guess what.....more snow!

just as we said goodbye to the last of the recent snow (and were finally going to be able to get the stone mason here to do some work - he's been unable since early december to get here because of snow) it snowed again!

another 6-10 inches has fallen over the last four days and so we thought it only sensible and right that we celebrate by doing loads of baking/cooking and going on walks.

here's a shot taken from a walk we went on yesterday looking back across the valley and up to the barn:



and almost the same shot taken in july last year:



today nikki is making another chocolate cake (a new recipe which she tried out a few days ago and which was A BIG HIT!!!), monkey boy's making veggie sausage rolls and i think i'm planning on making some cheese and onion scones - mmm!

here's the veggie sausage rolls:



they are bloody tasty!

and the cake:



keep in mind that this is a 14"/35cm plate which means that the cake comes out at just under a foot in diameter and 7"/17.5cm high!

it's absolutely amazing!

as most of you know i am a fan of the chocolate and you can probably imagine how much i'm looking forward to eating this.

finally, here are the cheese, onion and fresh herb scones:



***post testing update: all of the above are really REALLY tasty!***

gairy.