The Art of Living: Day 2

Compared to the dog-racing-flower-arranging-egg-displaying-bake-offing-madness that was Saturday, the second day of the festival was pretty chilled out.



The local girls got a chance to show off their dance moves, but were interrupted by a rainbow fairy princess.



My niece Elise visited the face-painting stand. So pretty!



My nephew Kai disappeared early on in the day, but Batman came to the party instead!



And people just hung out on the grass, in the sun with their family and friends, and listened to some really good live music.

The whole weekend left me with a warm fuzzy feeling. Bundeena is a weird and wonderful place.

Winner

As I may have already mentioned, my arrangement won the best flower category at Saturday's Village Fair.

So what if it was the only entry. A ribbon's a ribbon... right?

The Art of Living: Day 1

The Art of Living Festival kicked off last Saturday with the Village Fair.

The day was all about eggs, and the chickens who lay them.

It was about cupakes, and the kids who decorated them and really, really want to eat them.

It was about guinea pigs, and the families who love them. This little lady teared up when her gp didn't win a prize.

Home-grown vegetables, home-cooked cakes and home-made crafty things were also proudly displayed.

Prizes were awarded, some of them to us.

- Lockie came second in the Doggy Dash.

- Daydream's eggs won Most Unusual.

- And my floral arrangement won Best Flowers. I should probably mention that it was the *sole* entry in the category. Nevertheless, I took a ribbon home.

Uglycake

The Bundeena-Maianbar Art of Living Festival is fast approaching, and being an old biddy at heart, I'm super excited!

My cookies will def be making an appearance in the "Best Biscuit" category. They're scrumptious. I would also like to enter the sponge cake category, however, not being a regular baker of sponge, some practice is in order.

Saturday afternoon was spent on my first attempt. I turned to Stephanie Alexander's "The Cook's Companion" for guidance (it's incredible. Buy it.)

All was going smoothly until I curdled the stupid cream, so we ended up with an ugly yet delicious cake. I suppose it could have been worse. Practice makes perfect. 41 days to go!