Pig shaped steamed buns

Merry Christmas!2018!

Carrot Cake

The other day I baked some scones, but they were not so good.
Today I baked this carrot cake , which was sooo good. However, the cream cheese icing was so-so.

Downton Abbey

I'm really into watching Downton Abbey these days.
I wasn't  so interesting in English(British?) drama series  or movies, because British English is very hard for me to listen. The costumes and the scenery and some other things are so beautiful. I wish some one might create Downton Abbey theme park!

I had a hard time with.....

This morning, I upgraded my personal computer from Windows 8,1 to Windows 10. Then, ...

Happy Halloween!

Anne of the Green Gables

One of my friends went to Canada for a short home stay last summer, and she gave me this book as a souvenir. I read it in a short time.
When I was in Junior high school , I read this book and its 8 sequel in Japanese. I gave up to read its last sequel. I loved Anne of Greed Gables, but I never been to Prince Edward Island. I hope
I can go there someday.

Starting to bloom.

Can you see this tiny lavender bud?
This plant is the second year what I started to grow it from a seed.
This place does not get enough sunshine, so that it didn't grow well.
Lavenders usually bloom in July here in Hokkaido. I hope it will
bloom before we have frost.

Yesterday's harvest

 

It's my first time to grow these green skin red

daikon, or radish.

The inside is deep purple which is so beautiful!

First, I made Daikon-oroshi, or grated daikon.

Then, I made these Hello Kitty shaped ones, and 

I made Nabe or Japanese hot pot with them and 

some other ingredients.

Laiden suika , or laiden watermelon

clover shaped cucumber mold

Cranberry and spiral beet

Chocolate cosmos

Cosmos park

Dolce Candle

My neighbor gave this aroma candle as a souvenir from her trip.
It looks so delicious and smells GOOD like real chocolate.

Star-shaped cucumber and heart-shaped cucumber

I grew these funny shaped cucumbers with a star-shaped cucumber mold and a hear-shaped one. I have only two molds, so I can grow only two shaped ones at the same time.

They turned out so cute!

I made these canapes with the cucumbers.

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36.9C!

It was the hottest temperature in my town in June. Can you believe that we had some snow in the middle of May this year.