Month: May 2015
Quotation Monday #106
“I don’t suffer from my insanity — I enjoy every minute of it.” ― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dance with the Devil
Dads singing Disney
Quotation Monday #105: Kindred spirits
“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
May 17
The Norwegian National Psalm: You can catch the television transmission from all over Norway, including the royals at Skaugum and at the Palace, on NRK from abroad. Some years they allow the viewers from abroad on this link – http://tv.nrk.no/direkte/nrk1 other years they restrict it to a specific transmission.
Battenberg cake
I have wanted to make a Battenberg cake for years. Since a recipe came with my issue of BBCGoodFood in March, it seemed like a good reason to make it. Unfortunately, our pink food colouring did not come through that well in the oven. It ended up being yellow and brown… We might try some other colours… Continue reading Battenberg cake
Tuesday with Dorie: Nutella buttons
This week’s recipe in Tuesday’s with Dorie was Nutella Buttons (Baking Chez Moi, page 188). Basically, mini muffins filled with Nutella. Check out the other bakers. The mini versions turned out pretty great, but as I was lacking patience and lacking good liners – I turned the rest of the batter into big version. I am… Continue reading Tuesday with Dorie: Nutella buttons
Haakon & Maud
Grrr… Just finished reading this Norwegian series of books – allegedly about King Haakon and Queen Maud. It was meant to be a two volume series. In reality, the author was given (almost) free access to a whole lot of royal archives of letters, diaries and other documents (in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Russia and the… Continue reading Haakon & Maud
Quotation Monday #104: Loss
“You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like… Continue reading Quotation Monday #104: Loss