Today was a myriad of micro-firsts.. I will endeavor give a brief synopsis of them all:
1. Every Friday I spend the afternoon taught by the fabulous artist Willi Wildman at Wildman studios. Today, being Good Friday meant that I was instructed on arrival at class that ' I must wear an Easter Bonnet' (Which explains the Cowboy hat). After a couple of hours I realized there a lovely lady called Joan had snuck in behind my easel and that the whole time she had been painting me! I have never had anyone paint me before, it was quite wonderful. Thank you Joan!
2. I also had to opportunity to paint eggs ready for Willi's epic Easter Egg hunt she has in her garden for her family on Easter Sunday. My source material was a collection of Russian Baboushka eggs. I realized quickly that I was not going to match the beauty and quality of these eggs in the alloted time frame so painted an egg 'lady-bird' instead. Much easier and greater margin for error.
3. After the 'Mount Vanilla' incident, I had to redeem myself and rolled up my sleeves ready to make, from scratch, the world famous 'Egg Nog' Trifle. Despite my mum and sister sending multiple texts voicing their concerns about (a) me cooking and (b) me cooking egg nog trifle... with the help of the wonderful D, we made the most magnificent bowl of goodness which is now sitting in the fridge waiting to be transported to Owen Sound for tomorrow's Easter BBQ. Points of interest were Darren's superb 'slicing' machine [perfection in kiwi slicing] and making the egg nog from the raw ingredients after trailing around every supermarket in The Georgian Triangle in attempt to buy some. (http://www.eggnogrecipe.net/indulgent-eggnog-recipe.html)
Note to self: Wine helps when cooking.
4. Wieners. Chicken Wieners. 10 for $3.90. My first official hot dog.
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