Festive eating and drinking with family and friends is what this time of year is all about for me. Sadly, the festivities are different this year, but, I did receive a wonderful box of goodies from my mum. Including her wonderful fruitcake and a note of instructions on adding more rum and marzipan (supplied).
I didn’t manage to sketch the colourful packages before breaking into the McVitie’s digestives. Now that the sketch is done I can put the marzipan on the fruitcake.
I started making shortbread weeks ago (to send to family and friends) with the most recent batch made on the winter solstice, as is my personal tradition. I always mix it by hand in my granny’s old bowl (as she did), shape it using her rolling pin, then place the “cakes” on her old tins to get “well fired” as she used to say (50-55 minutes at 325°F). Yum!
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Excellent renditions..details on the shortbread one are so good! I went down memory lane!
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Thanks you!
You mean you remember the bowl? And your mum using it?
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I just love these, Alison.
The details + colour are marvelous.
So it would be great if you put all your sketches in a book.
Nice chatting with you today ❣
Love, Patricia
On Sun., Dec. 27, 2020, 3:17 p.m. Everyday Sketches, wrote:
> Alison R. Hall posted: ” Festive eating and drinking with family and > friends is what this time of year is all about for me. Sadly, the > festivities are different this year, but, I did receive a wonderful box of > goodies from my mum. Including her wonderful fruitcake and a note of ” >
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Thank you Patricia!
They kind of are in a book – my sketchbook. 😉😁
Great catching up with you. Much more to yak about. Xox
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We are enjoying our shortbread, one bite at a time. We make these last a very long time. Thanks to Granny for making it possible and to you for sharing the goodies with us.
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That is impressive self discipline!
I’m very happy to know you’re enjoying them.
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