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Enjoying a drop of red.
And throw her in...Just buy her some weights.
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And throw her in...Just buy her some weights.
I can't see how you could improve on the fantastic job you are already doing on them. They look absolutely amazing !
Do you use Youtube @Carole ?Thank you, that’s kind.
Yes the cakes are ok for us and for friends and I’m quite pleased with my efforts.
But, for example, with the chocolate Easter cake I don’t really know how to do smooth sides so I just do it rough.
With the cake with the roses and the little flowers on, I had to improvise.
Some flowers were put on in places to cover up the cracks in the icing, and I had to put leaves all round the bottom of the cake to cover up the mess.
And although the 9 roses on the cake look ok, I had to make three times that amount to get some decent ones.
I just need more practice and some tuition. It’s fun trying though.
Do you use Youtube @Carole ?
There is a lady on there called Ann Reardon, her channel is called How To Cook That. She's brilliant. Shows you how to make the most of a disasterous cake fail, loads of stuff.
If you do need someone to take your own disasters off your hands, give me a private message, I can find my way to Bednall xx
Blowing my own trumpet, I do. But i'm not very good at decorating when I get the chance xAnyway, the word on the street is that you do a fabulous lemon drizzle yourself so I don’t think you need my leftovers.
She may not but I definitely do.That made me smile, but I will definitely look out for that.
I’m ok with the actual cakes, people seem to like them, they usually taste good.
Its the decorating of them that I’d like to improve on.
Anyway, the word on the street is that you do a fabulous lemon drizzle yourself so I don’t think you need my leftovers.
I don’t really know how to do smooth sides so I just do it rough
Job done:Took about 8' off the top of this old bugger late last year: (the old bugger on the right)
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Did a proper job yesterday:
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It's certainly worth cleaning the inside of the glass now, before it gets obstructed.No just this weekend but the culmination of many.
Finally we have a function greenhouse in time for the expected frost this evening.
Flowers at the front, veg further back and spuds in the buckets. Other side will be planted out in the near future and I’ve got almost as much started in the potting shed.
May have gone a bit OTT this year but I’m really enjoying it.
Job for next weekend, clean all the windows.
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Gosh that's nearly as big as my whole garden .No just this weekend but the culmination of many.
Finally we have a function greenhouse in time for the expected frost this evening.
Flowers at the front, veg further back and spuds in the buckets. Other side will be planted out in the near future and I’ve got almost as much started in the potting shed.
May have gone a bit OTT this year but I’m really enjoying it.
Job for next weekend, clean all the windows.
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Another clock - a small one in a big lump of wood.
It seems to have just been a case of the lubrication thickening up - fair enough, really, it can't be less than 112 years old, they only existed from 1885 to 1909.
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