Halloween, Christmas, and the new year

Before Halloween, I bought a pumpkin for carving. It day on the bench while Halloween came and went.

I was a bit surprised that it didn't go soft and stinky.

The weeks went by, and eventually it was nearly Christmas. I came up with the idea of carving a Christmas pumpkin.

Nice idea, but I didn't do anything about it.

Yesterday, on the eve of New Year's Eve, I finally carved a Christmas tree in the bloody pumpkin. 

I put a candle in and took a picture.

Done!

Bunnies, acting like bunnies

Ivy received a second bunny for Christmas, so now she has two.

They go around in a little pack. White Bunny is her  usual well-worn grey, with flattened fur and gritty bits. Pink Bunny is new and delightfully fluffy.

I find them around the place, acting like bunnies.

One day this will seem so long ago

So here are some pics:

Reminiscing about cakes

When the girls were turning four, I made two shaped party cakes. Luckily Hazel wanted a clock, which is a very easy shape. Ivy wanted a cat, so I went to the internet to work that one out. Here are some pics from way back when:

Did you eat the cake?

Me: Hazel, did you get out of bed and eat some of the cake?
Hazel: Yes.

This is the top half of the bunny cake I am making for Ivy, for Sunday's party. I think that bunny will have a dented forehead.

Ivy made dessert for me

It is chopped banana, passionfruit, yoghurt and cinnamon.

Harvest on a mild winter day

It must have been a mild winter, because there are still five capsicums on the bush,  happily ripening slowly.