A Year Older Today

Happy Birthday to me!! :)


I'm having a nice, quiet day (no parties) with lots of cake and other treats to eat (DH brought home a large plastic bag full of things, but I'm not allowed to peak). The jelly roll "cake" that I made again contains raspberries (I like them too, Christine!) :)


I got some great DVDs as a present from DH and I think I'll start watching them this evening.

Valentine's Day

I hope you all had a lovely Valentine's Day yesterday! Here in Finland it has traditionally been celebrated as a Friendship Day, but lately (and increasingly) it is also celebrated in the true sense of Valentine's Day, as the day of celebrating love. I, never a one to miss a reason to celebrate, chose to do both :) I made and send cards to my friends and then cooked a feast for my dear husband. I thought this was a great opportunity to practice photographing food, so I'll share it with you in pictures :)

Ravioli to soup to start with...


A turkey roll for the main course...


...with tomata and mozzarella salad...


And raspberry pavlovas for dessert...


These were really really good, by the way (recipe in the February Martha Stewart Living)!