Life lately, according to my Android

(1) Another incredible sunset from our porch. Can't get enough of these! (2) An experimental omelette breakfast pizza. (3) The most pretty shade of pink in our back yard. Any ideas what variety might be? (4) A lovely surprise to behold on my way to work. (5) Preparing for the cold weather. (6) The fence that I *ahem* we built. (7) Making koeksisters. (8) Our church service at Raglan. (9) A quick rush of adrenaline every so often keeps me going.

A thing of beauty

"The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises." (Ecclesiastes 1:5)

One of the many beautiful sunsets we are blessed to behold.

Ladies + Toddler's Weekend Out

The weekend before last, Mr B packed his camping gear and set off to the annual Rails Camp, down in Wellington. Meanwhile my lovely mother-in-law had a conference in Auckland to attend and invited me along for a Girl's weekend, acommpanied with my sister-in-law and her (almost) three-year-old. Here are a few photos from our adventures:

Snapdragon's braised short-rib on the bone with bourbon and prune glaze. Much smaller than it appears in the photo, but incredibly moreish.

... after 4 hours of shopping, who can blame him? :P

Photos taken at the Auckland Arts Festival at Aotea Square. The colourful flags were 'peace flags' which kids were invited to decorate and hang.

Great weather, fine company and fun memories to be had.

Homemade Pizzas

We like pizza a lot, in our household. Why buy it when you can make your own, and top with all your favourite extras? :)

PS: For these particular pizzas we made a scone base, mainly because we were hungry and couldn't wait for yeast to rise. Usually, if we are organised and plan ahead, we would use the Edmond's pizza base recipe, which is just as easy but takes a little more time. Well worth the extra preparation, though!