Elderflower Cordial!

It's that time of year! The elderflower is blooming in abundance and I was determined to make some cordial from them this year (since I discovered how to identify them at last)

I used played fast and loose with the recipe from here:  

 The changes I made were: 

• Added less sugar - 1kg instead of 2 (My pot wasn't big enough!)
• Less citric acid - as a result of the less sugar, I added about 50g
• Lemons AND Oranges! - I threw in the rind of an orange too. Bonus yum. 

And it has not disappointed at all. The kids keep asking for "Flower Juice" and we've gone through a bottle already. And it's such an easy recipe, you should hunt down some elderflowers and give it a try! 

Oh! and I made a label for it which you can download. :)

--Click here to download the .pdf of the elderflower cordial label!--

P.S. Here is the link to the post with the Blackcurrant labels. You know, just in case. :)

Street Art

The kids in our estate have been busy in between the rain showers.

The political statement is the censored version - Some square had objections to a child under 10 writing bold words on the pavement. Imagine. 

Which made me think of a poem I'm fond of by Kenneth Fearing.

I just wanted to share that. ♥

One Day Like This a Year...

So it hasn't been the best summer this year, but yesterday was glorious.

We went down to Cork to visit the family, and spent a good chunk of the afternoon in my Dad's back garden, where the combination of a whole lot of rain and a sunny afternoon was evident.

Usually the birds get most of the berry crop, but this year they hadn't been around (or they've all flown off somewhere dry for the summer...) and there was a bumper crop of black and red currents!

I foresee blackcurrant jam and redcurrant jelly in my immediate future. <3