Title: ‘Green’
Additional notes:  the lawn survived winter and grew just enough over the last week for me to give it a bit of a trim with my trusty old school lawn mower…

Title: ‘One of Life’s Mysteries’
Additional notes: I’m still not really sure how this pretty beaded pony tail holder came to be at the bottom of my handbag.  Perhaps one of the girls at preschool dropped it in by mistake while I was gathering Preschooler SSG’s things during pick up on Friday.

Title: ‘Callebaut Chips and Potato Masher’
Additional notes: pulled out all the stops for the weekend’s baking project.  I bought this bag of Callebaut dark chocolate chips from Costco a few months back.  I know, they’re still largely uneaten after all this time!  The willpower.  Used them in a batch of banana choc chip muffins.  The potato masher?  I used it on the bananas.  Works a treat.

I adapted Donna Hay’s recipe from her ‘Modern Classics’ books ie used wholemeal flour instead of white, added a teaspoon of vanilla extract and some mixed spice.  Her use of baking powder, sour cream and vegetable oil in the base recipe delivers a muffin that peaks beautifully and keeps well due to its moisture content.  And it’s so easy too!

Additional notes: the pantry and fridge could be bare at our place but you’d never willingly starve despite this.  Despite the number of times I’ve swept, mopped and wiped the floor; it still yields a bounty of food at any given moment.