Celebratory Mouse Mousse

Posted on July 6, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Celebration, Chocolate, chocolate buttons, chocolate mousse, Food, Gift, Life, Mouse, Sugar, Sweet, TastyLeave a comment

My friend bought me this mousse Mouse today from a Greek cafe as a gift. I was going to keep it till tomorrow but then I got the news that I have got my painting in the local art exhibition and I just had to celebrate.

He had (yes he’s gone) a chocolate sponge base, chocolate mousse topping and mouse shape, a shiny chocolate ganasche covering and chocolate buttons for ears and a tail. Then two white icing dots for eyes. It was very sweet to look at and eat.

We will go back so I can try some of their savory food. I fancy a Greek salad and stuffed vine leaves.

Sweet

Posted on July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Drawing, Felt pens, Imagined, Life, Sketching, Smarties, Sweet, Sweets3 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was sweet.

I tried to draw smarties (the British version of m&m’s?) but my shaking arm made for wobbling lines, so they are more like jelly beans perhaps? Then I had the idea of adding reflected colours on opposite sweets, but the colours are too dark. I also wanted to add shadows from various directions, like there was different coloured light illuminating the sweets, so blue grey shadow on one side and turquoise blue on the other. This could have worked better but I used felt pens again. And the sweets are egg shaped! Oh well I tried!

Kittens

Posted on May 4, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged babies, Black and white cat, Cats, Cute, Kittens, Life, Poem, Poetry, Sweet, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Five years ago?

So long…

A kitten jamboree

A smorgasbord of kittens

Sweet enough to eat.

Four of them

But one was shy

Two to one home

Two to another

Happily ensconced

But a hole in my heart ♥

Fruit

Posted on February 22, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Food, Fruit, Growing, Orange, Photo, Plants, Poem, poetry life, Pomegranate, SweetLeave a comment

Sweet treats without sugar

Neatly packaged

Sour until ripe

Peel and see

What’s inside

Flesh and juice

Bite into it

Taste

Indian sweets

Posted on February 15, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Eaten, Food, Indian food, Indian sweets, Life, samosas, Sugar, Sweet, Tasty7 Comments

I got some vegetable samosas today and was very tempted to buy some Indian sweets. I’m not sure how they are made but they are very nice to look at. I had some a few years ago and enjoyed them very much, but I keep my sugar consumption low so I just asked if I could take a photo. Our sketching prompt today is sweets so you might see a blog with a sketch of them later on.

Two cats?

Posted on February 11, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white, Happy, Life, Mirrored, Photo, Sleeping, Sunshine, Sweet, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

No, just playing with mirror images again. But she is cute. And two heads are better than one? She was lying in the sunshine on our bed, happy and purring. I tilted the camera to fit her in the photo, which is why her head is at an odd angle. She is small and beautiful. She has gorgeous green eyes, she loves being stroked and purrs loudly. She makes me happy! Sweet cat x

Guess what we had for tea.

Posted on January 4, 2022January 5, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blancmange, Blueberries, Cream, Dessert, Food, Jelly, less calories, Sweet, Tasty, too much food, TrifleLeave a comment

Yes, another trifle. I used sugar free jelly, but I added blueberries. Of course there was fat in it, but I made strawberry blancmange with semiskimmed milk and a sweetener instead of sugar. I used half the amount of whipped cream than I usually do. So I guess it was reasonably healthy, especially compared with other festive treats, such as stollen, mince pies and Christmas pudding (which I sadly indulged in too!).

Finished at last

Posted on December 14, 2021December 16, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Animal portrait, Art, Commission, Dog, little, Painting, Sweet, terrier, Time4 Comments

This took a long, long time. I can still paint but shaking isn’t helping. If I put things on the easle it’s a bit better, but sometimes I have to hold the painting to add details, then if I try and paint my left arm and hand shakes and the canvas wobbles. So I have to redo things. I wish I wasn’t getting old. Painting means such a lot to me. Then typing, the phone wobbles side to side as I stab at the keyboard. Thank goodness for predictive text! Anyway I hope this little dogs owner loves this painting, she’s been really patient. X

Cooked!

Posted on October 17, 2021December 15, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Banana, Bread and butter pudding, Cooking, Food, Moist, Pears, Poem, Poetry, Sweet, tasty cookedLeave a comment

A tasty morsel

A solid lump?

No soft and sweet

Moist and crunchy

It was a treat

It turned out good

Now I’m stuffed

With bread, butter and banana pud!

Purring cat

Posted on September 1, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Missing, Photo, purred, Sweet, Tuxedo cat, two other catsLeave a comment

While I miss one of my cats, I still have to look after the other two. They want attention. Jumping up to see us. But neither are as ‘touchy feely’ as the missing one. A little cuddle and they are off. To get food and drink. To mooch about on the stairs or outside. My heart strings are being pulled left and right.

I miss my old boy cat….

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Sweet