In a corner of another pastry box...

Pretty roses, creamy cakes...it's enough to make Marie-Antoinette jealous! :D

A peek in the pastry box....

Just counted them. 202 in just this box. There are other boxes... ;-) Can't wait to show them at the SIMP!

Preparing for SIMP

Currently trying to get all the new stuff photographed before packing
it up for the SIMP.

Thought it was a good time to update some other photos too, like these
religieuses! New "flavours" and an improved look! They'll be at the
SIMP and in the store soon...

The Return of M. de la Rue

A couple of years ago, we introduced you to our neighbour, M. de la Rue.  Once again it's that time of the year when he arrives at our door with cherries from his garden. This year because of the exceptionally hot spring, he's turned up a little earlier than usual. And with  more cherries than ever before!

While trying to decide what to do with them all, we've been nibbling on them throughout the day. Hey, it's not very often you have fresh cherries under your nose. Might as well enjoy them!

A clafouti seemed like a good idea...but there were so many cherries in the mixture that I had to make a couple of smaller ones at the same time.  Yum!!

To be honest, I might have overcooked it a bit.  Not a problem with this miniature version :)

With that, I've only used half of the cherries.  So if you have any ideas or quick recipes, feel free to post the details below!

One month later...

I know we've never been ones to update this blog daily, or even weekly, but I was a bit surprised to see that it's been nearly a month since our last post.  Ooooops!

I guess it's understandable.  We've been having some great weather - more summer than spring.  More time spent outside than inside :)

Oh yes, there's also the small matter of the upcoming SIMP show being a little over two weeks away.  We decided to have a double table for the first time this year (a chair each! YES!!).  It seemed like a wonderful idea a few months back.  But now we have to fill it!!  Suddenly these miniatures seem so small...

Anyway, here's some eye candy from today.  Don't forget if you need your "fix" more often than once a month, we're on Facebook and it's updated much more often than the blog...

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