I seem to be living in Narnia…
I must be living in Narnia. That’s the only explanation for the trees, the snow, and the lamp post, which is obviously the same lamp post where Lucy met Mr Tumnus in The Lion, the Witch and the...
View ArticleThe Bad Dog of Orange County
On a recent trip to see my mother in law in California, I saw this amazing sculpture featured in the local newspaper: ‘Bad Dog’, by Richard Jackson, is an enormous statue of a black labrador lifting...
View ArticleOur Fabulous Doctor Who Easter Egg Project
As lifelong Dr Who fans and people who like making things, the boys and I couldn’t resist this fantastic Doctor Who Easter Egg competition from BBC’s Doctor Who Adventures! I couldn’t get anywhere with...
View ArticleLove this TARDIS Fridge Kit!
I love this fantastic Dr Who TARDIS fridge kit! It’s available from the designer, Joy Alyssa Day of Glass Sculpture, here: http://glasssculpture.org/artglass/holiday/police-box.html and here’s her blog...
View ArticleDrawing Petroglyphs in Chaco Canyon
Chaco Canyon is one of the most amazing places on Earth. Hidden away in a remote area of the New Mexico desert, at the end of a long and bumpy washboard of a road, the scale of the ancient Native...
View ArticleStar Wars Cakes: Death Star by Chocolate
This Death Star chocolate biscuit cake was one of three Star Wars cakes we made for the cake auction at our Cub Scouts’ Star Wars themed Blue and Gold banquet this year. Given the challenge of Star...
View ArticleStar Wars Cakes: Chewbacca Chocolate Cake
This Chewbacca chocolate cake was the easiest of the Star Wars cakes we made for our cub scouts Blue and Gold Banquet Star Wars cake auction. It’s a basic chocolate sponge cake with chocolate...
View ArticleStar Wars Han Solo Pop Tarts
It’s a shame these Han Solo Pop Tarts aren’t real, but they seem so popular on the internet, perhaps one day they will be! I’ve been looking around and the earliest place I found them was on this Star...
View ArticleStar Wars Tauntaun Cake: Tauntaun Guts with Summer Berries
This cake is based on a famous scene in one of the proper Star Wars films (Empire Strikes Back): Luke Skywalker, riding a Tauntaun, gets trapped in a blizzard while patrolling around the rebel base on...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all, and especially those of us who are cooking the big dinner for our in-laws this year: valiant indeed! I love the old pictures in this video: most of them look like old book...
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