lunch

Girls for lunch yesterday and I made these mini quiches the night before. So easy with quick puff pastry rounds pressed into muffin trays. I filled them with caramelised onion and goat cheese, bacon with parmesan and swiss cheese, and chorizo with olive and baby tomato. With the leftovers I made a large quiche for dinner that night.

The filling was fresh organic eggs mixed with cream and sour cream, salt and pepper and poured over the filling in the prebaked crusts. If I had more time I would have made my own shortcrust, next time.

We had them with asparagus, green salad, beans and new potatoes.

They bought home made flourless chocolate cake with cream and strawberries, vietnamese pork and noodle rice paper rolls, cheese, fruit and biscuits and champagne. The only thing I'd change would be a couple more hours with these favourite women!

dog shame

I laughed till I cried reading through the http://dog-shaming.com/ tumblr. Here are a few of the sweet puppies being publicly shamed by their owners, though actually some of the worst offenders don't look even slightly abashed.

Thanks to everyone who left comments on my last birdie post. The last few days we've had more than fifty birds congregate at a time in our garden, hanging out socialising around the bird bath and in the trees chattering to each other. Its another thing putting a smile on my face this week. Welcome spring.

sing

Its feeling a lot like spring here today and my friends have been singing all day. I think they might be checking out the honeysuckle and jasmine bushes for places to nest. I hope so, and I hope this wind is blowing in some rain to water all my little growing seeds.