Best thing about last few days...

a big sky with clouds like angels and golden sun illuminating whispy tendrils stretched across the sky then setting like red fire behind a silhouette of trees on a hill, and my son with his golden hair, for long time so shy, smiling with his cousins.. watching f1.. a bit like whacky races (so guess there must be a dick dastardly and muttley in the mean machine) and the eurovision song contest, kind of surreal like birds on the tree singing their hearts out in the morning

Raindrop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcIMvliWM2I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pSyYhRYeIM&feature=related

im very sorry for confusion with the honey cake recipies..

watching Jame Does Athens on the telly and loved his recipie for Greek Honey cake with pistachios.. but couldnt find it on his website... looked for similar recipies online.. but the ones i found used measurements in cups and wernt very successful for me

The recipie below is the Jamie Oliver one.. taking down the ingredients and method from the programme, that can still be seen for another three weeks on the web.

Althou havn't made it yet - but the main thing it gives the ingredients in grammes and also a tin size for the cake - so you have a fighting chance it will work.

Greek Pistacio and Honey Tin cake

from Jamie Does Athens
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamie-does/4od#3070154

1 lemon and an orange (zest and juice)
150g plain flour
200g semolina
1 level teaspooon of baking powder
200mls of mild olive oil
75g ground almonds
225g greek yoghurt
225g castor sugar
5 eggs (not seperated)

Mix all togethor with zest of orange and lemon and pour into a tray covered with olive oil and then flour shaken over to make non stick, about 22x29cms.

Pour in mix

Bake in oven at 180 degrees C for about 30-35 minutes and cool for 1 hour.

Toast 150g of pistachios and crush roughly with end of rolling pin, add 100 mls of honey and heat togethor with nuts until honey boils but not caramalised - toffyish.

Turn down and add the juice from the orange and lemon and simmer for a minute

Stab the sponge with a small knife so that the syrup will sink into it

Spread the warm nut mixture over the cooled sponge - leave for 10 minutes and continue to stab, gently.. with knife to encourage syrup to be absorbed

Serve a portion with dollop of greek yoghurt and sliced strawberries that have been covered with half an orange and castor sugar

Jamie Does...

www.channel4.com/food/on-tv/jamie-oliver/jamie-does

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THfOfnrB9HI ..zorba

versions of Greek Honey and Lemon cake below.. got in a little bit of a muddle with these... maybe something to do with using 'cups' as measurement

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Greek-Honey-Lemon-Cake-with-A-Twist-72209

http://jugalbandi.info/2009/05/not-greek-honey-lemon-cake-with-a-plagiarised-recipe/

heaven..

scent of a bluebell wood on sunny may morning

Secret lives of waldo kitty

Behind the face you walk out your front door with, dont we all have a private one where the fuzzy headed person with mismatched socks who fell out of bed and a hundred dreams lingers

Barbers Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nPAkX1oot0&feature=related

Met Office - Volcanic Ash Predictions

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/latest/volcano

How to have a free holiday

http://uk.travel.yahoo.com/p-promo-3311893

mama bear wrestles tree... ping

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/mama-bear-wrestles-tree-to-rescue-cub/2gg7xie5

In resignation today, believe Mr Brown is a great Prime Minster. Hope he finds happiness and contentment in whatever happens next in his and his families life.

Elephant Parade

http://elephantparadelondon.org