveho cukru
- 1 lzici mleka
- 2-3 kapky vanilkove esence
Vse dukladne promichame a prendame do pytliku a zdobime :-)
Sunday, 1 July 2012
Eldreflower cordial/ Syrup z kvetu cerneho bezu
What you need:
- 30 large south facing full stems of elderflowers
- 2kg/ 4 lbs sugar
- 75gms/ 3oz citric acid (I found this in the health food shop - but had to ask
- grated rind and flesh of 2 lemons
- 1 litre/ 2 pints of water
1. Bring water to the boil and dissolve sugar
2. Pour over elderflowers and add citric acid, grated grind and flesh of lemons
3. Leave 24 hours
4. Strain through jelly bag into bucket and then bottle. Make sure bottles are clean and have screw tops
As easy as that :-) From my favourite ever recipe book!
Makes about 2 litres and should last until next year
- 30 large south facing full stems of elderflowers
- 2kg/ 4 lbs sugar
- 75gms/ 3oz citric acid (I found this in the health food shop - but had to ask
- grated rind and flesh of 2 lemons
- 1 litre/ 2 pints of water
1. Bring water to the boil and dissolve sugar
2. Pour over elderflowers and add citric acid, grated grind and flesh of lemons
3. Leave 24 hours
4. Strain through jelly bag into bucket and then bottle. Make sure bottles are clean and have screw tops
As easy as that :-) From my favourite ever recipe book!
Makes about 2 litres and should last until next year
Co je potreba:
- 30 velkych kvetu
- 2kg cukru
- 75g kyseliny citronove
- 2 citrony - nastrouhana kura a duznina
- 1 litr vody
1. Vodu privedeme k varu a rozpustime cukr
2. Kvety prelijeme cukrem s vodou a pidame kyselinu citronovou
3. Nechame ulezet 24 hodin
4. Procedime pres plinu a prelijeme do cistych lahvi se sroubovacim uzaverem
Jednoduche a z me nej knizky s recepty
Ziskame asi 2 litry syrupu, ktery by mel vydrzet do pristiho roku.
Friday, 15 June 2012
Made in Ernest
Our sewing group had a premiere during the jubilee celebrations. We meet once a week and while we talk we sew :-) Unfortunately I din't manage to take better photos (and Daniel forgot to bring his camera)... hopefully next time!
Nase sici skupina mela pri oslavach jubilea premieru. Schazime se jednou za tyden a pri svitoreni sijeme a tak uz bylo zacatkem cervna co prodavat. Bohuzel se mi nepovedlo moc fotit, nebylo totiz kdy a i pres moje mnohe pripominani si muz zapomnel fotak doma. Ale zase misto fotaku privedl psa a tak musel hned domu, protoze Hazel tam zlobila. Takze pouceni pro priste? Prinesu si svuj fotak a prijdeme tam hodne s predstihem, abych si to stacila nacancat a vyfotit :-D
Nase sici skupina mela pri oslavach jubilea premieru. Schazime se jednou za tyden a pri svitoreni sijeme a tak uz bylo zacatkem cervna co prodavat. Bohuzel se mi nepovedlo moc fotit, nebylo totiz kdy a i pres moje mnohe pripominani si muz zapomnel fotak doma. Ale zase misto fotaku privedl psa a tak musel hned domu, protoze Hazel tam zlobila. Takze pouceni pro priste? Prinesu si svuj fotak a prijdeme tam hodne s predstihem, abych si to stacila nacancat a vyfotit :-D
Friday, 1 June 2012
Getting ready for the Jubilee/ Pripravy na oslavu
Ceka nas dlouhy vikend. Mame volno i v pondeli a utery, protoze kralovna Alzbeta II. slavi 60 let kralovani. Po obede bude oslava ve skole a zitra bude vesnice poradat dobrocinnou oslavu u kostela a vecer v kulturnim dome. Takze vsichni peceme a zdobime co muzeme :-)Hlavne, at neprsi!!!!
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Planter made from a wooden pallet/ Zahradni ohradka vyrobena z drevene palety
We were very fortunate recently and got a bit of land at the end of our garden from our lovely neighbors. There was a bit of a problem with keeping the dog from running all over the veggies so I decided to take action. We managed to find a couple of disused wooden pallets and I made a planter (had to be quite high to discourage Hazel). It only took me a couple of hours and I am very happy with the result :-) So I'll slowly work to make the whole vegetable patch dog-proof.
Nedavno se nam podarilo zvetsit nasi zahradu. Hodni sousede nam prodali kus jejich zahrady a tak mame ted misto na zeleninu! Jen byl problem s Hazel, protoze po tom vsem behala a uslapala to. Nasli jsme par pohozenych palet a za par hodin jsem vyrobila to, co jsem potrebovala a ziskala obdiv i vsech sousedu :-D Takze mam postarano o dalsi projekt, protoze zahrada je celkem velka. A je tam i par stromku, coz jsem vypozorovala minuly rok, jsou svestky!!!
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
Prsi, prsi jen se leje/ It's raining.....
Zacatkem dubna byl vyhlasen zakaz zalevani zahrad a myti aut hadicemi. Ve vetsine jizni Anglie byl vyhlasen stav sucha. A co se stalo o Velikonocich? Zacalo prset! Prsi uz temer nepretrzite (vcera 'nahodou' skoro cely den neprselo a svitilo dokonce i slunicko. Uz zacinam trpet serosleposti :-D) asi 2-3 tydny. Za domem mame reku a ta uz je u sousedu v pulce jejich zahrady. K nam by se dle map nemela dostat ani voda tisicileta, takze jsem zatim klidna.. Do skolky jsem se vcera rano dostala tak tak, projela jsem to zatopenou silnici vcelku v pohode. Ale odpoledne uz jsem si nabrala vodu do auta a zpet jsem jela uz oklikou. Dnes rano uz je to neprujezdne, takze jezdime vsichni oklikou, kde je voda zatim 'jen' pod mostem. A v noci zacalo opet prseeeet. Ve zpravach rikali, ze bohuzel ani takove mnozstvi vody nestaci!!!! a zakaz pouzivani hadic bude pokracovat. Dnes rano jsem se vydala na pruzkumnou cestu k rece, ale moc daleko jsem se nedostala....
Friday, 23 March 2012
Deka ze zbytku/ Leftover blanket
Na rozdil od deky nekonecne byla tato vcelku rychla. Hackovala jsem ji asi 2 mesice po vecerech u televize. Je to velmi jednoduche - ctverecek babicka porad dokola. Deku si prala Eliska do pokoje, tak ted me jeste ceka jedna pro Alfieho ;-)
This blanket was quick to make (not like the never ending blanket). It took me about 2 months while watching TV in the evenings. I made it for Eliska, for her bedroom. Now onto the next one for Alfie ;-)
Konecne jaro/ Finally spring
Cim jsem starsi, tim se kazdy rok tesim vic na jaro. Leden a unor jsou pro mne utrpenim, ale s breznem jakoby do mne vstoupila nova energie. Zacala jsem pripravovat zahradku, sit, psat eseje do skoly a odlepovat tapety v jidelne. Uz posledni mistnost s tapetama. Bohuzel to jde tezko, pulka mistnosti ma tapety nalepene primo na zed, bez spodniho papiru. Do toho deti trosku marodi - nic vazneho, nastesti. Takze: Jaro, vitej :-)
As I get older I seem to look forward to spring with more intensity. I hate January and February but feel full of energy in March. I have started preparing the garden, seeds, more sewing, studying and stripping the last room in the house with hideous wallpaper. Unfortunately, there is no lining paper in half of the room so it is very hard to get off.
So: Spring welcome :-)
Monday, 27 February 2012
Domaci cerealie/ Homemade cereal
Dlouho jsem se chystala na domaci cerealie. Navod jsem zahledla na jednom z mych oblibenych blogu - Home Baked. Delam uz od Vanoc davku kazdy tyden az tyden a pul. Jen jsem recept trosku obmenila, aby to nebylo drazsi, nez z obchodu ;-)
Takze:
- 1/2 hrnicku jemneho arasidoveho masla
- 1/2 hrnicku medu
- 4 lzice jemneho hnedeho cukru
- 1 -2 lzice vanilkove esence (v Cechach se muze misto hnedeho cukru a vanilky dat 2-3 pytliky vanilkoveho cukru. Ten se tu da sehnat jen v polskych obchodech).
- spetku soli
- 6 hrnicku ovesnych vlocek
- hrnicek nasekanych orisku (ja pouzivam 1/2 neloupanych mandli a 1/2 liskovych)
- 1/2 hrnicku nasekaneho kokosu
- nasekana horka cokolada a rozinky dle chuti(nemusi byt)
Arasidove maslo, med a cukr smichame ve velke mise. Postupne pridame ostatni prisady (krome cokolady a rozinek)a dobre promichame (nejlepe rukama). Peceme do mirne zlatova v mirne troube. Ja to davam na dva velke plechy. Casto promichavame, aby se to nespalilo. Po vychladnuti pridame cokoladu a rozinky. Je to mnamka, ktera u nas dlouho nevydrzi :-)
I have been meaning to make homemade granola from the Home Baked blog for ages. It just looked so tasty! I tried it for the first time after Christmas and have been making it nearly every week since. I have tweaked the recipe a little. Firstly, I make it from a double dose and secondly I have replaced the cherries with raisins and add 1/2 cup of desiccated coconut. Excellent breakfast that doesn't last long in our house :-)
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Obaly na skicaky/ Sketchbook covers
Jelikoz ted bydlime na vesnici (bez obchodu) a ja nejsem moc dobry planovac, casto se mi stane, ze potrebujeme narozeninovy darek na posledni chvili... a tak musim vyrabet darecky kolikrat par hodin pred oslavou ;-) Tentokrat se nam jich seslo vice a tak jsem pouzila stejny napad jako na obal na foto album. Jen jsem tam udelala jeste pouzdro na tuzky. Vse jsem podlozila nazehlovacim vlizelinem a pouzila jsem ruzne zbytky latek a masli. Tak doufam, ze sklidi uspech :-)
As we live in a village now (so one needs to plan ahead when in town/ shop) and I'm not a very organised person, it often happens that I have to make a last minute gift a few hours before a party.. These covers are easy to make - I used the same idea as for the photo album cover - and quick. I ironed interfacing on the back of all the fabric and used ribbons I had at home. Hopefully the children will like them ;-)
Monday, 20 February 2012
Kdyz je segra ve skole/ When his sister is at school..
.. chodime kazde rano s Alfikem na prochazku k rece :-)
.. me and Alfie go for a walk :-)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)