Right now, daphne is making me smile. Small sprigs, in unexpected places. Resurrecting broken china cups.It is nice to be reminded of what artificial air freshners* are aspiring to. Unsuspecting window sills in those functional rooms of the house, now sport their own little tea cups of lemony daphne.* not my favourite thing and certainly not in our home. ...

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I've been playing around with some brioche recipes. Taking the ones that work and mixing them with the stickiest fillings I could find. It fits nicely into my days at home - kneed dough, head out to playgroup while it rises, roll out and cut swirls, bake, eat lunch and then weld our teeth firmly together with gooey sticky brioche.The recipe goes like...

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We are still here and still having adventures, just keeping a low profile.Sometimes that last thing you want to do at the end of a day is turn on yet another computer. Other times, it's the first thing. Hopefully some more of the "other times" coming up. ...

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