Showing off

So today, was the day of the Spring show for the Horticultural association I am a member of. I have been, if you remember been practicing cheese straws and brownies. I made both yesterday with a lemon drizzle cake which was for sale by the slice in the tea room that we run as part of the show. The straws I cut with a ruler and I held them together with two foil wraps, as you can see below. 

The brownies, well not so successful, the first batch were hopelessly undercooked, I did this as I was told my practice run ones were overcooked. So I made them again, and of course in my opinion they were over baked again! You want them gooey inside but these were not. They had almond flakes in them, they taste ok, but are really like a chocolate cake. 


This year, the show has had a major facelift. The old white cardboard niches that the floral art entries sit in are now brand new black ones, that we can clean easily. The entry tables have a nice covering to hide the tired surface. We have colourful dividing lines, to separate the different classes. The class signs as can be seen are in a nice plastic holder, the whole thing looks so much more professional! Here are four floral art entries.

They were all amazing, but I was not to see them at the show. When I got home after the setup, I felt a bit groggy, in truth last night I felt like a cold was coming on. So I decided I did not want to give it to lots of people and I missed going back to the show. I haven’t seen the numbers, but I understand they had loads of entries, and when the family living with me tried to park by the hall, there was no room. I have anecdotal evidence that it was very busy, which is great. It was a bit chilly, so we did not put any tea tables outside the tea area. I met a lady who used to be our chairperson, she still helps with the shows. She is a physio by profession, but is now in senior management. She said I looked and I was walking well, and when I did my squat that I have been practicing at the gym, she was super impressed at far I got down. The callus bump, might not go completely away, she told me, but a war wound is no bad thing perhaps. It is a sort of a twin to my scar on my right leg when I got osteomyelitis as a very young teenager. But it was good to hear her thoughts. I spent the rest of the day resting, and thinking about some other things to do with the web page. I had dinner with the family, and will have a quiet day tomorrow, giving the store a miss. I don’t think I won either of the classes I entered, but it was fun entering.

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