a few good things...

1. a few moments from one glorious sunrise (shot with my phone).

2. celebrating Mum's birthday with baked cherry cheesecake & chocolate ganache.

3. pretty pink produce market dahlias.

4. library books.

5. faffing around & taking photos.

6. a morning spent baking a huge batch of honey cookies.

7. the tiniest touch of autumn colour.

sweet somethings...

I think I already mentioned that we've been baking lots of goodies for Christmas...

we baked lots of honey cookies - they're something my Babcia (grandma) has always baked. Ours are never quite the same, but they're pretty good, if I do say so myself...

& I do mean lots...

I also baked a pair of boiled fruit cakes - we've already ah, 'sampled' one. Actually it's pretty much all gone - this is the recipe I use - with the addition of a teaspoon of coffee, dissolved in a little hot water - I also just used a mix of the dried fruit we already had (including sultanas, cranberries, apricots & peaches)...

& I baked these rye muffins last week, to help with the cleaning.  I adapted them slightly - in a double batch I added an extra egg, some mixed spice & some chopped dried fruit - they make a very nice snack.